Events
February 4, 2012
UU Reading Room
9:30 am
This is an “Introduction to Unitarianism” for anyone who would like to learn more, whether you’re newly with the Kamloops UU’s, or have been around for some time.
3rd Annual Celebration Dinner
February 4, 2012
Valleyview Community Hall
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
This Mexican-style dinner, a fiesta of food and fun for our Fellowship, is in appreciation for the pledging, contributions, and donations of time and energy by members and friends.
Dinner by invitation: RSVP by Sunday, January 29th to Heather Stefanek at 250-573-3506.
2012 Children and the Church - 13th Bi-Annual Ecumenical Event
February 4, 2012
Vancouver School of Theology
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
This workshop is suitable for Sunday school volunteers and parents as well as Religious Educators. It promises to be an exciting and unique event! Unitarian ministry student Samaya Oakley is one of the organizers, and Samaya and Lynn Sabourin (DRE North Shore) are each co-presenting a workshop. Topics include A Child’s Spiritual Formation, Young Children & Worship, Godly Play Exposure, Spirituality at Home, Spiritual Practices for Today’s Youth, Our Whole Lives -Values Based Sexuality, Spiritual Practices for Youth, and Engaging Youth in Worship. For more information, go to Children and the Church brochure & registration form.
Spirituality Types for Unitarian Universalists
March 17, 2012
presented by Rev. Antonia Won
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
In the past century, we Unitarians have struggled with ‘God-language,’ and have settled on ‘spirituality’ as a word we have agreed to live with. And yet we aren’t very clear about ‘spirituality.’ This can lead us to diminish someone who doesn’t fit our idea of spiritual if we cannot see where his or her spirituality lies. This workshop takes a step of defining 4 spiritual natures that are expressed individually and in religious communities. These definitions are modest but get us past the choice of ‘spiritual’ vs ‘not spiritual.’ This model gives us a way of grasping the spiritual mystery in smaller pieces so we may see one another more fully, in compassion rather than confusion, with joy rather than judgment.
Story Telling Workshop: Owning a Story
March 31, 2012
Gerda Morrow’s house
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Come and participate in retelling a story! Camaraderie within a storytelling group fosters innovation buoyed up by support for the teller plus active listening skills and entertainment for the audience. In this workshop basic techniques of storytelling will be explored: character development, setting description and identifying both the problem around which a plot hinges and the turning point. Tactics aiding memory, such as mapping, cartoon drawing and outlining, assist in confident telling of a story. Tales, fables and myth excerpts will be the genre of stories used because they can be adapted to about 3 to 5 minutes in telling length. Storylines will be supplied. Bring scrap paper and pencil so that you can experiment in the initial drafting of words and/or pictures. The goal is to find how you retell a story in your own words – sincerely and confidently; hence, you own your own story!
Gerda has taught group and individual storytelling for many years and was a member of TALES (The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling), Calgary Chapter. She is not a professional storyteller but she participated in the monthly chapter ‘tellarounds’ until she moved to Kamloops in 2005. Perhaps there will be interest in forming our own monthly storytelling group allowing continued development of storytelling technique.
Refreshments will be provided; bring a bagged lunch for the noon break. Remember the scrap paper. To enroll, e-mail gmorrow@telus.net