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| February, 2020 | Recognition Awards 2020 Please visit the event page for complete details. 2020 Awards
Channing Hall
First Unitarian Church of Dallas
4015 Normandy Ave, Dallas, TX 75205
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We will be accepting all payments at the door this year.
NTUUC Stewardship Workshop: Culture, Comfort, & Connection NTUUC Stewardship Workshop:
Culture, Comfort, & Connection 
10.00am - 4.00pm Saturday, February 8th
Horizon UU Church 1641 W. Hebron Parkway, Carrollton
Barry Finkelstein and Rachel Maxwell, experienced consultants from Stewardship for Us, will lead us in a training for small and mid-sized congregations, with joint sessions and breakouts. After a break, we’ll meet for dinner and conversation.
Topics will include: - Getting comfortable talking about money
- The relational culture of stewardship
- Tips and tools for lay-led fellowships
- Tips and tools for larger fellowships & congregations
There is no charge, but please register below so we can plan accordingly. You may also be contacted for information so the facilitators can tailor their presentations.
If you will be joining us for dinner, please download and make your meal selection from either the 19 Grill's lunch or dinner menus: (* = Required Fields) Congregation Presidents & VPs
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| August, 2020 | Spirit Play Teacher Training 
For those of you whose congregations are not familiar with it, Spirit Play is a resource you may want to investigate. It is designed to be flexible, for use in smaller congregations where the number and ages of little ones attending on Sundays. It's all about story-telling and response, and is modeled on the Christian program, Godly Play. The materials required vary and are limited only by imagination and creativity; an assortment of art supplies is also required. You can learn more about the program at https://www.spirit-play.com/about/ or from a congregation that has used it over the years.
Please pass the word to those who might like to teach.
There is a tentative limit of twenty per session, so don't delay in registering.
Registration closes on midnight, August 10th.
Seeking to engage children in the existential questions about life within the context of our Unitarian Universalist faith
Spirit Play is based on story and ritual, play and creativity:
* Active storytelling is followed by a “wondering” time and then response/activity time
* Stories access our broad base of sources
The Montessori-type structure of the program:
* Encourages independent thinking
* Promotes a sense of community
* Develops an underlying sense of the spiritual and the mystery of life
The program allows for fluctuation in ages and the number of attendees THIS TEACHER TRAINING WILL BE PRESENTED IN FOUR ONLINE SECTIONS: *2-hour training video - to be viewed at your convenience.
* Assorted demo lessons - early/mid August
*Adapting Spirit Play for Online Use - Zoom Session
August 8th, 10.00 am. (includes experienced SP teachers)
*Teaching With Spirit Play - Zoom Session
August 15th, 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Register below - $25* per person.
Please make your payment when registering securely using our PayPal connection.
Note that a PayPal account IS NOT needed.
*Training is normally $75.
NTUUC is providing registration assistance of $50 per attendee.
You will be emailed the required access codes and links for the meetings and screenings - please do not share these codes. Registration has been closed.
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| December, 2020 | Holy Envy by Barbara Brown Taylor UU Learning Community 9:30 AM, through January 17st; Newcomers are welcome at any time. HERE Taylor continues her spiritual journey, begun in Leaving Church, of finding out what the world looks like after taking off her clergy collar. In Holy Envy, she contemplates the myriad ways other people and traditions encounter the Transcendent, both by digging deeper into those traditions herself and by seeing them through her students’ eyes as she sets off with them on field trips to monasteries, temples, and mosques. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger First Jefferson UU Church bookclub@firstjefferson.org Book Discussion Group meets monthly and chooses books about three months in advance. Holy Envy by Barbara Brown Taylor UU Learning Community 9:30 AM, through January 17st; Newcomers are welcome at any time. HERE Taylor continues her spiritual journey, begun in Leaving Church, of finding out what the world looks like after taking off her clergy collar. In Holy Envy, she contemplates the myriad ways other people and traditions encounter the Transcendent, both by digging deeper into those traditions herself and by seeing them through her students’ eyes as she sets off with them on field trips to monasteries, temples, and mosques.
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