[Worship] Confluence info

[Annie Warmke]

*Active Hope Winter Series*

/"While experience equips us well for dealing with familiar situations, 
our imagination is essential in formulating creative responses to new 
challenges." /Joanne Macy
  

Stay tuned for the Active Hope Winter series (read the book: Active Hope 
by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone). Any day now the exact date and 
location in Marietta Ohio, will be released. For now be thinking about 
how you might participate either on ZOOM (starting Tuesday, January 30th 
for five weeks) or in person (starting the first week of March for five 
weeks).

Details: The Premiere Zoom class is our gift to you. There is a fee for 
the in-person class (to be determined) and scholarships are available. 
Childcare may be available based on the ages pf the children. Classes 
will last approximately 2.5 hours (6:30 pm to 9 pm) with possible 
discussion after the regularly scheduled time. The plan is to create a 
listserv or social media page so that participants have a way to connect 
after the five-week class.

Leaders: Rev. Hilary Krivchenia (retired UU minister) and Annie Warmke 
(activist)

If you're itching to get started or to learn more take a listen to these 
two webinar/podcasts (also audiotapes are available for both) I've found 
interesting.


Active Hope: How to Face the book by Joanna Macy 
<https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/active-hope-how-to-face-the-mess-were-in-without-going-crazy_joanna-macy_chris-johnstone/360539/>, 
Ph.D. and Dr. Chris Johnstone

The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate 
change, war, political polarization, economic upheaval, and the dying 
back of nature together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming 
proportions. This revised, tenth-anniversary edition of Active Hope 
shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face these crises so that we 
can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on 
decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That 
Reconnects, (WTR), the authors guide us through a transformational 
process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, 
and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess 
we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great 
Turning, to a life-sustaining society.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thwVe_LVp0w


    **How to See People, One Conversation at a Time*
    <https://templeton.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=afebe06609a423c59c59cee74&id=0e8b441556&e=42da07744f>*

David Brooks is a political and cultural commentator who has written an 
Opinion column for /The New York Times/ for two decades. His newest 
book, /How to Know a Person/, is a practical guide to fostering deeper 
connections at home, work, and throughout our lives. David joins the 
podcast to discuss the social and relational crisis in our society, why 
it’s better to be an illuminator than a diminisher, and his practical 
advice on how we can become better people.

https://www.templeton.org/news/how-to-see-people-one-conversation-at-a-time?utm_source=Receive+News+from+the+John+Templeton+Foundation&utm_campaign=938f7e3a64-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_possibilities_20231121&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-938f7e3a64-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D






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