{"id":8136,"date":"2019-09-21T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/?p=8136"},"modified":"2019-09-21T09:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T14:00:04","slug":"adult-religious-education-22-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/2019\/09\/21\/adult-religious-education-22-september-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Religious Education \u2014 22 September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us on Sunday (22 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>In our first class, we learned the difference between a credo and an elevator speech.<\/p>\n<p>While a credo is a personal statement expressing what &#8220;I believe,&#8221; an elevator speech speaks to our common history and distinct Unitarian Universalist theology.\u00a0 It is the story of who we are as a faith tradition.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we come to Session 2 &#8212; &#8220;Writing Your Elevator Speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll look at some examples of elevator speeches from others, and (using some basic tools for constructing an elevator speech) we&#8217;ll take some time to work individually on our own.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there &#8212; we can&#8217;t wait to hear yours (sharing, however, is optional &#8212; don&#8217;t let that keep you away).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us on Sunday (22 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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