Page 1 of 8 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Lifespan Faith Development: Celebrations Activities Celebrations Ethics/Social Justice Games Life Issues Religions Resources Science Spiritual UU Identity Click on column headers to sort the RE Index. Topic Age Title Source Author American Holidays Animal Blessing April Fools 6- Ask CLiF -- Black holidays KidTalk 4- All Ages Animal Blessing KidTalk 10- All Ages April Fools Web Links KidTalk 4- Beltane All Ages Beltane (pagan spring celebration) web links Birth of Baha'u'llah Canada Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Ching Ming, KidTalk 5-05 All ages Baha'i Links KidTalk 11- All Ages Canada web links KidTalk 7- Chinese New Year, inc. meditation All Ages Chinese New Year Web Links KidTalk 2-05 All Ages 6- African- 10yrs,11-10yrs,11- Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) REsources 1- KidTalk 1- Ching Ming Web links KidTalk 4-6-10yrs Answers to holiday questions uu&me 12=05 tree story REsources 12-11- Was Jesus really born on? Why do we celebrate if we don t believe in Jesus? ( Sundays, Traditions with a Wink; From Long Ago and Many Lands) 14-18yrs in Australia REsources 12-02 Erslev, Kate; Fahs, Sophia Dan Harper 3-5yrs Don't Smash Santa uu&me 12-02 White,
Page 2 of 8 Valerie 3-5yrs Why do we go to church on Eve? From Special Times; From Long Ago and Many Lands Betty Jo; Fahs, Sophia 6-10yrs, Cut paper ornaments uu&me 12-05 Judith 11- Campbell 6-10yrs What is advent? ( Sundays, Special Times, An Advent Celebration) Betty Jo; Goodwin, Joan 6-10yrs Surprise Crackers uu&me 12-00 6-10yrs Pie Tin Stars and Berry Baskets uu&me 12-02 Cimin, Claudia 6-10yrs Magical Trip uu&me 12-03 Campbell, Judy 6-10yrs in UU-ville poem uu&me 12-05 Betsy Williams 6-10yrs Kindness Rules uu&me 12-02 6-10yrs How to Receive a Really Weird uu&me 12-02 Gift 6-10yrs Tree REsources 12-99 6-10yrs Down Under uu&me 12-01 Campbell, Judy 6-10yrs Wrap It Up uu&me 12-00 Chen, Maureen Adult Ever Changing, Ever Green Killoran, 1-01 Maureen Adult Sharing Inner Gifts, adapted from Betsy Family Festivals, Dec,1983/Jan.1984 1-01 Williams All Ages Yuletide Celebration 1-01 All Ages Prayer Killoran, 1-01 Maureen All Ages Advent Wreath RE Zidowecki, Connections11- Helen 04 All Ages Advent Calendar Zidowecki, 11-04 Helen All Ages Gift, Magic REsources 12-04 Darcey Laine All Ages KidTalk 12-05 All Ages Web Links KidTalk 12-04 Chusok All Ages Chusok (Korean harvest festival) KidTalk 9-05 Cinco de All Ages Cinco de mayo web links KidTalk 5-05 mayo
Page 3 of 8 of 3-5yrs s of the Dead uu&me 9-00 the Dead of 3-5yrs Celebrating of the Dead uu&me 9-00 the Dead of the Dead All Ages s of the Dead/And the Spirit Lives On REsources 10- Betsy Williams 01 of All Ages el Dia de los Muertos KidTalk 11- the Dead Diwali All Ages Diwali KidTalk 11-05 Dussehra All Ages Dussehra KidTalk 10- Earth 6-10yrs Gooey the Dolphin uu&me 9-01 Earth All Ages Earth Web Links KidTalk 4- Easter Passover and Easter REsources 4- Easter 14-18yrs The Many Stories of Easter Easter 6-10yrs Who was Jesus? What is Easter? Betty Jo; CLF Easter 6-10yrs Eggs That Are Written On uu&me 3-02 West, Susannah Easter 9- Why do we celebrate Easter? Easter Adults Easter -- For Parents(Resources for Living Archive) Easter All Ages Easter, Resurrection, Eggs and Bunnies Easter All Ages Easter Sunrise Service for CLF Families Joan 3-03 Goodwin REsources 3-05 3-03 Easter All Ages Easter Web Links KidTalk 4- Easter All Ages A UU Egg Tree & Ritual: An Intergenerational Activity Laura 3-01 Eid al Fitr All Ages Eid al Fitr KidTalk 11-05 Eid Aladha Eid al- Adha All Ages Eid al-adha Links KidTalk 1-05 All Ages Eid al-adha KidTalk 1- Epiphany All Ages Epiphany KidTalk 1- Fall Equinox Cavicchio All Ages Fall Equinox ritual REsources 9-05 Fall Adult Handling the Fall Lineup (Columbus, Halloween, Fathers' Flower Communion Gay Pride ) REsources 1999.11 All Ages Fathers' web links KidTalk 6- All Ages 6-10yrs, 11-, 14-18yrs Unitarian Universalist Flower Communion: A Family Activity Betsy Williams Betsy ss.01 Gay Pride links KidTalk 6- Williams
