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:17181@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T130000 DTSTAMP:20250810T001019Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2025-08-13/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday) - "Checkmate" Friedrich Moritz August Retzsch DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday) - "\;Checkmate"\; Friedric h Moritz August Retzsch An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short reading as our springboard each tim e. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.\n\ nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, an d the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read an d converse\, are as important as the reading itself. While many small grou ps begin with a check-in\, with a session only an hour long\, Resonant Rea ding jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the g roup get to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new wil l soon find they are among friends.\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 f acilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for this sessi on:\n\n\n1799 painting known as “Checkmate” (originally titled Die Sch achspieler “The Chess Players”).\n–Friedrich Moritz August Retzsch ( 1779–1857)\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n\n\n Join this class from your Web brow ser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923\, passcode 227385\n Join this class us ing the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by phone: 6 69 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by one-tap on mobile phones: 6699006833\,\,96865808923#  (San Jose)\n Phoni ng in\, but not in the Bay Area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us /u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Wednesdays. For the Zoom link f or Saturday\, go to Calendar and click on a Saturday session.\n\n\nQuestio ns? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*T his activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved mislea ding--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it' s worth describing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look fo r in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n conn ect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to oth er beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our liv es with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentically ourselves.\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:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR