Category: Religious Education

For this Sunday (17 March 2024), our children and youth classes will continue with continue with the Birds of Gaza (making birds to memorialize the children who have died in the Israeli attacks on Gaza).

Please join us on Sunday (17 March 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

On 11 February 2024, the adult class watched “Why Awe is Such an Important Emotion” — a video featuring Dacher Keltner (author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life).

The adult class has decided to read his book together and all are welcome to join the class.

This week we will be discussing Chapter 7 (“Musical Awe: How Musical Awe Embraces Us in Community”) and Chapter 8 (“Sacred Geometries: How our Awe for Visual Design Helps Us Understand the Wonders and Horrors of Life”).

We still have a few books available at church and we can always order more as needed.  The cost is a donation of $15.00 but please don’t let money be an obstacle to having the book if you want to be part of the group.

Please join us on Saturday (16 March 2024) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For this Sunday (10 March 2024), our children and youth classes will continue with a focus on world religions.

Please join us on Sunday (10 March 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

On 11 February 2024, the adult class watched “Why Awe is Such an Important Emotion” — a video featuring Dacher Keltner (author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life).

The adult class has decided to read his book together and all are welcome to join the class.

This week we will be discussing Chapter 5 (“Collective Effervescence (“How Moving in Unison Stirs the Awe of Ritual, Sport, Dance, Religion, and Public Life”) and Chapter 6 (“Wild Awe (How Nature Becomes Spiritual and Heals Bodies and Minds).”

We still have a few books available at church and we can always order more as needed.  The cost is a donation of $15.00 but please don’t let money be an obstacle to having the book if you want to be part of the group.

Please join us on Saturday (9 March 2024) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For this Sunday (3 March 2024), our children and youth classes will continue with a focus on world religions.

Please join us on Sunday (3 March 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

On 11 February 2024, the adult class watched “Why Awe is Such an Important Emotion” — a video featuring Dacher Keltner (author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life).

The adult class has decided to read his book together and all are welcome to join the class.

This week we will be discussing Chapter 3 (“Evolution of the Soul”) and Chapter 4 (“Moral Beauty”).

We will also have a special guest with us at the end of class.

Rebekah Lewis, Director of Chimpanzee Behavior at Chimp Haven (who also happens to be Barbara Deger’s daughter), will join us to watch Jane Goodall’s short video featuring a chimpanzee’s “waterfall display” and talk to us about signs of awe and wonder in our closest mammalian relatives.

We still have a few books available at church and we can always order more as needed.  The cost is a donation of $15.00 but please don’t let money be an obstacle to having the book if you want to be part of the group.

Please join us on Saturday (2 March 2024) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For this Sunday (25 February 2024), our children and youth classes will continue with a focus on world religions.