Page 4 of 8 Groundhog Groundhog Halloween All Ages Groundhog Resources 2-05 All Ages Groundhog KidTalk 2-3-5yrs 6-10yrs Adult Halloween, UNICEF REsources 10- ( Sundays, Special Times) What is? ( Sundays, Special Times) A Candle Lighting Ceremony for CLF Resources: Seeking Truth: Winter Holidays 12.03 12-01 All Ages Web Links KidTalk 12-04 All Ages (Chanukah) KidTalk 12-05 All Ages REsources 12- Holi All Ages Holi Web Links KidTalk 3- Imbolc All Ages Imbolc KidTalk 2- Imbolc All Ages Imbolc (Pagan Spring) Web Links KidTalk 2-05 Independence (US) Independence Independence Independence Independence Janmashtami All Ages July 4th web links KidTalk 7- Independence/Interdependence REsources 7/8-6-10yrs Many Ways to Love a Country uu&me 6-03 All Ages Patriotism 03 REsources 2004.07 All Ages Celebrate Independence 7-01 6-10yrs Janmashtami Web links KidTalk 7- Kwanzaa All Ages Kwanzaa Web Links KidTalk 12-04 Kwanzaa All Ages Kwanzaa KidTalk 12-05 Kwanzaa All Ages Kwanzaa Labor 12-01 All Ages Labor KidTalk 9- Lammas All Ages Celebrate Lammas--August 1, Family Festivals, Vol.2,No.3 6-96, 7.01 Lammas All Ages Lammas KidTalk 8- Lohri All Ages Lohri KidTalk 1- Mabon All Ages Pagan Autumn Equinox KidTalk 9- Mardi Gras All Ages Mardi Gras KidTalk 2- Mardi All Ages Mardi Gras Web Links KidTalk 2-05 Betty Jo Betty Jo Helen Zidowecki Helen Zidowecki
Page 5 of 8 Gras Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Martin Luther King All Ages Martin Luther King, Jr. KidTalk 1- All Ages MLK's Birthday Web Links KidTalk 1-05 14-18yrs Anti-Racism and the Power of Language May All Ages May, the Month of Memories Synapse Spring 03 Helen REsources 5-04 Zidowecki Memorial All Ages Memorial web links KidTalk 5-05 Memorial All Ages May, the Month of Memories Helen REsources 5-04 Zidowecki Memorial All Ages Memorial Ritual REsources 5-05 Mothers Mothers 6-10yrs Mothers' Betsy REsources 5-02 Williams All Ages May, the Month of Memories Helen REsources 5-04 Zidowecki Mothers' New Years New Years New Years New Year's All Ages Mothers' web links KidTalk 5-05 6-10yrs When-and How-Do You Celebrate New Years Zidowecki, REsources 1-04 Helen All Ages New Years KidTalk 1- All Ages Celebrating the New Year 12-01 All Ages New Year's Resolutions REsources 1-05 Obon All Ages Obon (Japanese Lantern ) web links KidTalk 7-05 Passover Passover and Easter REsources 4- Passover 6-10yrs What is Passover? From Special Times Passover Adult Passover Passover All Ages The Passover Plate Betty Jo Laura REsources 4-01 Cavicchio Sarah REsources 4-04 Gibbs Passover All Ages Passover Web Links KidTalk 4- Passover All Ages Passover and Sharing Stories REsources 4-05 Peace 11- Peace : August 6 7-01 R Purim All Ages Purim Web Links KidTalk 3- Ramadan 6-10yrs,11- Ramadan KidTalk 5- Ramadan All Ages Ramadan KidTalk 9-
Page 6 of 8 Remembrance Rosa Parks Rosh Hashana Rosh Hashana Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Samhain/Halloween All Ages Remembrance KidTalk 11-05 11- Rosa Parks KidTalk 12-05 Confession REsources 9- All Ages Rosh Hashana KidTalk 9-14-18yrs Rosh Hashanah All Ages Samhain/Halloween KidTalk 10- Setsubun All Ages Setsubun KidTalk 2- Shavuot All Ages Shavuot Web Links KidTalk 6- Solstice 6-10yrs Sun Mysteries: Old and New Stories About Our Life-Giving Sun 03 uu&me 12-01 Liz Lerner Spring 6-10yrs Egg Magic uu&me 3-04 Taitz, Spring Equinox Spring Equinox St. Lucia's Spring Equinox ritual Sharyn REsources 3- All Ages Spring Equinox/Ostara Web Links KidTalk 3-6-10yrs Celebrate St. Lucia's (Holidays and Holy s) Brotman & 12-01 Marshfield