Adult Spiritual Development
Opportunities at USG for Adults of All Ages
May Spirit newsletter
If you have questions about ASD courses and programs, please contact Director of Spiritual Development, Zoë Johnston at dsd@usguu.org.
The Adult Spiritual Development (ASD) Committee of USG is committed to offering a variety of programs that deepen and broaden the range of spiritual practices in our congregation. ASD seeks to promote offerings that engage the heart and stimulate the intellect and create opportunities for USG members to share their talents and wisdom, as we strengthen the bonds of our Unitarian Universalist community. We are now offering some things in person, outdoors and indoors, and we are still offering many things on zoom.
Small Group Ministry is a form of Adult Spiritual Development, visit the webpage HERE.
This page has discussion-based spiritual development, for practice-based spiritual development – meditation & yoga – visit the Center for Mindfulness at USG page.
Unitarian Universalism 101 in person on (most) 3rd Sundays at 12:15pm; or by appointment on Zoom
An introduction to Unitarian Universalism for visitors and friends. Please contact Eric Foster and Charles Gabriel at uu101@usguu.org if you are interested.
Feminist Thealogy:
THE HEROINE WITH A 1001 FACES
Sunday, May 18, 12:15-1:30pm
Sullivan Chapel 1 and 2
Discussion leaders:
Linda Maldonado & Deb Kish-Silver
Join the discussion of the book by Maria Tatar, who takes the challenge of Joseph Campbell’s “Hero with A Thousand Faces” and asks, “What about the women?” Linda Maldonado minored in anthropology/archaeology for her undergraduate degree. She was and is always interested in the folktales of the various societies she studied.
See the lineup of Feminist Thealogy programs for 2024-25 HERE.
Join the Men’s Group, open to anyone self-identifying as male, in person at 7:00pm in USG’s Daskam Room, usually on 4th Sundays. Contact Ben Manes at mensgroup@usguu.org.
Racism Book Study
Monday, May 19, 7:30pm
We are finishing Take Care of Them Like My Own by Dr. Ala Stanford and meeting a few weeks early to accommodate those who have read this book. Email bookstudy@usguu.org for more info or the link.
Facing Racism Together*
Next meeting, May 6, 7pm, on Zoom.
Generally second Tuesdays.
We are beginning an engagement with White Women, Get Ready by Amanda Gross! We invite others to join us (Treva Burger, Carla Campbell, Chris Downs, Dev Howerton, Eileen Teti and Kay Weiser) as we use this book to guide us and support each other in taking the next steps on our anti-racist journeys. Contact bookstudy@usguu.org for info or the link.
*USG has a few different programs addressing racial justice. To clarify:
Racism Book Study is about educating ourselves through reading and discussing. ERC focuses on what to bring to the congregation to help keep the need for anti-racism work top of mind. Facing Racism Together is about sharing the racism we experience in ourselves and others and supporting each other in addressing it. White Women, Get Ready is really about helping us to keep moving through hard places so that we can be the allies and accomplices we need to be in our communities.
Find Black Lives UU resources for Black UUs linked here.
BLUU Boxes contain historical and inspiring treasures from the Black Lives of UUism and are available to everyone. If you would like to receive them and notices of times to gather and discuss, please contact bookstudy@usguu.org.