There will be no Brown Bag Discussion group meeting this week. Please check back for upcoming event announcements on our web site, Facebook, and Twitter.
Category: Religious Education
Enneagram II: Spirituality and Integration (“Now that I have my number, what do I do with it?”)
In learning to observe ourselves, we create the opportunity of consciously choosing our behavior and thereby living more effectively. The Enneagram can be extremely valuable in learning how not to identify with our personality. By naming and releasing the contrary forces of our personality, we are able to see ourselves and let go of what is enticing us away from a fuller, more authentic life. Understanding the levels of Integration and Disintegration for our particular personality type is a valuable tool for growth. They show us what we will encounter on the way to either health and wholeness or neurosis.
Friday (9 March 2012) — 6:45 PM to 9:15 PM (Registration begins at 6:30 PM)
Saturday (10 March 2012) — 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Spirituality and Integration Enneagram workshop includes:
- Appropriate and Inappropriate Uses of Energy Centers
- Paths of Disintegration (Destructive Ways) and Integration (Wholeness)
- Overcoming Compulsions
- Traps and Holy Ideas
- Conversion for Each Enneagram Number
Prerequisite is attendance at a Basic Enneagram Workshop or a fairly good grasp of Enneagram theory from reading and a pretty good idea of what your Enneagram number might be.
About the Presenters
The presenters have many years of experience conducting workshops and seminars.
- Mickie Cowan, studied at Jung Institute in Switzerland and is Chaplain at Live Oak Retirement Community in Shreveport LA.
- Maria O’Brien, Jungian-based psychotherapist, certified spiritual director and co-author of Beyond the Castles Doors-A Soul Quest for the Holy Grail in Fredericksburg TX.
- Matt Woollett, is an Episcopal Priest, Retreat Leader for Men’s Matters and is Chaplain at Hospice Compassus in Alexandria LA.
- Peggy Hamiter has received training at Enneagram Institute and is Administrator for Enneagram For Life (LLC).
Registration fee is $85.00 per person. The fee includes all workshop materials, refreshments, and lunch on Saturday. To register, send your name, address, email and phone number, along with a check made out to Enneagram for Life, to the following address:
Enneagram for Life, (LLC), Attn: Peggy Hamiter
3427 Beverly Place
Shreveport, LA 71105.
You may also pre-register by phone with a VISA or Mastercard by calling Susan Caldwell at the church office at (318) 868-3313.
Check-in will begin on Friday evening (9 March 2012) at 6:30 PM.
Cursos de Español para la Justicia (Spanish Course for Justice) Resumes 28 February 2012
19 February 2012 Worship Service
The 11:00 AM worship service for Sunday (19 February 2012) is “Inspired by the World.”
Children, youth and adults of the church will present stories, readings and music in a service in celebration of our Third Source:
Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.
Learning the stories and teachings of other traditions is another way of learning more about our own, as we explore the way these stories relate to and reinforce our Unitarian Universalist Principles and values.
Cursos de Español para la Justicia — Spanish Course for Justice!
We are two weeks into the course — our third class meeting is 28 February 2012.
There is no class on 21 February 2012 because of the Board and Council Meeting. But if you would still like to join us, order your book from Amazon and speak to Virginia Villarreal about what you will need to do to catch up.
If you have not had Spanish before, you may have difficulty joining us after 28 February 2012 and may want to consider waiting until the course is offered again.
“Social Darwinism” Brown Bag Discussion — Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Please join us for “Social Darwinism is Alive and Well in America – And What Can We Do About It?” by Dr. Robert Jordan, Ph.D. this Wednesday (22 February 2012) from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Psychologist Dr. Bob Jordan explores the idea that some people in power who profess not to believe in Darwin’s Theory of Evolution still seem to have no problem subscribing to “Survival of the Fittest” as a way to run a society.
Bring your lunch and bring your friends. As always, the Brown Bag is free of charge and open to all.
2nd – 5th Grade Class Cookie and Bracelet Sale
This Sunday (5 February 2012) immediately after our worship service, please join us for this fundraiser presented by our children.
The 2nd – 5th Grade Class has been learning about the tradition of service in many of the world’s religions and our own Unitarian Universalist tradition. They have decided to raise money for one cause close to home and one cause helping people in the wider world.
They will donate half their proceeds to Heifer International and the other half to the Erosion Abatement Project here at All Souls.
The sale will continue for the next two Sundays — culminating with the intergenerational worship service on 19 February 2012.
“Everything is Holy” — Southwest District Midwinter Retreat
This is a Winter Retreat with Singer/Songwriter Peter Mayer. It’s happening from Friday, 10 February 2012 to Sunday, 12 February 2012.
- Conference Location – Holiday Inn Select North (2645 LBJ Freeway, Dallas TX 75234)
- Conference Brochure
- Online Registration
Colonization, Privilege & Resistance Allies for Racial Equality Conference 2012
The Annual Allies for Racial Equity Conference (hosted by First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, Ft Worth TX) is happening on 17-19 February 2012.
The annual conference will offer Unitarian Universalists who identify as white the opportunityto develop their anti-racist and anti-oppressive analysis and practice. Whether this will be your first or fifteenth anti-racist conference, we will provide you an opportunity to learn, grow and explore how you can turn your commitment into action.
This conference featuring keynote speakers & workshops by Robert Jensen (University of Texas Journalism Professor and author of The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege) and Megan Dowdell (Starr King School for the Ministry Adjunct Professor and UU ministerial candidate).
Basic Conversational Spanish Course
Basic Conversational Spanish — a 12 Week Course — will be coming soon to All Souls.
Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. Peter Morales has recommended that Unitarian Universalists learn Spanish in preparation for this summer’s Justice General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix, Arizona (20-24 June 2012).
Whether you plan to attend GA or not, take this opportunity to broaden your linguistic and cultural horizons!
- Instructor — Virginia Villarreal
- Date — Tuesdays starting 7 February 2012
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Textbook: Barron’s Learn Spanish the Fast and Fun Way, 3rd Edition
- Suggested Donation to All Souls : $30.00 for the 12 week course and $12.50 for the Book.
No one turned away – do not let money be a reason for not taking this course. On the other hand, if you are able to fund more than one book, you are welcome to do so.
Once you sign up, please write a separate check payable to All Souls (Memo: Spanish Books). We will order the books from Amazon. If you wish, you may order your own book from Amazon.com. Be sure and go through the Amazon Vendor Partnership Window on the church’s website so that the church gets a percentage.
Don’t Delay!!! We have only 10 days left before classes begin!