{"id":8127,"date":"2019-09-13T22:07:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T03:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/?p=8127"},"modified":"2019-09-13T22:07:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T03:07:20","slug":"adult-religious-education-15-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/2019\/09\/13\/adult-religious-education-15-september-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Religious Education \u2014 15 September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us on Sunday (15 September 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class &#8212; UU Elevator Speech.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TwoElevators.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8129 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TwoElevators.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TwoElevators.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TwoElevators-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TwoElevators-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may be familiar with the concept of an &#8220;<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elevator_pitch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elevator speech<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; a concise way of explaining something in the time it would take to ride a couple of floors on an elevator.<\/p>\n<p>For the next three Sundays, we&#8217;ll help you come up with one of your own, to talk to others about our Unitarian Universalist faith.<\/p>\n<p>This is a part of the series <em><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/faithforwarduu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faith Forward: From Visitor to Leader<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The UU Elevator Speech class will give you the sense of empowerment and ownership that reminds you that you are the church.<\/p>\n<p>This week &#8212; Session 1: &#8220;It&#8217;s Not a Credo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We know that in our Unitarian Universalist congregation we have a wide variety of beliefs about God (or not god or gods), the Universe, and the great questions of life &#8212; all here together under the same roof.<\/p>\n<p>A credo is a statement reflecting its direct translation from the Latin &#8220;I believe&#8221; and that will be different for each one of us.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry &#8212; later on we can work on one of those as well.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, we do have a common history and a distinct Unitarian Universalist theology that we can share with others.<\/p>\n<p>Your elevator speech is the story of who we are as a faith tradition, and we can&#8217;t wait to hear it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us on Sunday (15 September 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class &#8212; UU Elevator Speech. You may be familiar with the concept of an &#8220;elevator speech&#8221; &#8212; a concise way of explaining something in the time it would take to ride a couple of floors on an elevator. 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