Simple Gratitude

I am GRATEFUL for what I am and have. 

My THANKSGIVING is PERPETUAL. 

-henry david thoreau

Questions to Ponder with your friends and /or family:

1.  Why did Thoreau live in a cabin and where was it?

2.  What does it mean to be grateful for the simple things?

3.  How do UU share your gratitude at this time of Thanksgiving?

weaving paper placemats for the Friday Night Supper Program (FNSP)

Sharing Food

Questions to Ponder with your friends and/or family:

1. Why is it important to share meals together?     What happens when UU get together with others?

2. How does it happen that some people eat at a Soup Kitchen?
    What's your connection to the Friday Night Supper Program (FNSP)

3. Who is UU Fanny Farmer anyway?
       What does she have to do with food?

Instructions to make a woven paper placemat:
http://laughingkidslearn.com/2014/01/how-to-make-paper-weaving-placemats.html/

Blood Red

Fall / Autumn

Samhain / Halloween

All Saint's Day / Day of the Dead

Questions to Ponder with your friends and/or family:

1. Why does fire go along with many death rituals? What do UU think?

2. What happens between Oct 31st and Nov 1st in many parts of the      world. Why?

3. When someone or something dies, Where do you think their            SOUL/SPIRIT goes? 

"To live in hearts that love is not to die"

photo: laura evonne steinman (les@ascboston.org), use with credit

Questions to Ponder with your friends and or family:

1. What do UU think this quote means? 
    "To live in hearts that love is not to die"

2. Do you know someone or something that recently died?
    What is their name(s)? What did UU do to honor them? 

3. Check this article out: Festival of the DEAD

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JUSTICE:Food and all beings

 

Questions to ponder with your family and friends:

1. What does FOOD JUSTICE look like to UU?

2. Why do UU eat what you eat?
    Do you eat meat? Are you veggie? Vegan?
   Eat local foods?
  What does your UU faith have to do with food anyway?

3. What are the 7 UU principles and how do they relate to your life, what you eat and animals? Have you checked out the UU Animal Ministry page?

Print and color!
Animal Coloring Pages

Animal Blessings

Animal Blessings

Questions to ponder with your family and friends:

1. What is Animal Blessing Sunday all about anyway? 

2. Why does it lower your blood pressure when you are petting an      animal? Do UU have pets or ones that visit UU?

3. How does your diet reflect your connection to animals?
   What UU principles does this follow?

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Round and Round

Round and Round

Questions to Ponder with your family/friends:

1. How did UU honor the change in seasons
    from Summer to Autumn?

2. What kinds of local fruits and veggies
    do UU eat at this time of year? Do UU grow any?

3.  Does your family and/or friends celebrate Sukkot the Jewish Harvest festival which starts on Sunday, Sept 27th, 2015? If yes what yummy food will UU eat and will will UU invite into your sukkah? or who's sukkah have you been invited to?

This is the Sukkah from Occupy Boston

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