Every month within the Youth and Family Ministries program at the Unity Center of Peace, we study one of the 12 Powers. In January, we looked at the Power of Faith, which is the “Power of Perception, Conviction, and Expectancy” (from Divine Audacity by Linda Martella-Whitesett). The lessons often started out with the children breaking some kind of bread, e.g., Hawaiian sweet bread, pita, gluten free baguettes, biscuits, tortilla, etc. Breaking bread, or having a meal together, is a symbol of our family as a community. We eat together and share in our words of wisdom that we have heard from our friends, our parents, a teacher, or someone else. 

Throughout the month of January 2026, the YFM program has been looking at different Faith Leaders, and they have used this as their medium for expressing their Power of Faith. Each week we have learned about three Leaders, which means the children were briefly introduced to who each leader was, or is, and how they enacted their Faith. Three people can be a lot to get across, particularly if that person is famous, unknown, or offers a big concept to unpack. So at the YFM program we have decided to write this blog to provide a resource for the children and their parents to those we have studied. Some of them are global leaders.  Some of them are personal to the YFM director and the YFM assistant. Much of this information has been pulled from the Internet and should be used as directional signage towards deepening you and your children's knowledge. We encourage you to dive deeper into a Faith Leader as the process of studying them can lead you deeper into your own Power of Faith.