WINTER BREAK

DECEMBER 23 and 30 will be our WINTER BREAK with NO FORUM on those days. We resume on January 6.

Peaceful, healthy holidays and 2013 to all.

Mary Magdalene

This Sunday, December 16 at 9:15 Dr. Hal Littleton will be back with us again to take a fresh and different look at Mary Magdalene, her place in the New Testament, in church history, and in contemporary scholarship.

DECEMBER 23 and 30 will be our WINTER BREAK with NO FORUM on those days. We resume on January 6.

Peaceful, healthy holidays and 2013 to all.

“Happy Holidays? Let’s Talk About Grief”

This Sunday, December 9 at 9:15 the topic will be “Happy Holidays?  Let’s Talk About Grief” with  Dr. Jill Bierwirth. This time of year, with its gatherings and traditions, can be difficult for those who have experienced losses, whether recent or distant.  How can we help ourselves and others to find joy and meaning during the holidays, when so much of life has changed for us? 

On Saturday don't forget to spread the word and come early to our holiday cookie and book sale from 10 - 2.

"If Jesus was a mystic... what does it mean to follow him?

Our December sessions begin  this Sunday, the 2nd at 9:15 with our own enigmatic Larry Anderson considering "If Jesus was a mystic... what does it mean to follow him? More enigmas and conundrums."  

"Writing Our Eulogies."

This Sunday, the 25th, at 9:15, Roger Smith, Maralee McMillan and Richard Weidler will finish the workshops on "Writing Our Eulogies." The title is a somewhat catchy shorthand for an elusive but hopefully meaningful and perhaps even useful bit of introspection--- looking inward, thinking about, and ideally putting into words a description of our faith journey as we contemplate the ultimate culmination of our wanderings.  Whether you see yourself as a traditional Christian headed to heaven or as a questing pilgrim still looking for answers to the great riddles of the universe, trying to sum up what it has all meant might well be an interesting and useful exercise for any of us, and might also be useful to Richard or whoever might be leading our funeral celebration or memorial services.  How do we want others to remember us?  What would we like known, and emphasized?  What words, and what tone, would be most appropriate?  These are some of the questions they will try to contemplate in the "Eulogy" forum meeting(s), in workshop format. 

Virus/Spam Alert Google Mail Spam/Hacked into PeteandTess account and is sending out Spam

To All
Something or someone has apparently hacked into my gmail contact list and is sending out emails with a link in the body of the email that  includes the word "plugins" in it- I don't want to include the actual link in this email. That email is Not coming from me! - Please Delete that email without clicking on the link.

I am sorry for any inconvenience this is causing. I am going to try to report this problem to Google and may just have to close my GMail account.

Pete Tintle

Introduction to Pendulum Dowsing."*

Remember to *"fall back"* and then come to our November Forum sessions
beginning this *Sunday, November 4** *at* 9:15* with *"**Introduction to

Pendulum Dowsing."*   Dowsing, an ancient and honored activity historically

associated with the finding of underground water, consists of techniques
for getting in touch with the subconscious mind to ascertain and manipulate
energy patterns. Dowsing can be used in many other ways besides finding
water - for knowledge, guidance, and healing of self and others.  A
pendulum, a weight on a string, is a read-out device, a tool dowsers use to
ascertain, classify and quantify that information.

*Part 1 (November 4 Forum)* will introduce the concepts and some of the

instruments  used by dowsers and will teach the rudiments of using the
pendulum.  A simple pendulum will be provided each person. Everyone will be
encouraged to practice the simple techniques during the week between
sessions.

*Part 2 (November 11 Forum)* will be used for feedback and further uses for

this tool. Persons are encouraged to attend both sessions. However, persons
who miss the first session, November 4, are welcome to attend Part 2.

*            Our presenters, Romella Hart-O’Keefe and Ed O’Keefe, were

trained at the Expanded School of Dowsing at the national headquarters of
the American Society of Dowsers in Danville, Vt. Their own lives have been
enriched by this ancient art, and they have taught hundreds of people the

rudiments of dowsing.***

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