Here you will find information about our various adult learning programs, their dates and registration (if any).
adult learning opportunities | Human Being Training
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We commit to lifelong learning and spiritual practice that enriches our lives and those around us. We offer balanced content and spiritual practices from the world's great religions and wisdom traditions, informed by our distinct Unitarian Universalist perspective. Throughout the year, we may offer this content in various formats such as workshop, retreat, forum, or discussion group.
We schedule adult lifelong learning classes and workshops throughout the year. They are led by expert volunteers, staff and outside guests. To register for adult learning exploration classes you may signup online, or contact the class facilitator or our Program Ministry staff. UU Santa Fe Adult lifelong learning is a cooperative adventure. If you would like to facilitate a program, contact our Program Ministry staff. |
2020-2021 Offerings
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ADULT LIFELONG LEARNING OFFERINGS
At-A-Glance
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”―Mahatma Gandhi |
Our 2020-2021 program is beginning to look like this. Details to follow as they emerge!
Program facilitators may cancel any program that does not have at least 5 registrants.
For more information about these programs scroll down this page. |
Fall in love with Unitarian Universalism! For newcomers.
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Starting Point
Dates Next session January 2021 Location online Facilitated by Rev. Gail Marriner, Steven Mead, Sherry Kraemer, et al. Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning, Ministry and Community Life Teams Cost none Registration required; to Register, click here As our journeys take new or unexpected turns, we all find ourselves looking for new kinds of companions. So if you're a newcomer or long-timer looking to fall in love with UU Santa Fe and Unitarian Universalism all over again, well then, consider Starting Point your spiritual "re-start." We usually offer Starting Point two times per year (August and January). We plan on offering this in January 2021 as soon as we re-envision it as an online gathering! |
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen
“We are broken open, or we willfully shed.”― Mark Nepo, |
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen
Dates 3 sessions, Nov 4-11-18, 1-2:30 pm Location online Facilitated Steven Mead, Lifespan Religious Educator Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Cost none Registration required; to register, click here. When you register, we will send you the Zoom Meeting ID link Seven Thousand Ways to Listen is based on the intellectual property of Mark Nepo in his book of the same name. Through this work, we will survey ancient and contemporary practices to help us stay close to what is sacred. Through readings, meditation and dialog, we will explore the many gifts and challenges of deep listening as we reflect on the meaning of the life we are living. This program sustains and enriches a practice of lifelong learning and promotes right relationship with one’s self, with others and with the wider world. Participants are encouraged to purchase this book, read it before the sessions begin and have a copy available during each session; however, it is not necessary to either have read the book or attend each session to participate. Sessions
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A Triad of Poets
“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet |
*NEW* A Triad of Poets ~ Jeffers, Whyte and Oliver
Dates 3 sessions, February 2021, 2-9-16, 1-3 pm Location online Facilitated Maj-Britt Eagle Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Cost none Registration required; to register, click here. When you register, we will send you the Zoom Meeting ID link A Triad of Poets ~ Jeffers, Whyte and Oliver In this offering of three poets, we're wondering whether our awe in the face of sublime wilderness may arise from our communion with nature, "one great whole animated by the breath of life". Whether, while in the poem there may be a creative "I", it is the "I" of the human mind woven into the material web of life. We'll read selected poems of Robinson Jeffers, David Whyte and Mary Oliver with a "beginner's mind", open to the delight of the unexpected. And in this openness, who we are is woven into where we are. |
Spiritual Direction
Rev. Tony Thieman-Somora
Virtual Office Hours Wednesday, 10 am—1 pm 806.239.7212 PO Box 24204 Santa Fe, NM 87502 |
Spiritual Direction & Pastoral Care
Rev. Tony Thieman-Somora Dates office hours and by appointment Location video conferencing, UU Santa Fe and other locations Sponsored by Ministry and Adult Learning Costs apply (sliding scale); please inquire Rev. Thieman-Somora obtained a certificate in spiritual direction from the University of St. Mary of the Lake and has over 30 years experience. Rev. Tony is a member of Spiritual Directors International and a member of UU Santa Fe.
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Guiding Questions
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Other Resources
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Harriet Kidder Memorial Library
You may like to visit the UU Santa Fe Harriet Kidder Memorial adult library to check out print materials on a variety of topics. Checkout is simple—write down the title, your name, phone/email and date you checked material out on our clipboard. Keep it as long as you need it then bring it back and put it on the shelf with the checkout clipboard. It's simple. Specific donations may be made to our adult library and for other program needs through UU Santa Fe's AmazonSmiles Gift List. Sign on and browse through our Gift List. Give UU Santa Fe an UUnBirthday Present! |
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the the ground at our feet, and learn to be at home.―Sarah York (Unitarian Universalist, minister, educator)