News From Lifespan Religious Education
Printing on Fabric
with Natural Dye Plants
Thursdays from March 21 - April 18
1-4 p.m. in Fellowship Hall & Kitchen
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In this 5 week course, participants will learn how to create intricate colors and patterns on fabrics using natural dye materials. Known as botanical printing or eco-printing, this process offers an environmentally friendly and sustainable approach to crafting beautiful and distinctive textiles.We will explore the art of arranging and steam-setting dried flower petals from dye plants and leaves from native trees onto cotton and silk fabrics. This hands-on experience not only results in unique prints, but also fosters a deeper personal connection to nature. The class aims to build a community that shares a passion for creativity and environmental consciousness.This unique opportunity is partly funded by the Creative Aging Program of the Indiana Arts Commission and is limited to 6 participants aged 65 and over. A $40 material fee applies, and students are requested to commit to attending all five classes.
Poetry as a Spiritual Practice
March 25 &
every other Monday from April 1 - May 13
7-8:30 p.m. in the Library & Zoom
Linda Pickle, Facilitator
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Are you interested in exploring new ways to engage in spiritual practice? Do you want to delve into what spiritual practice is or could be for you? Do you simply love poetry and want to have an opportunity to share your love with others and in doing so deepen that appreciation? Do you write poetry and want to share your work and your reasons for writing poetry with others? These, and perhaps others, are good reasons to join this course. A series of five meetings will focus on sharing poems that the participants bring to the group. The first meeting will give participants a chance to talk about what "spiritual practice" means to them and about why they joined the course. Literary analysis is NOT the purpose of the course; rather, practice in experiencing poetry as a vehicle for spiritual practice is the goal.
Registrations are currently open, this class has a 7 person limit. Click here to contact Linda with your questions.
On Repentance and Repair
Discussion Course on the UUA Common Read
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If you were intrigued by the February sermon on the transformative powers of reparation and amends, join our 4-week Wednesday evening class, May 1-22! We'll hold an in-depth study of Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg's On Repentance and Repair, this year's Unitarian Universalist Association's (UUA) Common Read. There will be in-person and online options. Dr. Stephanie Kimball, your Director of Lifespan Religious Education, and the Rev. Sarah Gettie McNeill, a community minister serving at the UUA, will be co-facilitating this class which has the power to transform how you engage with the act of relationship repair on all levels - personal, institutional, and global. Pick up the book, start reading, and register now!
Death Cafe
March 31
3-5 p.m.
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Everybody dies. Yet we do not talk about it. Death Cafe is here to normalize the undoubtedly normal fact of our own mortality.
It’s important to note that Death Cafe is NOT counseling, nor is it a grief support group. It is simply a place to talk, and listen, about our thoughts and feelings around death. Sponsored by the 2023 cohort of Inner Work of Age.
Sound Baths for Relaxation
March 9
April 13
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Lie back and receive the healing vibrations of the sounds of instruments such as crystal singing bowls, Himalayan singing bowls, gong, buffalo drum, voice and more. Offered by Jill Courtney.