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:16362@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230114T170000 DTSTAMP:20241016T225804Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sacred-text-reading-group-saturday-2-2023 -01-14/ SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday) DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday) \nA twice-weekly online s acred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Please note that the Zoom ro om now requires a password\, so please drop an e-mail to sacred-text-readi ng+owner@uucpa.org to express interest.\n\n\n \;\n\nWhat do we mean by a sacred text? Any text that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of su preme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the un iverse\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentically ourselve s.\n\nAs Unitarian Universalists\, we find these kinds of meanings everywh ere\, so the text itself might be from a so-called secular source\, or fro m a religious canon\, or something in-between.\n\nThe participants over th e years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affect ionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as impor tant as the text. Our practice usually follows one of these versions of L ectio Divina. The aims of the sessions are educational (learning something about the texts and traditions)\, spiritual/moral (discovering what the t exts ask of us)\, and community-building (getting to know each other bette r).\n\nThe facilitator will post a version of the text in the chat for all to see. Everyone is welcome\, as are your suggestions of future texts. Gr oup members also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\ n\n\n \;\nTo have check-in time\, or if you are new and would like a b rief orientation\, arrive ten minutes early. And all are welcome to stay t en minutes after as well\, for more getting-acquainted time.\n\n\nHow to j oin: First\, e-mail sacred-text-reading+owner@uucpa.org\, since you will n eed a password. Then:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https:// zoom.us/j/91019857324\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 9 10 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Mee ting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +166 99009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nFor the W ednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\ n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03 /Online-Sacred-Texts-Reading-Group.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR