United Theological Seminary

Join us for an All Saints’ Day Taizé service with Marty Haugen.

“Sophia, Goddess, and Feminist Spirituality: Thinking About the Future,” Carol P. Christ

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Light dessert reception at 7:30 p.m., Lecture begins at 7:45 p.m.
Judith Plaskow: “Jewish Feminism in a Post-Feminist Age”
Parking in lot east of building

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This service is free and is part of encouraging a culture of self-care for our students, staff and faculty. Please send an email to khutt@unitedseminary.edu to get on the schedule.

Join us for an 11 a.m. prelude, followed by an 11:30 a.m. service in the Bigelow Chapel. Clyde Steckel, emeritus professor of theology, will be our preacher. We encourage you to stay for lunch following the service.

Space is limited and reservation is required.

Rev. Karen Hutt, Preacher

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Learn and practice skillful means of applying Buddhist teachings to guide clients through issues of grief and loss. We will delve into the Four Noble Abodes (loving kindness, compassion, gladness, and equanimity), use the RAIN method of self-investigation as we look into the shadow areas of our own losses, and track our own feelings and body sensations to use while working with others. The use of ritual in the grief process will also be shared. Please bring any case studies, questions, or troubling experiences being with people who are grieving and dying.

The class meets on Friday, Nov. 16, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ellen Hufschmidt, MA, Chaplain, Reiki Master Healer, is an experienced senior meditator. Currently she volunteers at Common Ground Meditation Center as a facilitator for a Couples Communications small group, Community Conversations on grief and loss, and the Annual Day of Remembrance. Ellen has recently completed 10 years as a Hospice Grief Counselor in Duluth, Minnesota. She consults and counsels under Rites of Change: Moving through transitions well.

Requested reading:

True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart by Tara Brach

The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski ( I will be showing a 1/2 hour YouTube interview with Frank during the class).

We will be discussing the importance of cultural sensitivity in being genuinely helpful so please take this pdf into consideration:

https://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/diangelo-white_fragility_and_the_rules_of_engagement.pdf

No additional detail for this event.

The seminary will be closed on the day after Thanksgiving.

The United Methodist Center sponsors the UM Chapel Service on Thursday, November 29, at 11:45 a.m. at Bigelow Chapel.
The Guest Preacher will be Rev. Dr. Wilson Yates, President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion, Society, and the Arts. Guests requiring free lunch following the service, please RSVP to jssubramanian@unitedseminary.edu by November 20. Everyone is welcome.