Formation For Life: Adult Education 11:00 AM on Sundays
March 4-18: History of Palestine and the Palestinian Diaspora
Women Beyond Borders sponsors a three-part series on the History of Palestine and the Palestinian Diaspora.
March 4: A History of the Conflict in Palestine. Iman Jodeh, an instructor at DU who teaches Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and the former co-director of the Student Interfaith Peace Project, will present a history on the conflict in Palestine up through present day.
March 11: The Olive Grove by Deborah Rohan. We will be joined by author Deborah Rohan in a discussion of her book The Olive Grove, a historical narrative that follows the Moghrabi family in Palestine from the Ottoman Empire to their post-Nakba exile. Copies of the book will be available on Sunday, February 12, for a $16. See Donna Swartzendruber for more information.
March 18: From Palestine to Denver: The Jodeh Family. Iman Jodeh and her family tell us the story of their family's migration from Palestine to Denver and give us some understanding of life as 1st and 2nd generation Palestinian-Americans.
January 8-March 18: Circle of Trust with Vern Rempel and Susan Kaplan
We will offer another "Circle of Trust" practice with our guest facilitator, Susan Kaplan.
This "Circle of Trust" practice is:
*based on the writings of Parker Palmer, the Quaker educator, especially in his book Hidden Wholeness
*it offers a chance to have "a conversation with one's soul", and also to be in a form of community that is wonderfully both "solitude" and "togetherness". It is formative for both soul and community.
*it has been at the heart of my most recent spiritual transformation - I have been doing this work for a couple of years now.
Here's what we will offer this time.
Our larger thematic focus for the series will be on five habits of the heart, from Palmer's most recent book, Healing the Heart of Democracy.
The five habits are:
1) We must understand that we are all in this together.
2) We must develop an appreciation of the value of "otherness."
3) We must cultivate the ability to hold tension in life-giving ways.
4) We must generate a sense of personal voice and agency.
5) We must strengthen our capacity to create community.
Class dates and details
January 8: Vern will lead and offer an introduction to Healing the Heart....
January 15: Susan will lead - "1) We must understand that we are all in this together"
January 22: Vern will lead - we will have a chance to do further work with habit "1"
January 29: Susan will lead - "2) We must develop an appreciation of the value of 'otherness'"
February 5: Guest facilitator will lead - we will have a chance to do further work with habit "2"
February 12: Susan will lead - "3) We must cultivate the ability to hold tension in life-giving ways"
February 19: Vern will lead - we will have a chance to do further work with habit "3"
(February 26 will be our Ministry Fair)
March 4: Susan will lead - "4) We must generate a sense of personal voice and agency"
March 11: Susan will lead - "5) We must strengthen our capacity to create community"
March 18: Vern will lead - Further chance to reflect on all 5 habits, and wrap up.
These classes will take place in the redesigned B-18 (former Direct Assistance office). It is now a very lovely space, with good opportunity for silence and shared reflection. Come join. I find it is a time to gain rest, new energy, a chance to work at integration of all my "self" and to leave less burdened. - Vern Rempel
