WE BELIEVE!
an interactive intergenerational project
 currently on exhibit April 30 through June 18, 2006
at the First Unitarian Society of Westchester
25 Old Jackson Avenue
Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706

  
 
We believe...
... that each and every person is important.
... all people should be treated fairly and kindly.
...we should accept one another and keep on learning together.
...each person must be free to search for what is true and right in life.
...all persons should have a vote about the things that concern them.
...in working for a peaceful, fair and free world.
...in caring for our planet earth, the home we share with all living things.

These are the principles of Unitarian Universalism that our children are encouraged to live by.  When we see them in this simpler language, the meaning of each principle leaps out clear and strong. 

The We Believe project was intended to give our children an opportunity to explore their thoughts about these principles and express themselves using art and poetry.  Throughout the year, children participated in workshops led by adult volunteers from the congregation, many of them professional artists and writers, who examined the meaning of the principles with the children and then guided them in art and writing projects inspired by the principles.  Older children also assisted the younger children, so that We Believe became an intergenerational exploration of these words that we are used to seeing, but often don’t take the time to really think about. 

We encourage you to think about them as well, and to join us in expressing your thoughts that are inspired by the 7 UU principles with poetry, art, stream of consciousness… whatever. You may notice the exhibit has blank spaces and markers.  You know what to do!

  
   
This website will be updated on a regular basis with images of the exhibit as it develops during the time it is on display.  

During holiday sunday workshops, children of all ages created the two murals you see here.

The fourth and fifth grade children examined each principle and agreed on a few words that summed up the principle for them.  Above is their version of Principle Four, left are One, Two and Three.

Young children worked on collages to demonstrate the interdependent web of life.  Some of the older children created individual art works like the one below and to the left.
 
 
 

 

  
 

 

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