Event Series Memoirs Group

Memoirs Group

UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

Each attendee is free to share a memory with the group or just listen. Our purpose is to encourage people to record their memories to share with friends and family and to develop a sense of fellowship with one another. Any and all are welcome. Contact Mike Bourgo.

Event Series Memoirs Group

Memoirs Group

UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

Each attendee is free to share a memory with the group or just listen. Our purpose is to encourage people to record their memories to share with friends and family and to develop a sense of fellowship with one another. Any and all are welcome. Contact Mike Bourgo.

Event Series Lifespan RE Hour

Hot Topics: Where Are We with Opioids

UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

Dr. Jason Whitney will be presenting on Opioids, Addiction and Recovery.  His session will examine the opioid overdose epidemic as part of a larger substance use disorder epidemic.  He will describe the current status of opioid addiction, review the status of addiction as a chronic disease, and discuss various systems of treatment and recovery pathways.   Dr. Whitney is an Associate Teaching Professor in the College of Education and Program Director of the Penn State Collegiate Recovery Community, a program of Student Affairs that supports students in recovery from addictions that he helped found in 2011.  He is the founder and [...]

Event Series Memoirs Group

Memoirs Group

UUFCC - Fellowship Hall 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

Each attendee is free to share a memory with the group or just listen. Our purpose is to encourage people to record their memories to share with friends and family and to develop a sense of fellowship with one another. Any and all are welcome. Contact Mike Bourgo.

Event Series Lifespan RE Hour

Hot Topics: White Christian Nationalism

University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, United States

For our December Hot Topics, we are joining University Baptist and Brethren for a presentation on White Christian Nationalism featuring Dr. Esther Prins Dr. Esther Prins, White Christian Nationalism: What is it and how should Christians respond?  This presentation will explore what White Christian nationalism is—and what it is not. Learn how education is showing up in current events (particularly in education) and reflect on why Christians should care and how we can work to counteract this powerful religio-political movement. Esther Prins is a professor in the Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Program at Penn State. Her research focuses on adult [...]

Hot Topics ~ Contemporary Racist Behavior in the US

UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

The next Hot Topics event will explore the origins of contemporary racist behavior in the US utilizing excerpts from the acclaimed documentary, "Stamped from the Beginning," based on the book of the same name by Ibram X Kendi. Discussion to follow, facilitated by our Racial Justice Committee.

Event Series Lifespan RE Hour

Death, Grief, and Comfort

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, United States

Our companions in life are death and grief and yet they are so difficult to talk about, and rarely at that. In times of loss, how do we find healthy comfort? Further, is emotional comfort something human beings should even expect as part of life? In the death workshop we will go over practical matters, memorial services, and think about our own deaths. The grief workshop includes how to walk with grief, writing condolence notes, and digging deep into the grief of being human. The last workshop on comfort helps us understand how we can comfort ourselves naturally as well as [...]

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