• Join us for A Month of Meditation starting Thursday July 11 from 10-11 AM in the Social Hall.

In this meditation series we will learn a basic seated meditation practice with a different focus each week. Seated meditation will be either in chairs or on the floor, depending on individual preferences and abilities. In addition to the one hour weekly class, participants will be asked to commit to a regular daily practice at home of 15 minutes per day and encouraged to keep a meditation journal. 

Anyone who is interested in beginning/establishing a meditation practice or who has an ongoing practice will be welcome.

Attend as many sessions as you are able.

To register, please send an email to Nina West c/o Sekayi.Stringer@uuca.org 

Turning Points in UU History is a six-session exploration of turning points and controversies in our history that will delve into the complexities of these historical moments, how they shaped Unitarian Universalism, and how they relate to our faith today. Each session will reflect on the sides involved in the controversy, putting participants in the shoes of those who lived through it. While there is some overlap in content between this series and other UU history sessions ARE has offered, Turning Points in UU History will take historical understanding to a deeper level to the moments when we struggled to define who we are as a movement. The series will be led by Jim Kelley assisted by Frank Casper and Kim Green, all long-time UUCA members.

Jim Kelley received an MA in History from Georgia State University in 2015, where he wrote his thesis on “Theodore Parker: Transcendentalist, Abolitionist, and White Supremacist.”  He has pursued his studies focusing on the history of Unitarians and Universalists and recently published a biography of the first Unitarian minister in Atlanta, Rev. George L. Chaney, in the dictionary of UU Biographies (www.uudb.org).  Jim has previously taught courses at UUCA on UU History 101 and The History of UU’s and Race. 

Frank Casper is a lay minister emeritus and has delivered sermons in UU congregations all over the mid-South area. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Detroit/Mercy and a Masters of Theological Studies from Boston University School of Theology. Frank has taught classes at UUCA in philosophy and religion and has taught for both OLLI and SUGA on religion and popular film.

Kim Green has worked alongside Reverend Marti Keller, Reverend Anthony Makar, and Reverend Taryn Strauss to provide meaningful services and courses that speak to the African American experience. Kim graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications and has served as an entertainment journalist and celebrity ghostwriter for over 20 years. At UUCA, she has served as an OWL instructor; leader of the UUCA Women’s Writer’s Group; conceived the Women’s Writing Conference, “Getting in Touch with the Source”; and created an anthology of women writers, giving over 50 women their first published work. Kim is a freelance writer and writing coach with her companies, WORDS, LLC and Blank Page Consulting.