Adult Religious Education


First Unitarian offers seven regular adult education opportunities. No advance signup or registration is needed.

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Bible Study Sundays at 9:00 AM Dining Hall.
Rev. Schade and others meet for explorations of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Bring a bible, if you can.

Transformations 9:00 AM Sunday in the Chapel.
Rev. Merritt and volunteers facilitate a group dedicated to spiritual sharing, listening, and deeper personal communication.

Covenant Groups (various schedules and locations).
A covenant group is a small group of 6 to 12 people who meet together once or twice a month for discussion or common activity, but mostly to get to know each other and share each other’s company.  Each time the group meets they will share a brief centering or a moment of worship, take time to check in with each other, and then have a discussion or do an activity together.  Each group, once established, will agree together on expectations and rules.

Eleven groups are being launched in February, 2002, each convened by a facilitator.  These groups will disband at the end of the church year unless they decide to continue through the summer.  In the fall, a new set of groups will be started.

Zen Meditation 5:30 PM Monday in the Chapel.
Melissa Blacker convenes a meditation group that sits for an hour every week. Many in the group stay for the Fellowship Dinner that follows.

Monday Night At the Church
6:30 PM Dinner in the Dining Hall,
7:15 Program in the Chapel.
After a simple, catered fellowship dinner in the dining hall, people gather in the chapel for presentations and discussions on a wide variety of topics, usually spiritual, religious, or literary. This series also includes Lenten and Advent series offered by one or both of our ministers.

Religion in Our Times 12:00 Sunday in the chapel, as announced. Join the group for informative presentations and discussions on topics of civic, political and social interest to the Worcester community.

Women's Cinema Night the Fourth Friday of every month 7:00 PM.
Bancroft Room.
Women of the church gather to view and discuss a range of films.

Poetry Group 2:30 PM Wednesday in the Chapel.
Inger Gilbert leads a group which reads and understands poetry together.

In addition to these regularly scheduled opportunities, there are numerous other opportunities for adult education and fun. Watch your newsletter and order of service for announcements.

First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street
Worcester, Massachusetts USA

508.757.2708

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