Adult Religious Exploration (ARE)
Adult Religious Exploration classes are designed to enhance our sense of community and enrich the spiritual and intellectual lives of our congregation by
- Deepening our understanding of Unitarian Universalism;
- Increasing our knowledge of the world;
- Giving us a forum to share our insight and experiences about topics of concern; and
- Expanding our intellectual horizons
Topics include religion and philosophy, personal development, and social issues. Classes are offered several times a year. We encourage you to take one of our classes or explore one of our groups, to “Share the ups and downs of your life, wrestle with question of the heart, lean in—together—to the longings of your life.”
The month's ARE offerings can be found on our calendar.
Ongoing Groups
Common Security
Club (CSC) is a place to:
- Come together to grapple with our personal security in a rapidly changing world.
- Learn about the root causes of our economic and ecological challenges
- Explore ways to increase our personal/economic security through mutual aid and shared action.
- Build on what we have together and strengthen the institutions that we all depend on.
- Make friends, find inspiration, have fun, and strengthen community.
Common
Security Club meets every Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. at the
Fellowship for a potluck and discussion. Newcomers are
welcome. More information is available at www.commonsecurityclub.org.
Poetry Group meets at 7:00 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Jim & Nancy Taylor’s home. The poet, Robert Bly, has said that if you read a poem to yourself, it can be rated a 3. Read that poem aloud and the rating becomes a 6, but read that poem out loud to another person and it will rate a 10. Our group is comprised of people who like to read and listen to poetry. We each bring 3 or more poems and read them at our gatherings.
Contact: Jim Taylor
Meditation Group meets Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at the Fellowship. Come join in a practice that has helped people find inner peace, increased concentration, and relief from stress and pain for over 5,000 years. Peace Circle Meditation invites all levels of meditators to participate in this life-changing practice. Attend as frequently as you are able.
Contact: Benji Davis
New or Repeating Group Offerings
Religious Book Exploration – choices for a spring 2010 theological book group
The Evolution of God - Robert Wright
The Eclipse of God - Martin Buber
The Third Jesus - Deepak Chopra
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness - Karen Armstrong
Unitarian Universalism: A Narrative History - David E. Bumbaugh
Writing Workshop – on hiatus
The format allows people to work in any form of writing even though this group primarily was interested in plumbing our memory pools to find new insights about ourselves as we wrote to communicate to a broader audience. Reading our work to each other provides a powerful voice in storytelling.
Building Your Own Theology – on hiatus
Within a community context, individuals reflect on their religious experiences and knowledge and create their own credos. The process of study, reflection, group discussion, and credo writing guides participants in examining and articulating their own and the community's theology.
Parenting – a spring 2010 option
Death and Dying/Coping as a Caretaker – a spring 2010
option
The workshop will give information on the death and dying process and stages. The workshop will then discuss the emotional and time challenges for the caretaker of an elderly or ailing family member. Time will then be given for questions and discussion with the audience.
By Jerry Nordstrum, MSW, LCSW and Jim Paulsen, MSW.
Billings
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
2032 Central Avenue / Billings,
MT 59102
www.uubillings.org
/ 406-652-1893
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