Adult Religious Education

Adult R.E. Program, 2010-11

Living Life on a Spiritual Basis

WHEN: 5-6 weeks on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, beginning in September before the service.
(September 12, 26, October 10, 24, November 14, December 12).
8.45a.m.--10 a.m.

WHERE: HUU Fellowship Building

During the next few months we will explore the variety of ways that spirituality is understood, experience and practiced.

Come with the intention to refine and deepen your own understanding of what, if anything, the spiritual means to you.

Guidelines: conversation—listening, sharing the space, learning from others, and supporting each other in developing our own truths.

Broad topics we will explore are:

As a starter—the many ways that the terms “spirit”, “spiritual”, “spirituality”, are defined and used.
The search for unity with, absorption in, coming home to, God, the divine, a higher power, and so on.
Practice of a way of living at the level of the true self, the soul.
The search for the meaning and purpose of life (beyond the self, the group, the planet, all living things, the cosmos).
The experience of non-material reality, beyond ordinary thought, pure consciousness, transcendental awareness, and so on.

We could possibly hold a “This I believe” session at the end, if we agree to do so.

Handouts are available for each topic to help spark our conversation and guide our exploration. The material is broadly organized under common themes and is illustrative of the literature on spirituality, rather than comprehensive or didactic. Handouts for each topic will be available a week or two in advance of each session on the HUU website where you may print them.

Anyone in the congregation is welcome to participate in facilitating, sharing additional material, or making suggestions to enrich the program. Please consult with Linda Dove, Ldove@shentel.net.

Course Material:

All materials are available in pdf format:

Readings and References (1 page)
Living Life on a Spiritual Basis—1:1 (1 page)
Living Life on a Spiritual Basis—1:2 (3 pages)
Wakan Tanka, the Great Mystery (1 page)
Living Life on a Spiritual Basis—2 (3 pages)

Download all of the Living Life on a Spiritual Basis materials (9 pages) in a zipped file