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, on designated sheets in the UU Santa Fe foyer, 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. |
2019-2020 Offerings
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ADULT LIFELONG LEARNING OFFERINGS
Upcoming offerings
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We intentionally don't field many offerings in the summer months. We are busy preparing next year's program! Check back periodically!
Program facilitators may cancel any program that does not have at least 5 registrants. For more information about these programs scroll down this page.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”―Mahatma Gandhi |
For newcomers and long-timers!
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Starting Point 2020
Dates Next session August 2020 Location UU Santa Fe Library 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 offer Starting Point two times per year (August and January). |
Plutonium: LANL and Plutonium Pit Production
“My family never talks about feelings, and we certainly never talk about plutonium. It's hard to take something seriously if you can't see it, smell it, touch it, or feel it. Plutonium is a cosmic trick. The invisible enemy, the merry prankster.”― Kristen Iversen, Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats |
Plutonium: LANL and Plutonium Pit Production
Dates TBD. Will be re-offered summer 2020 Location via Zoom videoconferencing Facilitated by Jim and Maj-Britt Eagle Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning and Environmental Justice Teams Cost none Registration required so we can send you the Zoom meeting ID# To Register, click here First Session
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Off-Campus Practices |
Santa Fe is blessed with many spiritual and movement practices that we make no attempt to duplicate when rich resources are so readily available in our wider community. Below are offerings with organizations/facilitators with whom UU Santa Fe has a cooperative relationship.
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Spiritual Direction
Rev. Tony Thieman-Somora
Office Hours Wed 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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Warm Water
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Warm Water Gentle Yoga
Dates continuous―contact Marion Phelps for schedule Location Santa Fe Aqua Therapy Center, 696 Calle Espejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Facilitated by Amy Jelliffe, MD Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Costs apply, please inquire Warm Water Yoga is a gentle practice accessible for all. The water is 95 degrees and helps the muscles relax and tensions melt away. Come join our fun community to increase flexibility and deepen your breath. Call Marion Phelps at the Santa Fe Aqua Therapy Center at 505.989.7085 or email her at watsusf@comcast.net for details. |
qigong
Qi is often translated as life energy.
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Qigong
Dates continuous―contact Jay Bunker for schedule Location The Studio, 332 Camino del Monte Sol Facilitated by Jay Bunker, co-host Sponsored by Adult Lifelong Learning Cost $10-$20 donation to cover studio rental The hosts do not teach, but facilitate the practice using Master Mingtong Gu’s audio recordings. Qigong is a "holistic movement practice of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used in the belief that it promotes health, spirituality, and martial arts training."―Wikipedia |
Other ResourcesOur outside Book Cart located near the portal entrance is a place to trade free books and magazines. Check it out! Pass it along! 
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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. We completed The Kidder Library makeover in fall 2019! We queried our subject matter experts both at UU Santa Fe and the UUA InSpirit bookstore staff. We purchased $1000 of new titles. We made changes to our collection that pursue the following criteria:
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)