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face="Times New Roman">Unitarian Universalism has no central creed, dogma, or
theology.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As UUs, we have the
freedom to define our own personal theology and are strongly encouraged to do
so.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But this freedom can also be
daunting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Where do you begin?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Often, it seems much easier to say what
you don't believe in, than what you do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Sometimes we find parts of other religious traditions that speak to us,
but do the pieces make a theological whole?</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
Building Your Own Theology series is especially helpful to newcomers who are
coming from religious traditions where creeds are pre-defined.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They are new to the freedom of
developing their own theology, and need help in getting started.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But it is also very useful to more
experienced UUs who have not written a credo statement.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If they have not developed a firm idea
of what they believe in, this series can help them identify and articulate the
missing elements. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
Building Your Own Theology series is designed to help you begin filling in the
blanks, not by providing you with answers (that's your job), but by guiding you
through a process of thinking about the building blocks that form a personal
theology. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The BYOT series takes 10
sessions, on Sunday mornings at 10am, in the Fellowship Hall.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of the session topics include:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your Spiritual Oddessy, Individual
Spiritual Experience, Human Nature, Ultimate Reality, Ethics, UU History and
Heritage, Meaning, and The Imperatives of Your Theology.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There will be some readings and
worksheets to prepare for sessions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> We
plan to take a break on the Christmas and New Year weekends, so the series will
go through Jan. 20th.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Darryl Ting will be teaching and coordinating this
series.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Drop-ins are welcome, but
attendance at the whole series is encouraged to better appreciate how these
building blocks fit together in building a personal theology.<SPAN
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