"Let’s Talk Evolution II: Michael Dowd – Did You Hear What I Heard?"

Remember to set your clocks BACK one hour and come at 9:15 on Sunday, Nov. 3, when Larry Anderson will lead  "Let’s Talk Evolution II: Michael Dowd – Did You Hear What I Heard?"  Bring your notes, comments and questions for a spirited discussion of the Ashley Lectures.

"Religion 2.0 -- The Sacred Side of Science: Redeeming God, Evolving Faith, Saving Humanity"

Michael Dowd's topic this weekend will be 

"Religion 2.0 -- The Sacred Side of Science:

Redeeming God, Evolving Faith, Saving Humanity"

OVERALL DESCRIPTION: A worldwide meta-religious movement has been emerging for decades, largely unnoticed, at the nexus of science, inspiration, and sustainability. Beliefs are inconsequential. What unites us are a pool of common values, priorities, and commitments re living in right relationship to reality and working together in service of a just and healthy future for humanity and the larger body of life. Reality is our God, evidence is our scripture, big history is our creation story, ecology is our theology, integrity is our religion, and ensuring a healthy future is our mission. 

SAT 10am - 12 noon: 

"Sacred Science and the New Theism: Right Relationship to Reality in the 21st Century"

SAT 1pm - 3pm: 

"The Future Is Calling Us to Greatness: How Honoring Human Nature and Death Helps Us Cherish Life -- and Leave a Sweet Legacy and a Livable Planet"

SUN Adult Forum: 9:00 (time change)

"The Salvation of Religion? -- Evidence As Scripture, Ecology As Theology"

SUN Sermon: 

"God Rebukes Religious Right: Repent or Face Hell and High Water"

SHORT BIO:

Rev. Michael Dowd is an evolutionary theologian, bestselling author, and evangelist for Big History and an honorable relationship to future. His bridge-building book, Thank God for Evolution, was endorsed by 6 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, noted skeptics, and by religious leaders across the spectrum. His work has been featured favorably in The New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsweek, Wired, Discover, and on CNN, ABC News, and Fox News.

"Let’s Talk Evolution: Getting Ready for Michael Dowd"

This Sunday, Oct. 20 at 9:15, "Let’s Talk Evolution: Getting Ready for Michael Dowd" will be led by our own Larry Anderson & Ed O’Keefe.

"Can We Have a WORD?"

This Sunday Oct. 13 at 9:15,  our own Rev. Larry Anderson will lead "Can We Have a WORD?—The Ever Changing Language of Faith from Jesus to Paul to Luther to Osteen"

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

For the next three Sundays, September 15, 22 and 29,our own Bob Miles will lead a three-part discussion of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) a unique personality assessment, which is based on concepts developed by Carl Jung and refined as an inventory for the past 50 years.  It is used in counseling and workplace settings for personal growth and staff development.

Before retiring in 2011, Bob was a licensed counselor and Director of Career Services at a community college in New Haven, CT, where he used the MBTI extensively in career counseling and presented applications of the MBTI to writing, psychology and business classes, as well as counseling conferences.

The first session, September 15 is intended for those unfamiliar with, or interested in a review of, the MBTI that suggests how we take in information and make decisions.  The goal is for each participant to decide, at least tentatively, on a four-letter personality “type;” a self-scoring assessment will be available to complete at home.  In the second session we will discuss applications of the MBTIand the chronological progression through four functions, leading to a discussion in the third week of the last function we develop, referred to as the “inferior” or “shadow” function, which often leads us in a more spiritual direction.

On September 22, we will discuss applications of the MBTI familiar to some members of the congregation and a hierarchy of four functions that are developed chronologically. Those with a four-letter type will learn their developmental sequence.Those who do not know their type may contact Bob for a self-scoring inventory.

On September 29, we will explore the “inferior” or “shadow” function that usually is unconscious through mid-life and receives more attention later in life, which can lead to a focus on more spiritual values.  A self-scoring assessment will be available for those who did not complete it earlier.

Feng Shui Eyes

On September 8, Judith Nourse  will share some stories that will open your "Feng Shui Eyes," and you will never see your home in the same way again!  ...In the mid 90's, when working as a registered nurse, Judith Nourse heard Terah Collins, Caroline Myss, and Dr. Christiane Northrup present at a conference in Washington, DC.  Collins spoke on Feng Shui, Northrup on why people get sick, and Myss on why people don't heal.  In a magical moment, something between the lines of their talks clicked for Judith.  Thus began what has grown into her most intriguing and fulfilling of careers, as a Feng Shui consultant with a focus on wellbeing.  Judith will explain how and why the surroundings you live in may be having an enormous effect on certain aspects of your life, including your health. 

Judith is a 1999 graduate of the Western School of Feng Shui, San Diego, and has been in an affiliate mentorship program for 11 years in Tibetan Buddhist Feng Shui.  In addition to Feng Shui consulting for individuals, couples and businesses, she is a board certified reflexologist, teaching seminars to licensed healthcare practitioners for Cross Country Education.  Judith lives in Hendersonville with her husband, Jim Nourse, an acupuncturist and clinical psychologist. 

“Sacred Sites of England”

This Sunday, September 1, Marty Cain, an award-winning  art educator, sculptor and labyrinth designer will discuss “ Sacred Sites of England.” She will show slides of ancient sacred sites she has visited in England and share with you her experiences while there. She will explain what makes them "sacred" and why one would want to create new sacred sites today and how to do just that.