Adult Religious Education and Classes
Adult RE Program, 2011-2012
JOIN US EVERY SUNDAY AT 9:00 A.M. Along with Adult RE which is offered on the second and third Sunday of each month, we are now offering classes EVERY SUNDAY!
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Download Adult RE Program and Schedule 2011-2012 
Download Growing Together Series March 2012
All are welcome to all or any of our group sessions. It does not matter if you have not participated previously or can only make the occasional meeting.
HUU’s Adult RE is an opportunity for all of us to expand our understanding of various religious/spiritual traditions through focused appreciation, listening, dialogue, practice, and learning. We gather with the intention of using various print and video sources to learn together and enhance our search for personal religious growth and truth.
Our facilitators also help hold the space for our sharing and move the conversations and practices along. We use guidelines for sharing that support honest expression of personal experience and respectful listening, not positioning and debate.
The program launches in September. We start promptly at 9.00 a.m. for an hour or so before the morning service.
Contact: Linda Dove, Adult R.E. Coordinator, ldove@shentel.net.
Living a Compassionate Life
WHEN: 2nd Sundays at 9.a.m.
WHERE: HUU Fellowship Building
Compassion begin with showings of Karen Armstrong’s Ware lecture at the 2011 UU General Assembly on her worldwide Charter for Compassion. Later we discuss what it means to live our lives compassionately using Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, Karen Armstrong, Knopf, 2010, $22.95. (Facilitator: Paul Revell)
Details: Living a Compassionate Life
Meditation and Chanting Practice
WHEN: 3rd Sundays at 9.a.m.
WHERE: HUU Fellowship Building
Exploring spiritual practices from a variety of sources, we will chant and meditate with the intention of direct experience of our inner spiritual lives. Beginning with the Hindu tradition in September, we will continue our inner journey through chanting and meditation practices drawn from a variety of spiritual paths. No experience in chanting and meditation is necessary, and each session can be taken independently. In each session, we'll have a brief overview of the tradition and some basic instructions, followed by 10 minutes of chanting and 20 minutes of meditation, then a short sharing of our experience. (Facilitator: Laura Dent)
Details Meditation and Chanting Practice
Growing Together classes
WHEN: 1st, 4th, 5th Sundays at 9.a.m.
WHERE: HUU Fellowship Building
February 5 - 9-10am
Topic: Gender Socialization and Homophobia
How have we learned what we know about gender and homophobia?
How has the discussion and views on this issue shifted and why?
How to we communicate gender roles in a healthy and inclusive way in speaking with others, especially children and youth.
How can these discussions assist us in confronting homophobia in our communities and congregations?
Richard Wolf of the Welcoming Committee will facilitate for us.
February 26 - 9-10am
A Short History of Unitarian Universalist Affirmations and Principals
Facilitator: Mike Quayle
We will explore the history of Unitarian Universalist Affirmations, Statements of Faith, and Principals as a way of examining how our belief sytems and understandings have changed throughout our history.
March 4 - 9-10am
Today’s session will focus on topics related to GLBT concerns and is sponsored by our Welcoming Congregations Committee.
Facilitator: Richard Wolf
March 25 - 9-10am
Ken Rutherford: Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR).
As Director of CISR Ken is conducting or participating in post-conflict missions and projects in Burundi, Colombia, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Rwanda, Uganda, Vietnam, and Yemen. He is co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network and a renowned leader in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning coalition that spearheaded 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the global movement that led to the 2008 Cluster Munitions Ban Treaty. He has worked for the Peace Corps (Mauritania), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Senegal), International Rescue Committee (Kenya and Somalia), and as a Fulbright Professor(Jordan). Rutherford is author of Disarming States: The International Movement to Ban Landmines, co editor of Reframing the Agenda: The Impact of NGO and Middle Power Corporation in International Security Policy, Landmines and Human Security: The International Movement to Ban Landmines. He has testified before Congress and published articles in numerous academic and policy journals. He was a Professor of Public Affairs and an Associate Professor in Political Science at Missouri State University prior to joining the JMU faculty in February 2010. Rutherford holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado and a Ph.D. from Georgetown University.
