We have a variety of programs for adults planned this year! Join us for Small Group Ministry, Book Groups, Sunday Forums, and Classes.
Registration for classes is open to all members and friends of OUUC and members of the larger community. To help us keep these offerings sustainable, we suggest participants donate $0-$10 per class meeting. Don’t bring cash to class, either write a check or make a donation online.
Upcoming Classes:
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Dances of Universal Peace, led by Marti Dimock
Thursdays 6:30pm-8:30pm September 12th, October 10th, and November 14th.
Registration is not required
(a donation will be accepted at the event)
Dances of Universal Peace is an embodied, transformative spiritual practice touching the essence of all traditions around the world. They include simple movements to live music. All are welcome, no experience necessary, dances are taught to the whole group each time. We hope you will come and lift your voice, your hands, and your spirit as we allow a variety of dances to work in our hearts as yeast works a loaf of bread.
For more information about the Dances of Universal Peace generally
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Play Reading with a Purpose, led by Janet Spencer
Class Dates: 6 Saturdays Sept. 28. Oct 5,12,19, 26, Nov. 2nd 1-3pm
Plays are meant to be spoken – or at least read aloud. And you don’t have to be an actor to do so. This group will read – aloud – plays with literary and/or spiritual content. For the present we’ll stick to plays by American writers, such as Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Neil Simon. Even comedies can be meaningful. Janet Spenser, retired actor, director and theater manager, will start with “The Sandbox”, a short play by Edward Albee; she has several copies. Hopefully, the plays we read will stimulate discussion – intellectual and emotional. The group is open to people who want to read, and to others who want to listen.
Size up to 10
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Life Without Notes: A Storytelling Workshop, led by Zoe Myers
Come and learn to tell the stories of your life. Have you ever been to an open mic storytelling event? Have you ever wished that it was you up there telling? Here is your chance to learn how. You’ll learn the fundamentals for telling a personal story in the style of “The Moth” (themoth.org). The rules are simple, it has to be a true story that happened to you and be told in 8 minutes or less.
We will meet for two three-hour sessions, and you’ll learn to choose the best topics for personal storytelling, and how to develop character, plot and add texture to your story. You will practice telling your stories in front of an audience of your classmates, without notes, because it’s your life, and you’re not going to forget it. Our course will culminate in a storytelling event presented for the OUUC community. All participants will have access to coaching in preparation for the show.
Meets: Saturday September 14th and Saturday September 21st from 1:00 – 4:00 at OUUC; Our storytelling event will be held on Saturday October 5th in the afternoon, also at OUUC.
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Don’t Leave This World until You Have Cleaned Your Room, led by Gail Gosney Wrede
A class on the spiritual act of clearing your belongings before death”
Gail Gosney Wrede is an avid organizer and has worked with individuals to help them downsize their footprint in this world. She now turns her attention to the question of what and what not to leave behind when death taps our shoulder. This is a two session class. The first session will deal with the emotional decisions of what to leave and to whom and what to divest and when. Participants will be asked to journal their thoughts about these questions. The second session will focus on the practical aspects of clearing our possessions before we die, knowing that we are still living.
Classes Tuesday October 8th and October 15th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
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Writing About Local History, led by Tim Ransom
Author of For the Good of the Order: The Braget Farm and Land Use in the Nisqually Valley Tim Ransom shares his answers to some of the questions that can arise when taking on a local history project. Why do it? Are there any rules to follow? Who can do it? What is local history? What is history, anyway?
Friday, September 27 2024 6:30-8:00
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And more classes coming soon!
ABOUT THE OUUC ADULT FAITH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
OUUC’s adult faith development program offers a wide range of classes to help members and others in their spiritual development and in a broad variety of life skills, as well as to increase knowledge in specific areas, or just to have fun. The Adult Faith Development Team reviews ideas for classes, finds and assists instructors, and publishes seasonal catalogs of the class offerings with the goal of supporting Lifelong Learning.
We welcomes offers to lead future classes from members of the broader community as well as from the OUUC congregation. Please direct proposals or inquiries to Rev. Sara Lewis (dre@ouuc.org / 360-634-2005), or contact a committee member. A member of the committee will contact you and guide you through the process of setting up your class.