Renaissance Module Resources
The following resources are available to Renaissance Module Leaders in PDF format.
Administration of Religious Education Programs
- Administration Leader's Guide (PDF, 78 pages)
- Administration of Religious Education Programs Reader (PDF, 70 pages)
- Administration of Religious Education Programs Handouts (PDF, 39 pages)
Curriculum Planning in the Local Congregation
- Curriculum Leader's Guide (PDF, 52 pages)
- The Curriculum Reader is Fashion Me a People by Maria Harris, published by Westminster John Knox Press. 1989.
- Please also read this Guide to Fashion Me a People (PDF, 8 Pages)
- Curriculum Planning in the Local Congregation Handouts (PDF, 74 pages)
Ministry with Youth
- Ministry with Youth Leader's Guide (PDF, 45 pages)
- Ministry with Youth Reader (PDF, 76 pages)
- There are no handouts for the Ministry with Youth module.
Multicultural Religious Education
- Multicultural Religious Education Leader's Guide (PDF, 55 pages)
- The reader for Multicultural Religious Education is Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel, Revised Edition published by New Society Publishers. 2002.
- Multicultural Religious Education Handouts (PDF, 15 pages)
Religious Education Philosophy
- Religious Education Philosophy Leader's Guide (PDF, 61 pages)
- The Reader for Religious Education Philosophy is Essex Conversations, a Skinner House publication.
This Guide to the Reader (PDF, 2 pages) prioritizes those essays which are most essential to the module and also indicates how the essays correlate with the module sessions. - Religious Education Philosophy Handouts (PDF, 45 pages)
Teacher Development
- Teacher Development Leader's Guide (PDF, 75 pages)
- The Readers for this module are The Courage to
Teach by Parker Palmer, published by Jossey-Bass, and this extensive Teacher
Development Readings Packet (PDF, 135 pages).
Both are well integrated into the module, as detailed by this Guide to the Reader (PDF, 3 pages) which correlates the chapters of the Palmer book and the materials from the readings packet with the module sessions in which they are used. - Teacher Development Handouts (PDF, 4 pages)
- A bibliography of resources, Teaching in Faith (PDF, 3 pages), includes books about teaching both adults and children/youth and also recommended resources for stories and for active spiritual practices appropriate for Unitarian Universalist lifespan faith development programs.
Unitarian Universalist History
- Unitarian Universalism History Leader's Guide (PDF, 31 pages)
- The Reader for this module is David Bumbaugh's Unitarian Universalism: A Narrative History, published by Meadville Lombard Press. 2000.
- Unitarian Universalist History Handouts (PDF, 33 pages)
Unitarian Universalist Identity
- Unitarian Universalist Identity Leader's Guide (PDF, 50 pages)
- The Reader is The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide, Fourth Edition, edited by William G. Sinkford and published by Skinner House. 2004.
- Unitarian Universalist Identity Handouts (PDF, 29 pages)
Worship for All Ages
- Worship Leader's Guide (PDF, 46 pages)
- Worship for All Ages Reader (PDF, 134 pages)
- Worship for All Ages Handouts (PDF, 4 pages)
Last updated on Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
