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:17191@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251022T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251022T130000 DTSTAMP:20251018T153703Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2025-10-22/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday) - Lonesome Valley DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday) - Lonesome Valley An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short r eading 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 to come t wice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years have fo und that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate communit y of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the rea ding itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a sessio n only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well th is way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\ n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and cal ling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from gro up members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that r ole.\n\nThe reading for this session:\n\n\nLonesome Valley\n\nYou gotta wa lk that lonesome valley\,\nYou gotta walk it by yourself\,\nNobody here ca n walk it for you\,\nYou gotta walk it by yourself.\n\nSome people say tha t John was a Baptist\,\nSome folks say he was a Jew\,\nBut your holy scrip ture tells you\nThat he was a preacher too.\n\nDaniel was a Bible hero\,\n Was a prophet brave and true\,\nIn a den of hungry lions\nProved what fait h can do for you.\n\nThere's a road that leads to glory\nThrough a valley far away\,\nNobody else can walk it for you\,\nThey can only point the way .\n\nMamma and daddy loves you dearly\,\nSister does and brother\, too\,\n They may beg you to go with them\,\nBut they cannot go for you.\n\nI'm gon na walk that lonesome valley\,\nI'm gonna walk it by myself\,\nDon't want to nobody to walk it for me\,\nI'm gonna walk it by myself.\n\n—Woody Gu thrie\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