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To This I Give My Heart

To This I Give My Heart

A Coming of Age Journal

Coming of age in Unitarian Universalism is an important step on your path to adulthood—use this journal as a companion and tool on your journey.

Product Code: 2021
ISBN: 9781558967816
Format: Paperback
Publisher: UUA
Pages: 144
Size: 8.5 x 5.5
Published Date: 01/20/2017
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Coming of age in Unitarian Universalism is an important ritual that marks one step on your path to adulthood. This journal will be a companion on your year-long journey and a tool to help you think through some challenging questions. Within these pages you’ll find prompts, quotes, and creative exercises that will help you explore UU history and theology, spirituality, community, leadership, your personal beliefs and identity—and ultimately help you decide what it is you want to give your heart to as you deepen and grown your relationship to your faith and community.

Bart Frost, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at the UUA, has written a resource that gives suggestions on how to use this resource in congregations. To read it click here.


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Dear Friend,

Coming of Age in Unitarian Universalism is an important ritual that marks one step on your path to adulthood. It is similar to a First Communion or a Bar/Bat Mitzvah and symbolizes your growing maturity. Throughout this year, you will be exploring Unitarian Universalism, your values, your beliefs, and the various ways these all connect. You might be embarking on this journey alone or with a group of your peers. It’s likely you will have an adult mentor who will be walking with you on this path of self-discovery and growth. You will ponder questions that philosophers have been wondering for millennia. You will learn about the history of Unitarian Universalism and the deeds of our ancestors. You may hear and share stories that fill you with sadness or make your heart soar. At the end of the year, you will have the opportunity to create, write, or make a credo statement and present it in front of your community.

This journal is another companion on your journey and a tool to help you think through some of the more difficult questions as you progress through the year. It gets its title from the meaning of “credo,” which is “to this I give my heart.” Within it, you will find prompts and quotes exploring our UU history and theology, spirituality, community, leadership, and your personal beliefs and identities. Some prompts may ask you write a response or create something or just think, but of course, this journal is yours to use how you wish according to the way it serves you best.

It is my hope that this journal and the prompts and quotes within help you figure out what it is you want to give your heart to as your relationship with Unitarian Universalism and your UU community deepens. As Edward Searl said, this is a long journey and this is just the beginning.

Bart Frost
Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries
Unitarian Universalist Association
2016
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by Carl von Baeyer
on 6/17/2017
from Winnipeg, Canada 		To This I Give My Heart A Coming of Age Journal
This is a beautiful resource, not only for youth and Coming of Age programs but for older UUs interested in development of their faith and leadership. It's graphically interesting, challenging, scholarly, and wide-ranging. Many thanks to the author, Bart Frost.

The book doesn't have a table of contents, which means that in order to find topics such as mentorship, leadership, UU history, social justice, or credo, you need to read the book. A short companion guide for CoA leaders on how to make best use of the book would be very helpful. While some youth will take to it like a duck to water, I think many will need some incentive to do the exercises in it. A companion guide could offer suggestions for that as well: how to motivate young people to think, write, and draw in response to the invitations and challenges in the book.

I feel energized by having read the book. Thanks again.
by Aisha
on 2/28/2017
from Bellevue 		Director of Lifelong Learning
I just got the journal and WOW WOW WOW!!! I just purchased 40 copies! For years what we have relied on is a lined journal with nothing in it, and we would suggest prompts and hope for the best.
 This journal is fun, thought provoking and inspiring. Thank you, Bart for creating this valuable resource!
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Coming of age in Unitarian Universalism is an important ritual that marks one step on your path to adulthood. This journal will be a companion on your year-long journey and a tool to help you think through some challenging questions. Within these pages you’ll find prompts, quotes, and creative exercises that will help you explore UU history and theology, spirituality, community, leadership, your personal beliefs and identity—and ultimately help you decide what it is you want to give your heart to as you deepen and grown your relationship to your faith and community.

Bart Frost, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at the UUA, has written a resource that gives suggestions on how to use this resource in congregations. To read it click here.


Bookmark and Share

Dear Friend,

Coming of Age in Unitarian Universalism is an important ritual that marks one step on your path to adulthood. It is similar to a First Communion or a Bar/Bat Mitzvah and symbolizes your growing maturity. Throughout this year, you will be exploring Unitarian Universalism, your values, your beliefs, and the various ways these all connect. You might be embarking on this journey alone or with a group of your peers. It’s likely you will have an adult mentor who will be walking with you on this path of self-discovery and growth. You will ponder questions that philosophers have been wondering for millennia. You will learn about the history of Unitarian Universalism and the deeds of our ancestors. You may hear and share stories that fill you with sadness or make your heart soar. At the end of the year, you will have the opportunity to create, write, or make a credo statement and present it in front of your community.

This journal is another companion on your journey and a tool to help you think through some of the more difficult questions as you progress through the year. It gets its title from the meaning of “credo,” which is “to this I give my heart.” Within it, you will find prompts and quotes exploring our UU history and theology, spirituality, community, leadership, and your personal beliefs and identities. Some prompts may ask you write a response or create something or just think, but of course, this journal is yours to use how you wish according to the way it serves you best.

It is my hope that this journal and the prompts and quotes within help you figure out what it is you want to give your heart to as your relationship with Unitarian Universalism and your UU community deepens. As Edward Searl said, this is a long journey and this is just the beginning.

Bart Frost
Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries
Unitarian Universalist Association
2016
Average Rating:
(based on 2 reviews)

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by Carl von Baeyer
on 6/17/2017
from Winnipeg, Canada 		To This I Give My Heart A Coming of Age Journal
This is a beautiful resource, not only for youth and Coming of Age programs but for older UUs interested in development of their faith and leadership. It's graphically interesting, challenging, scholarly, and wide-ranging. Many thanks to the author, Bart Frost.

The book doesn't have a table of contents, which means that in order to find topics such as mentorship, leadership, UU history, social justice, or credo, you need to read the book. A short companion guide for CoA leaders on how to make best use of the book would be very helpful. While some youth will take to it like a duck to water, I think many will need some incentive to do the exercises in it. A companion guide could offer suggestions for that as well: how to motivate young people to think, write, and draw in response to the invitations and challenges in the book.

I feel energized by having read the book. Thanks again.
by Aisha
on 2/28/2017
from Bellevue 		Director of Lifelong Learning
I just got the journal and WOW WOW WOW!!! I just purchased 40 copies! For years what we have relied on is a lined journal with nothing in it, and we would suggest prompts and hope for the best.
 This journal is fun, thought provoking and inspiring. Thank you, Bart for creating this valuable resource!
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