Goal:
To help kids learn how to respond to questions about Unitarian Universalism.

Materials:
The Unitarian Universalist Principles and Purposes in Simplified Language printout
Story: “Stefania’s Story"
What Am I? printout

Activities:
Show the simplified version of the UU Principles.
Read Stefania’s Story.

Discuss:
Was Stefania’s decision difficult? Why? What do you think happened next?
Have you ever been in a similar situation? What was your decision? Was it hard or easy?
What principle (or principles) does Stefania’s story fit?

Read the following situations, or present them in your own words. Invite responses. Discuss the different choices in each situation. Affirm your kids positive and confident responses and their search for their own answers.

You and your friends are sitting on the beach after a swim, talking a Sunday school. Someone says, “I know that Jesus was God.” You could: say nothing, say “No, he wasn’t,” or ________________________________.

Someone says to you that the world began the way it says in the Bible. You could: get mad and say they don’t know what they’re talking about; say, “I guess so”; or _________________________.

You and a classmate are walking home from school. The classmate says that going to church every Sunday is the most important thing about religion. You could: agree; say, “That’s silly!”; or __________________.

As you walk home from school you and your friend pass his church. He says “That’s my church, The Church of Our Savior. What’s yours?” You tell him____________. Your friend says, “Oh, I know about your church. My father says you don’t believe in anything.” You could: yell, “Oh yes we do,” and run off; say “I guess we don’t”; or _______________________________.

You and a friend walk by your church on the way home from school. You tell her that it is your church and give its name. She says she goes to Emmanuel Baptist. She asks you what your church is like and what you believe. You could: say, “I don’t really know what we believe,” say, “We have good parties at our church;” or _________________________________.