To Get to the Other Side.
Do you know what to do today, right now to help, to be the grown-ups our kids need us to be to help them to grow into caring, loving, whole adults?
Hi Fabric!
Can I get a Whoop! Whoop! for Heidi Esposito bringing together the voices of Fred Rogers and Carvell Wallace in this week's podcast?? Being the adults our youth need us to be really means being our best selves. Mr. Rogers and Heidi remind us of that and much more in this podcast.
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  • Warm Up: Watch this Pep Talk from some kids at Big Life Journal to start this time off full and reminded of all the things we wish for ourselves and everyone around us.
  • Read through the Brave Space poem to set the tone for your group.
  • Check in! Describe your current state of being in one word. Feel free to share more if that is what you need in order to be present for the next hour.
To Get to the Other Side - Episode 3: The Grown-ups Our Kids Need
Check out the Episode Page here .

Work through the Homework Practice together: Get out the box of crayons and draw or doodle the big feelings you are having this week, then write down as many words as you can think of that match those feelings – push past ‘happy, mad, sad…’ and get to the complexities of your emotions. Share your drawing and ideas with one other person. Pay attention to the ease and difficulty you had in naming your feelings and where their root lies.

Big is small: We learned from Erin Tripolino's podcast that small steps can be big. One take away from Heidis podcast is this: Loving the clay calls on us to be the best version of ourselves that we can be, and then to let that be seen. Could it be that small-big thing, is doing what you love and sharing it with others?
  • How have you modeled doing what you love to others?
  • Where have you experienced or witnessed someone "loving the clay"?

Closing: End with a Mr. Roger's prayer. Read this out loud to one another. Try it together or one at a time.
You've made this day a special day, by just your being you. There is no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.
Peace,
Maia
It has been 18 weeks since we gathered together physically. For a group of people who see church as a community not as an institution, and are about weaving significant relationships not rules or doctrines, being not physically present with each other is a challenge.

Unfortunately, we can't just ignore how Covid-19 spreads and say, “Let’s get together again!” We have to be responsible and we can be creative. Fabric is all about being relevant and valuable to you and to others - that hasn’t changed and doesn’t need to change, but how we will do that needs experimentation right now.

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Our communication cards and Sunday conversations have been a critical way for us to be a present, dynamic, responsive community. We miss that! Please share your needs, prayers, capacity or questions via the Virtual Communication Card this week sometime. Encourage your group to do the same. If you gather virtually as a group, take 5 minutes for everyone to do one.

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