Register today by calling 503-228-6389, ext. 17 or 26. Or, stop at the Adult Programs table on Sunday in Fuller Hall during social hour. View Program Guide.
Special Event
 Skype with Ram Dass: Being Present Here & Now. Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m., Eliot Chapel. Join us for an evening tele-satsang with Ram Dass and Living Earth founder Betsy Toll. One of the West’s best-loved spiritual teachers, Ram Dass will be with us via Skype on a big screen, sharing stories and responding to questions from the audience about spiritual practice and conscious service,and the complex issues of our lives and times. Suggested Donation:$15 at the door. Proceeds benefit Love Serve Remember Foundation and Living Earth. Sponsored by First Unitarian Church.
Classes Starting Soon:
--Choosing the Best College. Thursdays, Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 7-9 p.m. Facilitated by Isabel Sheridan and Linda Centurion.
--Path to Membership. Sunday, Feb. 26, 1-3:30 p.m. Facilitated by our ministers and lay leaders.
--Contemplating Our Seven Principles. Mondays, Feb. 27-Mar. 26, 7-8:30 p.m. Facilitated by Intern Minister Amy Beltaine.
--Presence in Living and Dying. Saturday, Mar. 3, 1-4:30 p.m. Facilitated by Betsy Toll.
--100 Questions about Unitarian Universalism. Sunday, Mar. 4, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Facilitated by Intern Minister Amy Beltaine.
--Healing Through the Voice. Mondays, Mar. 5-26, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Facilitated by Kristina Jones.
--From Globalization to Immigration. Mondays, Mar. 5-26, 7-9 p.m. Facilitated by Ann Pickar.
--Beyond Militarism. Mondays, Mar. 5-Apr. 2, 7-9 p.m. Facilitated by members of the Peace Action Committee.
--The Lyric Life, Writing Workshop. Mar. 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Facilitated by Kim Stafford.
--A Post-Modern Religion. Tuesdays, Mar. 6-20, 7-8:30 p.m. Facilitated by Jim Gillin.
--African Drumming. Tuesdays, Mar. 6-Apr. 10, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Facilitated by Chata Addy.
Retreats
Families, make plans for Spring Break now! Register for the UU Family Retreat. Mar. 23-25, at Camp Magruder on the Oregon Coast. We would like to have all registrations in by Mar. 11. Spirit of Life: UU Family Retreat - Join other First Church families for a weekend of shared activities, community and music, and just plain fun on the Oregon Coast at beautiful Camp Magruder. Morning worship and song will be followed by choices for outdoor play, coast ecology, arts and crafts, games, donkey rides, and making new friends. Bring the whole family! Facilitators: UU Parents. Friday, Mar. 23; 6 p.m.–Sunday; Mar. 25, 12 p.m.; Camp Magruder $115 adults, $60 children ages 3–8, free for children under 3 years old.
Ashland Spring Retreat - Enjoy three plays, engaging discussions with fellow UU’s, Sunday service at the Ashland UU Church, and Ashland in the Spring. Participants will see the following plays: Animal Crackers Hello, I must be going! Written for the Marx Brothers, released as a film after the 1929 Wall Street crash and recently adapted, this slapstick anarchic musical occupies our times with high jinks and zany dance numbers. Troilus and Cressida What are we fighting for? Set during the Trojan War, Shakespeare’s bitterly funny indictment of the futility of war is made more immediate in this production, placed against the backdrop of the U.S. conflict in the contemporary Middle East. Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella Adapted by Bill Rauch and Tracy Young from the plays by Euripides, Shakespeare, and Rodgers & Hammerstein. You know these three plays from two millennia of populist theatre—Greek tragedy, Elizabethan drama and American musical comedy. We’ll see how these separate stories of ambition and love interweave into one revelatory whole filled with surprises. Facilitator: Eric Terrell is Chair of Adult Programs at First Church. Saturday evening, May 12–Monday afternoon, May 14. $305 includes tickets for three plays, two nights lodging with breakfast at the Bard’s Inn.
Men's Retreat: Loving Authentic Relationships - Explore the many facets of authentic relationships in the supportive company of UU men gathered in the beautiful surroundings of Menucha in the Columbia River Gorge. Retreat leaders and participants will work and play together with the shared goal of broadening our understanding of authentic relationships. Facilitators: Members of the UU Men’s Community and Munro Sickafoose, who is on the UU path to ministry at Starr King School for the Ministry. Friday, Apr. 27, 6 p.m. - Sunday, Apr. 29 11 a.m.; Menucha Retreat Center. $130 includes lodging and meals.
Day of Mindfulness - When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love. - Thich Nhat Hanh A Day of Mindfulness is a mini-retreat that gives us the chance to practice the art of mindful living with our friends. Walking meditation, listening to a dharma talk, eating a quiet meal together, and total relaxation are some of the day's activities, helping us to let go of concerns and to be at peace in the present moment. Facilitators: Katie Radditz is Adult Programs Director at First Church. Rev. Bob Schaibly is a retired UU minister, member of First Church and a Buddhist teacher in Thich That Hanh’s tradition. Friday, May 25, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; On the Sandy River. $35 includes lunch.
"Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end." Germaine De Stael
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