{"id":137316,"date":"2023-03-15T12:46:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=137316"},"modified":"2023-04-06T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T18:59:25","slug":"adult-religious-education-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/adult-religious-education-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Religious Education Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three stimulating opportunities for adult religious education are coming up:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Braver Angels Workshop <br \/><\/strong><strong>Saturday, March 25th from 9 a.m. &#8211; 12 p.m. at Howson Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are heartsick about the rancor tearing our country apart,<br \/>If you believe that your opponents should not be your enemies,<br \/>If you believe that America\u2019s best days can lie ahead,<br \/><strong>JOIN US for our FREE workshop, SKILLS FOR BRIDGING THE DIVIDE<\/strong>.<br \/>This workshop teaches crucial capabilities for having respectful conversations that:<br \/>\u2022 Improve our ability to re-frame difficult conversations.<br \/>\u2022 Explore creative ways to discover seemingly hidden areas of common ground between us.<br \/>\u2022 Develop good boundary-setting capabilities to ensure that our conversations begin, progress,<br \/>and conclude in more respectful ways, even in difficult moments of interaction.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/39jmbmz9\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to register for this free event.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Laraine Altun at <span style=\"color: #000080;\">laltun@braverangels.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Practice Group<\/strong><br \/><strong>Sundays at 1 p.m. from March 26th &#8211; May 28th<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">except April 23rd and May 21st (congregational<\/span><br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">meetings)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Through the emphasis of NVC on deep listening\u2014to ourselves as well as others\u2014we<br \/>discover the depth of our own compassion. NVC can be seen as both a spiritual<br \/>practice that helps us see our common humanity, using our power in a way that<br \/>honors everyone&#8217;s needs, and a concrete set of skills which help us create life-serving<br \/>families\u00a0and communities.<br \/>Please join us to learn more and practice using these compassionate skills together.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/firstuuaustin.churchcenter.com\/registrations\/events\/1665817\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Laraine Altun\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\">larainea@gmail.com<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making Meaning in an Upside Down World with Rev. Jonalu Johnstone <br \/><\/strong><strong>April 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th from 7 &#8211; 8:30 p.m. on Zoom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The world has turned upside down for many of us in the last few years. How do we learn from<br \/>what we have encountered and discover meaning to equip us to move into the future? We&#8217;ll draw<br \/>from UU and other writers as we put our own experience into perspective as we\u00a0make\u00a0meaning.<br \/>Who knows? Maybe we&#8217;ll even grow into wisdom. <a href=\"https:\/\/firstuuaustin.churchcenter.com\/registrations\/events\/1665854\">Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three stimulating opportunities for adult religious education are coming up: Braver Angels Workshop Saturday, March 25th from 9 a.m. &#8211; 12 p.m. at Howson Hall If you are heartsick about the rancor tearing our country apart,If you believe that your opponents should not be your enemies,If you believe that America\u2019s best days can lie ahead,JOIN&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137316"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137440,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137316\/revisions\/137440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}