[Messages] Nurture Your Spiritual Journey at UCM this Fall

Wed Sep 14 15:46:18 CDT 2016

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Subject: Nurture Your Spiritual Journey at UCM this Fall

The Adult Religious Education (ARE) Committee is planning and/or
advertising multiple programs this fall to carry out its mission “to
nurture each person’s spiritual journey – i.e., provide opportunities for
faith development and personal growth.”  A working draft of a list of the
offerings
<https://ucmontpelier.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/are-brochure-fall-2016-updated.pdf>
can be found on the UCM website
<https://ucmvt.org/2016/09/14/adult-religious-education-offerings-for-2016-2017/>
and
will be on the RE Table in the Vestry on Sundays.

You may have already seen in the Weekly Announcements notice of Ginny
Sassaman’s “Beginner’s Meditation Workshop” to be held on Saturday
morning *September
17* at UCM.  Though you must pay $15 to attend, the ARE Committee considers
this event relevant for personal growth.  For more information, contact
Ginny at HappinessParadigm at gmail.com.

The Committee is starting a *new “4th Mondays ARE Series”* through which an
evening program will be offered at the church on the 4th Monday of every
month (except December).  For fall we have arranged programs about women's
spirituality, non-violent communication, intergenerational story-telling
and the UUA Common Read book.  Please let us know what ideas you have for
winter/spring!
The 4th Mondays ARE Series will begin on *September 26 from 7-8 p.m.* in
the Children’s Chapel. The first event is entitled “Introduction to Women’s
Spirituality & Intuitive Training” and will be led by Lee Wilschek, who
says it can help you to “Awaken to your spiritual magnificence!  Explore,
remember, uncover your unique gifts through meditation, visualization, and
shamanic journeying.”  If you want to know more about this, contact Lee at
spiritlea at gmail.com.

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People may simply show up to the 4th Mondays ARE Series without
registration unless needing child care at the church, in which case they
should request it through Acting Director of Religious Education (DRE) Liza
Earle-Centers (ucm.dre at gmail.com ) a week before the event.

This year, UCM will offer *two different covenant groups*: Small Group
Ministry (SGM) <https://ucmvt.org/get-involved/small-group-ministry/> and
the new Soul Matters Circle.

The *Small Group Ministry* program is a wonderful way to meet new folks,
and explore your own thoughts on issues of life and spirituality.  Each
group will meet twice a month and is led by members who are experienced
facilitators. Contact Sue Stukey, coordinator, if you have questions:
susan.stukey at gmail.com, or 223-4189. You can also sign up on Sundays during
coffee hour in the vestry.

The *Soul Matters Circle* is a program designed to help you live more
deeply into our monthly theme. Each month, participants engage in a
spiritual exercise related to the theme and then ponder a question for
deeper reflection. In our covenant-based circle, we share with one another
where we are on our journey of living more deeply into the theme of the
month. We will be experimenting with this program this year and will have
one group co-facilitated by Rev. Joan Javier-Duval and Kathleen Bryant. The
group will meet on the 3rd Wednesdays from 7-9pm. You can register online
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeN5ZuCLBi7wBkY2Enj8LU_jrHudZGVMYOKq0ZeB2RhgCyp9g/viewform>
for this program or at the RE Table in the vestry on Sundays. The group
will be limited to 12 participants.

SGM and the Soul Matters Circle will both offer two four-month sessions.
The first session is October-January. The Covenant Groups will each accept
10-12 participants and will then hold closed meetings until enrollment is
opened up for the next 4 months (February-May).

We hope you will nurture your spiritual journey at UCM this year by
participating in one of these enriching and enlivening offerings!
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