Parents as Spiritual Guides
Start Date: January 4, 7-8:30 PM
Based on the belief that children's religious education should not be restricted to Sunday school, this program brings spiritual growth into the home, where the communion and rituals of family life can support the "dynamic process of faith development."
Build Your Own Theology
Start Date: January 10, 6:30-8:30 PM
Based on the assumption that everyone is their own theologian, this UU program invites you to develop your own personal credo: the fundamental religious beliefs, values, and convictions that inform and direct your life. This class will help you to come to terms with human nature, ultimate reality, history, ethics, and religious meaning. Facilitated by Rev. Lisa Kemper and Benette Sherman, DLRE
Team Building: Games and Initiatives
Start Date: January 26, 6:30-8:30 PM
These fun and community building activities challenge psychological, intellectual, spiritual and physical models that group members hold for themselves and others, create a feeling of cooperation that promotes bonding, and prompts discussions that reach the heart of positive group interactions. Facilitated by Michael Boing.
12 Steps to a Compassionate Life
Start Date: February 7, 7-9 PM
Author Karen Armstrong believes that while compassion is intrinsic in all human beings, each of us needs to work diligently to cultivate and expand our capacity for compassion. The twelve steps Armstrong suggests begin with “Learn About Compassion” and close with “Love Your Enemies.” In between, she takes up “compassion for yourself,” mindfulness, suffering, sympathetic joy, the limits of our knowledge of others, and “concern for everybody.” This is an expansion and extension of the UUCA Peace Group’s discussion of the same book. Facilitated by Frank Valenti and Kendall Hale.
Come Sing a Song with Me
Start Date: February 13, 7-8:30 PM
Singing songs in a religious community is one the most powerful and memory laden activities for children. This class is an opportunity for parents (or grandparents) to learn some of our most endearing UU songs, and songs and chants from other traditions, then teach their kids the same. Facilitated and led by Melissa Blazen, Early Childhood Coordinator.
Coloring Outside the Lines
Start Date: February 16, 6:30-8:30 PM
Join this three-session class exploring different ways to engage in the visual arts. The group will cover topics such as process vs. product, mandalas for personal reflection, and prayer beads. Facilitated by Rev. Lisa Kemper.
Acts of Faith
Start Date: March 12 (church-wide read starts February 1)
Join in three weeks of discussion in small groups after you’ve read Acts of Faith. This book, selected by the UUA as a church wide read, is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism. Eboo Patel’s story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people—and of the world-changing potential of an interfaith youth movement.
Truth Against the World: An Odyssey of an American Architect
Start Date: March 6, 5-7 PM
This class, led by Bill Moore, will watch part of Ken Burn’s film on Frank Lloyd Wright then discuss aspects of his life and work. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Building Circles of Trust within Our Community
Start Date: April 9, 6:30-8:30 PM
This class will read A Hidden Wholeness by Parker Palmer over five weeks and then in the last week engage in a Circle of Trust exercise. Circles of Trust allow a person to find their unique voice while forming stronger bonds within a community. Facilitated by T.S. Pennington.
Faith Like a River (Themes in UUism)
Start Date: April 10, 6:30-8:30 PM
Faith Like a River explores the dynamic course of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) history—the people, ideas, and movements that have shaped our faith heritage. It invites participants to place themselves into our history and consider its legacies. What lessons do the stories of our history teach that can help us live more faithfully in the present? What lessons do they offer to be lived into the future? Facilitated by Linda Bair.
High Hill Odyssey
Dates: April 13-14 & May 11-12
These two weekend retreats are for elders/seniors/sages in our community. The High Hill engages elders in mining the stories of a lifetime to create a presentation to share with peers, loved ones, and co-congregants. Two weekend retreats—one for preparation, one for presentations—frame an individual period of remembering, sorting, reflecting, and writing. Participants are guided to gather and reflect on stories that delight, that challenge, that invite new wisdom and understanding, and then to act on new goals that emerge from this process.
Popcorn Theology for Mature Audiences (ethics in movies)
Start Date: April 16
Popcorn Theology uses movies with mature themes to explore theological and ethical issues. The goals of Popcorn Theology are: to examine how the choices we make affect our lives, and the lives of others; to explore how concepts such as truth and meaning are related to perspective; to understand the ways we are called to do what is right despite possible negative consequences; to consider ways our faith can help us understand our questions, seek answers and deal with the challenges of life; and to learn about other faith traditions and their responses to theological and ethical issues.
Facilitators: Linda Bair, Melissa Blazen, Michael Boing, Kendall Hale, Rev. Lisa Kemper, Bill Moore, T.S. Pennington, Benette Sherman, and Frank Valenti
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