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This on-going Adult Enrichment group meets every week on Tuesday evenings for one hour of meditation including a reading. Come, sit, listen, and meditate with us.
Yoga is a multipurpose tool for improving a lifetime: the essence of Yoga is nonphysical inner development. To varying degrees for each individual, Yoga brings inner quiet, peace of mind, character strength, and spirituality. We each relate to it and its many physical and inner benefits in ways that suit our individual needs and personalities.
This Mindful Yoga program cultivates the abstract benefits. It encourages a quiet, mindful awareness while doing a full range of classical postures. Postures improve health through strengthening, purifying, and toning of the body, as well as of the nerve, and energy systems. Improved health, self-confidence, and a feeling of well-being, foster the inner results. Although the postures are a valuable tool, their improvement of the body is a byproduct, not the goal of Yoga practice.
Appropriate for a range of students, the approach is sufficiently safe, gentle, and even-paced for new students, while providing depth, variation, and practice options for experienced students.
Led by Beck Anamin
Meets Thursdays, weekly
An Adult Enrichment Program
This service offers a time for meditation, reflection, and renewal through music, brief words, and silence. Come sing, light a candle, and nurture your spirit during this nontraditional worship experience - and bring a friend! There will be a rehearsal from 6 to 6:45 pm for singers who would like to learn the harmonies to the chants we will sing.
We are also looking for instrumentalists interested in participating, but would need to know in advance who is able to come. For more information, please contact Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger at 603-410-4830 or michael@concorduu.org.
The Dances of Universal Peace are based in mantras from many world religions. Walking practice, prayer, sound current vibration, and gentle full body movement create an atmosphere of heart centered peace. The Dances of Universal Peace are lead by Sarah-Elizabeth Whitcomb and Jane Jenaabi Finlay. We have musical support with guitar, harp, flute, recorder and drum. Bring your beginner self. All mantras and dance movements will be shared with interpretation.
The Chapel will be open a half hour prior to beginning in order to allow for centering time for the leaders and musicians. All are welcome to join us as we connect and create space together. Bring yourself, an open heart and a friend to the circle!
For more information please contact Sarah-Elizabeth Whitcomb at sarah_elizabeth@me.com or 603 365-0852 cell or Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger at michael@concorduu.org or 603 410-4830.
"Ostara rise,
Come lady come,
The earth is growing green again,
Come lady come!"
Come join us as we welcome back spring, with singing, eggs, and ... a surprise guest.
Stay afterward for a pot-luck social hour if you'd like. Snack or drink contributions are welcome.
Greetings from the Ethnic Diners, an Adult Enrichment opportunity. We meet the third Fridays of the month at 6 pm, September through June with the exception of December. The dinners are informal pot luck affairs. You’re invited to come with or without food & beverage. Join us for dinner and conversation at your convenience.
The following is this years’ schedule of countries:
September: Vegetarian Local Fall Harvest, USA
October: India
November: Spain
January: China
February: Russia
March: Chile
April: Poland
May: Mexico
June: Syria
Any questions feel free to “ask Bob” at 228-6264.
“Listening to the Sages,” Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger
Our society is obsessed with the ideal of youth. Yet age has much to offer. If you had one life lesson to pass on to a younger generation, what would it be? Come find out what wisdom our more seasoned members have to offer.
The service will be followed by a luncheon with additional musical entertainment and an announcement of our pledge results.
Anyone who has been to at least two of our rituals in the past, and would like to help with the planning and presentation of our Ostara (Spring Equinox) Ritual, is welcome to join the Earth-Centered Spirituality Group for this planning meeting. The ritual itself will be at the church on March 20, 7:00 pm.
Fee: $25 (includes $21 for the course book and $4 toward a group donation to the Unitarian Universalist Church as a thank you for donating the space). Register online (here) after February 22.
Preregistration is required! Each participant will receive a course book featuring readings to go along with each discussion topic.
