11-04-2018
11:14 am - 12:15 pm
Family Ministry Office

Give Love

This session focuses on the second Unitarian Universalist Source, “Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love,” expressed in children’s language as “the women and men of long ago and today whose lives remind us to be kind and fair.” This source allows us to explore the idea that giving of love and time can be more important than giving material possessions. We will also engage in strengthening the sense of community and bond with the congregation.

Take Home

Is there a family member or a family friend who might especially appreciate the gift of your time? Brainstorm ways your family can spend time together without spending a lot of money, such as planting a garden, going for a walk, reading books, playing a game, going to a playground, and cooking something together.

Create a “Give Love” family scrapbook of special time you spend together. Involve older relatives, special friends, uncles, and aunts in scrapbook-making, as a way for multiple generations to spend and celebrate quality time together. Interview each member of your family and special friends to capture their recollections of times when someone gave them the gift of time; include their reflections in your scrapbook.

Schedule time with your child to do something they love to do which does not cost money. Follow their lead on an adventure in the mud, in the woods, in the gym. Be nonjudgmental and open so you can give your time and join them in their interests.

Check it out: Session 7