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The Adult Learning Committee has been hard at work creating a great fall lineup of adult learning classes. Some of the classes coming up include: Several yearlong racial justice and spiritual deepening courses; A six session class on Transgender inclusion in congregations for people that are committed to transformation; Rev. Sue Goodwin will be teaching … Continue reading Adult Learning Classes – Fall 2019
Teacher Appreciation Brunch and Brainstorm What do you need to raise a UU child? Sun April 7 Brunch: 12:30- 1:15 Brainstorm: 1:15 -2:45 Here’s a chance for kids and parents to feast and to reflect on Family ministry at UUCWC. We want to support parents as guides for their child/ren’s spiritual journey. Kids will have … Continue reading Upcoming Events in Children’s and Adult RE
On Sunday, January 27, 2019, UUCWC member Anne Godlasky gave a talk during the middle hour called Trusting News in the Misinformation Age. Attended by about 30 people she provided helpful hints for navigating the new world of news and fake news. Here are links to resources that can help in your quest for truth … Continue reading Trusting News in the Misinformation Age
Temperatures may be below freezing but I know that many parents are considering their children’s summer plans. I’d like to highlight several UU summer camps and conferences that UUCWC children love attending. These longer UU immersion experiences are excellent ways to solidify a child’s Unitarian Universalist identity build lifelong friends with other UU children and … Continue reading UU Summer Camps and Conferences
by Jen Rehbein, Sabbatical Team When our Lifespan Religious Education Direction, Robin Pugh, let me know that she was planning a sabbatical leave this year, I felt a mix of emotions. First and most important, I was very glad for her. I am proud that our community here at UUCWC takes the well-being and professional … Continue reading What Happens When Our DLRE is Away
Recently, I received an email from the Unitarian Universalist Association announcing the availability of a new curriculum. A Call to Faith in Turbulent Times certainly caught my eye. What are we living through if not “turbulent times”? How could our current times be any more turbulent? Let me share with you how the UUA describes … Continue reading A Call to Faith in Turbulent Times
By Diana B. Barbera, Spiritual Director and Nina Todor, Spiritual Director Wellspring is one of the most formative Adult Religious Education programs that UUCWC offers. In an effort to build Unitarian Universalist understanding, identity, and community, it engages participants’ minds and hearts and challenges the spirit, too. Since 2012 when Wellspring first began at UUCWC, … Continue reading Spiritual Direction
By Susan Colket, Chair, Adult Religious Education Our adult religious education (ARE) programs are a natural way to navigate our lives as Unitarian Universalists. At the final session of the first Coming Into Connection program last month, Steve Saddlemire, captured this as he shared his experience as a CIC participant, “You come to church when … Continue reading The ARE Path at UUCWC – Winter/Spring 2018
by Ana DelCorazon, Congregational Life Coordinator In my time at UUCWC, I’ve seen a trend in how newcomers grow into regulars. After an initial period of getting to know the church and its members, they start to make it their own. For some people at that point, they just want to come on Sundays, be … Continue reading Service as a Spiritual Practice
by Ana DelCorazon, Congregational Life Coordinator I haven’t had the opportunity to meet as many of you in person as I’d like to (yet), since I’ve only been a member of UUCWC for eight months and have attended for over a year. However, I’ve been a UU for six years, and my last church was … Continue reading Notes on Congregational Life