Hungry for Change explores the true meaning of the phrase "you are what you eat." In six sessions, held weekly, this discussion course challenges participants to examine their roles, not only as consumers of food, but also as creators--of food, of systems, and of the world we all live in. Each session includes readings, short assignments and accompanying discussion questions that address the impact of individual food choices on a range of issues, including ecosystem health, the treatment of factory and farm workers, and the global economy. Many sessions also include video clips, podcasts and websites to deepen the learning experience. Hungry for Change helps participants commit to lasting change by developing and sharing personal Action Plans with each session.
Course goals include:
For more information, a full flyer and to register, visit www.nourishingwords.net. Or, e-mail Eleanor Baron at eleanor.baron@gmail.com or telephone 603.724.7411. Remember, preregistration is required and participation will be limited to 12 people.
“The Road Less Traveled: The Journey of a Roman Catholic Womanpriest”
Rev. Theresa Novak Chabot.
Join us for Child Dedication Sunday, and hear Rev. Chabot speak of her life’s path before and since her ordination to priesthood.
“Facing Death”
Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger
Intellectually we understand that death is an inevitable part of the circle of life. Most of the time we can accept death as an abstract principle - until it becomes personal, until the experience of loss sends us spiraling, until our hearts long for answers when none are forthcoming. How do we talk about death with our children? How do we talk about death with each other?
All are invited to bring a picture of someone you have lost to the service.
This on-going Adult Enrichment group meets every week on Tuesday evenings for one hour of meditation including a reading. Come, sit, listen, and meditate with us.
Yoga is a multipurpose tool for improving a lifetime: the essence of Yoga is nonphysical inner development. To varying degrees for each individual, Yoga brings inner quiet, peace of mind, character strength, and spirituality. We each relate to it and its many physical and inner benefits in ways that suit our individual needs and personalities.
This Mindful Yoga program cultivates the abstract benefits. It encourages a quiet, mindful awareness while doing a full range of classical postures. Postures improve health through strengthening, purifying, and toning of the body, as well as of the nerve, and energy systems. Improved health, self-confidence, and a feeling of well-being, foster the inner results. Although the postures are a valuable tool, their improvement of the body is a byproduct, not the goal of Yoga practice.
Appropriate for a range of students, the approach is sufficiently safe, gentle, and even-paced for new students, while providing depth, variation, and practice options for experienced students.
Led by Beck Anamin
Meets Thursdays, weekly
An Adult Enrichment Program
Fee: $25 (includes $21 for the course book and $4 toward a group donation to the Unitarian Universalist Church as a thank you for donating the space). Register online (here) after February 22.
Preregistration is required! Each participant will receive a course book featuring readings to go along with each discussion topic.
Hungry for Change explores the true meaning of the phrase "you are what you eat." In six sessions, held weekly, this discussion course challenges participants to examine their roles, not only as consumers of food, but also as creators--of food, of systems, and of the world we all live in. Each session includes readings, short assignments and accompanying discussion questions that address the impact of individual food choices on a range of issues, including ecosystem health, the treatment of factory and farm workers, and the global economy. Many sessions also include video clips, podcasts and websites to deepen the learning experience. Hungry for Change helps participants commit to lasting change by developing and sharing personal Action Plans with each session.
Course goals include:
For more information, a full flyer and to register, visit www.nourishingwords.net. Or, e-mail Eleanor Baron at eleanor.baron@gmail.com or telephone 603.724.7411. Remember, preregistration is required and participation will be limited to 12 people.
“Gaia, Mother Earth and the Oneness of Everything”
Jim Scott
Jim intersperses original songs and readings with his personal reflections on a spiritual ecological awareness. The idea of Mother Earth or “Gaia” being a living organism with the same physical attributes as humans leads us to a deeper connection with our life support system. Former co-chair of the UU Ministry for the Earth, Jim helped create the UUA's “Green Sanctuary” program.