BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17153@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260103T170000 DTSTAMP:20251229T171214Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-01-03/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Lessons of Loss-Schulz DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Lessons of Loss-Schulz An expl oration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays \, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome t o come twice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conve rsation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among frien ds.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to tr y that role.\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, January 3\nLoss\, which seems only to take away\, adds its own kind of necessary contributi on. No matter what goes missing\, the object you need or the person you lo ve\, the lessons are always the same. Disappearance reminds us to notice\, transience to cherish\, fragility to defend. Loss is a kind of external c onscience\, urging us to make better use of our finite days. Our crossing is a brief one\, best spent bearing witness to all that we see: honoring w hat we find noble\, tending what we know needs our care\, recognizing that we are inseparably connected to all of it\, including what is not yet upo n us\, including what is already gone. We are here to keep watch\, not to keep.\n--Kathryn Schulz\, Lost &\; Found (2022)\, p. 236\n\n \;\n\n \nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us /j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Me eting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on mobile p hones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n \nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-ma il to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one th ing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's worth describi ng the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the reading s we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our valu es\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentically ou rselves.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09 /Resonant-Reading.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR