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The mission of UUCA’s Adult Education program is to nurture the spiritual growth of all members of the UUCA community. Our courses address all aspects of the UU experience, including general spirituality, personal theology, liberal religious history, social justice, world religions, and UU parenting.
2010-2011 Adult Education Schedule:
Course sign-up sheets are posted in Sandburg Hall on the Lifespan Learning Bulletin Board three weeks before a class begins.
“Naming Our Lives As Sacred: A Series on Spiritual Practice”
Dates: Sundays, Sept. 12-Oct. 17, 3:30-5:30 PM (SH)
Fee: $50 (partial scholarships available)
Contact: Rev. Mark Ward, 254-6001 xt 203 or minister@uuasheville.org
This six session series will explore our understandings of the spiritual life and what it means to claim our living as pilgrimage. Who are we when we are living fully who we are? What prevents us from living fully? What supports us in this process of claiming our whole selves? What are our beliefs relating to a Life Force greater than ourselves? We will consider images that consciously or unconsciously lure us toward or away from our spiritual journey. Participants will engage in dyad exercises, small group conversations, and journaling as we dive into our lives and name them as sacred.
During our time together, we will experience practices that can be a resource and a support as we move toward our wholeness. Practices such as somatic meditation – using the body as anchor into present moment – Buddhist awareness practices, and Sabbath keeping allow us to pause and land in present moment, the only landscape of spiritual experience. Participants will be invited to engage a “practice” daily during this series.
Facilitators: Sandra Smith, M.Div., former Holy Ground Retreat Ministry Director & Chris Larson, guide for Mountain Zen Practice Center.
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Interested in Leading a Course?
Leading a course is a great opportunity to support the church, meet new people, and learn about an aspect of our shared faith in depth. No matter what your background or experience, you can successfully lead a course from one of dozens of existing ready-to-use UU curricula. Of course, if you have your own area of interest related to UU for which you would like to develop your own course, we’re excited to hear what you have in mind. For more information, contact Taryn Strauss Director of Lifespan Religious Education at DirReligiousEd@UUAsheville.org.
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