We are back live and in person each Sunday of the month
Following the pandemic, most or all of us have some level of immunity – whether through vaccination or natural immunity – and UCOT is meeting in person once again at the Bent Lodge, 124 Camino de Santiago, Taos, NM 87571.
Please check the Covid ActNow website for Taos County on Sunday mornings. If the risk level is anything but green (i.e., yellow or orange), please wear a mask.
Sunday, May 5, 2024, 11 a.m. — Service: Deepening Our Connections with Place, Angela Merkert
“Place” is a term associated with memories, relationships with family, neighbors, community, and the land. It is also about traditions, norms, and the spirituality that “place” evokes. The Spanish term “querencia” addresses place and deepens its meaning. Let’s consider how connections to our current place, our place of growing up years, and other special places are carried within ourselves.
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 11 a.m. — Sharing Circle: The Power of the Spoken Word, Martha Grossman
We recall how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led us out of the Depression with the following words, which he spoke to the nation: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” These words had enormous power at the time they were uttered, and they continue to be remembered. Here are a few prompts you might consider when sharing your experience with this topic:
- Have you ever regretted saying something, and wished you had never said it?
- You have all heard “It’s not what you say but how you say it.” How has that thought guided you in your speech?
- We live in an age of social media, where texts are replacing talk. Does this make the spoken word more or less important?
- You have heard that sometimes it is safer to not say anything. Does that compromise integrity?
Come to the Circle and share your stories.
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 11 a.m. — Service: Reflections on Aging,
Bob Aubrecht and Mya Coursey
Mya and Bob will offer their personal experiences on their years as “senior citizens” — the expectations, the ups and downs, as well as some of the lessons they have learned. Their hope is that this service will be an opportunity to reflect on your own experiences of aging. Perhaps it might start more conversations about navigating aging.
Sunday, May 26, 2024, 11 a.m. — Sharing Circle: Open Topic,
Martha Grossman
Using a virtual “talking stick,” each person can
speak in turn, sharing whatever is in their hearts
or minds in the moment.