Adult Faith Development Small Gatherings
The Fellowship will offer a six-week curriculum, “Immigration as a Moral Issue,” created by the Unitarian Universalist Association to promote understanding of their current Congregational Study/Action issue. Readings for each session (9-12 pages) and our activities and discussions should enable us to “ know the facts, calm the rhetoric, affirm our values, and act in love while confronting hate and immoral laws” (Daniel Stracka, UU World, Winter 2010). Peg Schultz and Barbara Fuchsman, CLL, will co-facilitate. The group will meet every other week on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at 181 W. College Street beginning June 27. Peg and Barbara would love a core of regulars, but drop-ins are definitely welcome. To sign up, contact Barbara Fuchsman.
In the past, the Fellowship offered several different programs for consideration. Here are some of the more recent offerings:
For cultivating harmony between body & mind, heart & spirit...
Body Mind
Meditation for healthy body and mind with Rev. Mary Grigolia. Take
control of your health.
In Body Mind Dialogues, we start with a holistic understanding of the
relationship between body, mind, heart and spirit, drawing from feminist
spirituality, eastern healing systems and earth-based wisdom traditions.
We draw on the magnificent discoveries of science, revealing how the
body’s systems are intricately interdependent and also learning and
adapting. In dialogue with the body: bringing compassion and awareness
to systems of the body; bridging the gap between body, mind, soul and
spirit; cultivating harmony, we dialogue with the body. We dialogue with
one another. Our heart listens, opens; we’re transformed into our
deepest wisest selves.
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven—Part II
This course focuses on the sacred feminine in
Judaism and Christianity, as well as presenting some information about
more modern goddess worshippers. The course as a whole is primarily
aimed at women, but men are welcome to enroll as well. Sessions will
meet once a week on a weekday evening. Because of the building block
nature of the course, only those who have taken the first part of the
course are invited to sign up. Those who would like to take the complete
course, please notify the facilitators. This course is experiential in
nature and all members will be expected to participate.
Write Now!
Do you have things to say, but just don’t know how to say them? Have you been keeping journal and want to give more shape to your words? Would you like feedback on your stories? Maybe you have hundreds of poems in you just screaming to break out! Poet Nancy Boutilier wants to help you mine your own creative voice. The workshop is designed for writers of all levels. NO LITERARY EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Last year’s workshop was exciting, enriching, possibly even life changing… but past participation is NOT required. Each week we’ll look at a few ways that different writers frame their ideas, and then we will try out our own hands and imaginations on a couple of writing exercises. Participants will be encouraged to share their work within the group and to write outside of the sessions, but there are no requirements. It doesn’t matter if you want to write for self-discovery, for the fun, or for publication—just come write with us!
All you need is a pen, paper, and life experience. Nancy would love a core of regulars, but drop-ins are definitely welcome.
Thoreau as Spiritual Guide: A Companion to Walden for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion with Barbara Fuchsman, CLL Are you looking to simplify your life? Are you weary of constant stress? Six conversation sessions by Barry M. Andrews ask us to personally wrestle with the issues Thoreau raises about self- improvement and the purpose of life as these relate to living in today’s world. In the 1830’s and 40’s, the industrial revolution, commercialism, and constant busy-ness were getting well underway. At the dawning of our era, Thoreau asked questions and posed answers only too relevant now. To profit most from these conversations, it will be helpful to have read or be reading Walden.
