Spiritual Education and Enrichment Week, Feb. 29 – March 4, 2016 Take a Leap of Faith
February 29 – March 4, 2016
SCHEDULE
You may take UP TO four classes for SEE Credit
Class Descriptions:
Discover the Power Within You—MS804
10:00 AM to 11:50 AM
This course is a spiritual, metaphysical study of the teachings of Jesus. It is based on Eric Butterworth’s renowned book, Discover the Power Within You, that declares we can all discover, claim and powerfully express the inherent divinity we are. Students will be able to explain the main teachings of Jesus Christ according to Eric Butterworth, and articulate the connection between Unity principles and Jesus’ teachings.
Instructor—Rick Busby, LUT Cost $60.00
Required Text: Discover the Power Within You by Eric Butterworth
Meditation Practices—PR801
10:00 AM to 11:50 AM
This course focuses on the practice and the experience of various forms of meditation. Benefits of the various forms of meditation will be explored as well as methods to deal with resistance to it. There will also be helpful tips for developing a regular meditation practice. Practicing the Silence, Unity’s meditation practice, is fundamental and foundational to Unity teachings. Therefore, it will be the primary meditation practice for the duration of the course.
Instructor—Rev. Cindy Wright Cost $60.00
Required Text: Meditation for Dummies, Book and CD, by Stephen Bodian
The Book of Revelation
1:00 PM to 2:50 PM
Are the times as we know them really coming to an end—either in horrible worldwide desolation or in an instantaneous positive shift in human consciousness? Probably not. Through this study of the Biblical Revelation to John we will examine its very inspiring message to the early Christian community for whom it was written. We will also interpret it through a metaphysical lens and see what it can mean to us in a Unity context. Finally we will look at how Revelation has been used historically to fuel the persistent human desire for a magic instant when the bad ends and only good prevails. Most importantly we will reflect on how Revelation can inform us today as people living in a complex world that could benefit from practical spiritual maturity.
Instructor—Rev. Anna Shouse, Ph.D Cost $60.00
Required Text: The Bible – Revelation to John
Recommended Texts: Revelation and the End of All Things by Craig R. Koester; Revelation: the Road to Overcoming by Charles A. Neal – This metaphysical interpretation published by Unity is no longer in print. Copies are available from on-line booksellers.
Additional Resources for Further Study: Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation by Elaine Pagels; Breaking the Code: Understanding the Book of Revelation by Bruce M. Metzger, Abingdon Press; The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History – Professor Craig R. Koester – The Great Courses by The Teaching Company – www.thegreatcourses.com
Lessons in Truth—MS802
1:00 PM to 2:50 PM
This is an exploration of the oldest Unity book, first published in 1903, by H. Emilie Cady. Students will study and discuss metaphysical principles as understood by the author. An emphasis will be made to facilitate a practice of these ideas as well, as this was always the intention of Unity’s pioneers. Students will: Explain the essential metaphysical concepts, including the choice of freedom, the Spirit within, thoughts as instruments, the tools of denial and affirmation, spiritual gifts, the secret place of the Most High, the Silence, and expressing Oneness.
Instructor—Judy Beach, LUT $60.00
Required Text: Lessons in Truth, H. Emile Cady
Healing and Wholeness 1—MS261
1:00 PM to 2:50 PM
Healing and Wholeness 1 works with The Source of Healing, based in the spiritual universal principles that supports the expression of healing, health and wholeness in students’ minds, bodies and affairs. Students will be working with the Fillmore’s interpretation of healing and wholeness, as well as historical and contemporary master teachers. Such principles will be presented to support students in developing a practical understanding of Myrtle and Charles’ theology as heart-centered metaphysicians.
Instructor— Rev. John Beerman Cost $60.00
Required Text: How to Let God Help You by Myrtle Fillmore Myrtle Fillmore’s Healing Letters by Myrtle Fillmore Christian Healing by Charles Fillmore
Metaphysics 2—MS252
3:00 pm – 4:50 pm
This course explores some of Unity’s fundamental Principles as well as the highest form of mind action, prayer. Students will be encouraged to awaken your awareness and understanding of spiritual Truth in order to employ It in your everyday life.
Instructors— Linda Hurstad, LUT & Polly Leonard, LUT Cost $60
Required Text: Heart Centered Metaphysics, Dr. Paul Hasselbeck
MS800 – Prosperity
3:00 pm – 4:50 pm
This advanced course examines the prosperity teachings of Charles Fillmore and Eric Butterworth, as well as contemporary teachings. Students will explore the broader meaning of prosperity beyond “material things” to discover their own beliefs about money, abundance and lack. Students will create practices for healing limitations they hold about prosperity, and discover ways to address their own unexamined, unconscious assumptions about abundance, giving and generosity.
Instructor— Rev. Eileen Ramsey, LUT Cost $60.00
Required Text: The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist ; Spiritual Economics, by Eric Butterworth
Bible Interpretation, Hebrew Scriptures –BI605
5:00 pm – 6:50 pm
In this course students will experience the rewarding process of Bible interpretation. Students will learn, step by step, how to metaphysically interpret a Bible story and apply the meaning to their lives. Selected stories from the Hebrew Scriptures will be maieutically and metaphysically interpreted.
Instructor— Linda Holmes, LUT Cost $60.00
Required Text: The Bible NSRV; Metaphysical Bible Dictionary by Charles Fillmore; The Revealing Word by Charles Fillmore
Recommended Materials: Wisdom for a Lifetime by Alden Studebaker
Metaphysics 1—MS251
5:00 pm – 6:50 pm
This course explores some of Unity’s fundamental Principles as well as the highest form of mind action, prayer. Students will be encouraged to awaken your awareness and understanding of spiritual Truth in order to employ It in your everyday life.
Instructor— Rev. Eileen Ramsey, LUT Cost $60.00
Required Text: Heart Centered Metaphysics, Dr. Paul Hasselbeck
Background of New Thought—HI250
7:00 pm to 8:50 pm
Background of New Thought provides the student with an-entry level exposure to the ideas, beliefs, and philosophies of the main “Architects” of this body of thought about our nature as humans and spiritual beings dating back to antiquity. Students will : Attain a historical perspective on the major events leading up to and evolving into the New Thought movement in its many expressions in Western culture. Recognize some of the key figures in the New Thought movement .
Instructor—Mark Hicks, LUT Cost $60.00
Required Text: Spirits in Rebellion by Charles S. Braden, SMU
Recommended Texts: Background of New Thought by Mark Hicks; Friends in High Places by T. Shepherd, 2nd edition
The Christ —BI270
7:00 pm to 8:50 pm
Using the Bible as the primary text, this course is an experiential engagement of the student’s beliefs about Jesus Christ and The Christ idea. Students will be able to: Compare and contrast the differences and similarities between the Christ idea and Jesus Christ. Analyze the validity of the evidence supporting the Christhood of all people.
Instructor— Mary Bolen, LUT Cost $60.00
Required Text: The Bible NSRV
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