REsources 10- St. 6- St. Patrick's web links KidTalk 3- Patrick's 10yrs,11- Sukkot All Ages Sukkot KidTalk 10- Summer All Ages Summer Solstice web links KidTalk 6- Solstice Summer 6-10yrs Summer Poetry Workshop uu&me 6-04 Summer 6-10yrs A Good Trick for Writing Poems uu&me 6-00 Noreen Kimball Summer 6-10yrs Blustery Times See uu&me 6-00 Summer 6-10yrs Sun Catchers uu&me 6-02 Summer 6-10yrs Summer Dreaming uu&me 6-01 Summer 6-10yrs Summer Secret uu&me 6-02 Summer 6-10yrs Summer Spirituality Zidowecki, 7-04 Helen Summer 6-10yrs Two-for-One Summer uu&me 6-01 Campbell, Judy Summer 6-10yrs Celebrate the Sun: Sand-casting Laura REsources 6-01 Cavicchio Summer Adult Celebrate Midsummers RE Connection 6-97, 6-01 Tanabata 11- Tanabata 6-01 Tanabata 6-10yrs,11- Tanabata Web links KidTalk 7-
Page 7 of 8 Tanabata 6-10yrs Tanabata Star Garlands (Japanese) uu&me 6-02 Cimin, Claudia Tanabata 6-10yrs Tanabata uu&me 6-02 Cimin, Tet All Ages Tet (Vietnamese New Year) Web Links Tu B'Shevat Tu B'Shevat Valentines Valentine's Valentine's Veterans Winter Solstice Adult KidTalk 2-05 REsources 11- Guest at Your Table REsources 11- Abundance of Corn: A Story from REACH Sept. 1997 Claudia CLF Resources: Bilyeu, Seeking Truth 11.03 All Ages KidTalk 11-05 All Ages Guest at Your Table REsources 11- All Ages Tu B'Shevat KidTalk 2- All Ages Tu B'Shevat--New Year for Trees KidTalk 1-05 Love 04 Laurinda Katie Lee Crane REsources 2- All Ages Valentine's KidTalk 2- All Ages Valentine's Web Links KidTalk 2-05 All Ages Veterans KidTalk 11-05 All Ages Winter Solstice Web Links KidTalk 12-04 Winter 6-10yrs Family First uu&me 12-00 Yom Kippur Yom Kippur Yom Kippur Yule/Winter Solstice Buddha's Birthday 6-10yrs Confession REsources 9- All Ages Yom Kippur KidTalk 10- All Ages Yom Kippur/Forgiveness REsources 10- All Ages Yule KidTalk 12-05 adult Celebrate Buddha's Birthday Surfin' Santa: at the Beach 05 uu&me 12-01 6-10yrs Dreaming of a Green uu&me 12-01 Obon 6-10yrs Remember Me uu&me 9-02 Cimin, Raksha Bandhan 6-10yrs Rakhi Bracelets uu&me 6-03 Claudia Spring 6-10yrs The Gooseneck Sun uu&me 3-03 Olmsted, Spring 6-10yrs The s Get Gloner uu&me 3-03 Laura DeSpain
Page 8 of 8 Summer 6-10yrs The Vanishing Act (puzzle) uu&me 6-04 Taitz, Sharyn Summer 6-10yrs A Good Trick for Writing Poems uu&me 6-00 Kimball, Noreen Last updated March 15, 2007 Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF), 25 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-2823 Phone: (617) 948-6166 Fax: (617) 523-4123 E-mail: clf@clfuu.org
Religious Education Index of Resources (RE Index) This searchable index (www.clfuu.org/re/listings - password-protected) contains materials from a variety of CLF online resources, including KidTalk, uu&me!, Sundays and RE Connections. We hope having items indexed by topic and age range will make it simple for parents and religious educators to find what they need to create their own lesson plans. You may want to use this index only occasionally to find an activity when you decide to celebrate Kwanzaa or you may want to use the broad topics (celebrations, world religions, UU identity, life issues, spirituality) to design a curriculum that focuses on one topic per quarter, or that rotates amongst the topics over the course of a month. All of the materials referenced here are available online, and are free to anyone with Web access. Even if you choose to use CLiF Notes: A Monthly Curriculum for Families and Small Groups, this index can be a valuable resource for answering kids questions as they arise, creating special holiday celebrations or just thinking about religious questions as they occur to you. RE Index of Resources Access to the RE Index is available to CLF members and RE Express subscribers. Contact Beth Murray at bmurray@uua.org for password information or to subscribe to RE Express.