Fall 2011 Adult Education Schedule
Announcing Fall/Winter 2011 Adult Education Courses:
All Church Potluck and Ethical Eating discussion
The December All Church Potluck will be on December 18th. Since we will have only one service that Sunday, the Potluck will be a Brunch* at approx. 11:15 am. Join us for shared meal followed by a presentation/discussion that starts at about noon.
We need 2-3 volunteers for set-up and 2-3 for clean up each time we do a potluck; to volunteer, please email Karen (adulteducation
ocuuc
org) . Every participant is asked to wash their own dishes; this makes clean-up easier for the volunteers.
Ethical Eating Discussion – the Ethical Eating Discussion will start at about 12:00 pm.
The UU General Assembly selected “Ethical Eating” as a Congregational Study/Action Issue. Hunger is both a community problem and an international problem; this is part of the “interdependent web of which we are all a part” from our 7th UU principle. Through this series, we are exploring different facets of this issue. Many people in our community and even in our congregation are struggling to get food to eat that is both economical and healthy. In December, we will have an informal discussion of how OCUUC members can contribute to the solution. Please come with your ideas and energy. We will plan one or more actions that everyone at OCCUC may help with. If you have an idea you would like to present at this gathering, please email Karen (AdultEducationocuucorg) .
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Lunch for entire congregation
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Presentation/Discussion in Social Hall
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Dec 18th
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POT LUCK BRUNCH. Bring your favorite brunch* contributions. Time: About 11:15am.
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12:00 pm Topic: How can OCUUC members contribute to the solution?
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January 7th
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We hope you will want to join in to make this a great institution of our church. To do so, we will need people to bring their contributions and also volunteers to help with the set up and clean up. We need 2-3 volunteers for set-up and 2-3 for clean up each time we do a Lunch; to sign up, please email Karen (AdultEducationocuucorg) .
If there is sufficient interest, we will continue Sunday Pot Luck Lunch/Brunch on a monthly basis.
*Basic Brunch Menu Ideas
By: Alice Langholt
Brunch is a comforting kind of meal, a lazily late breakfast or early lunch (however you see it), and so there is plenty of flexibility in terms of choosing a menu. Many people like to include a bit of both kinds of foods – breakfast foods and light lunch foods – in the brunch menu. Here are some ideas for foods that work separately, or in any combination for a basic brunch. The idea here is to avoid strong flavors while enjoying choices from a range of items from each food group. Choose according to your tastes, budget, and the formality of the occasion.
Breakfast foods:
- Breads: bagels, rolls, breakfast pastry, muffins, croissants. Note: that these can be combined with lunch foods such as spreads so the breads are a good cross-over item).
- Fruits: bananas, fruit salad, oranges, seasonal, warm fruit compote
- Warm items: omelets, frittata or quiche, blintzes (crepes), pancakes, waffles, French toast
Lunch foods:
- Soups
- Light salads, such as tuna salad, egg salad, pasta salad, broccoli salad, or chopped salad
- Veggie tray
- Cheeses and luncheon meats
- Yogurt
- Smoked or poached salmon
- Cold chicken salad
- Mini sandwiches (tea sandwiches)
- Carved roast beef
The UU General Assembly selected “Ethical Eating” as a Congregational Study/Action Issue. Hunger is both a community problem and an international problem; this is part of the “interdependent web of which we are all a part” from our 7th UU principle. Through this series, we will explore different facets of this issue.
Many people in our community and even in our congregation are struggling to get food to eat that is both economical and healthy. We will explore ways to feed yourself and your family for possibly as little as $25 per week for a family.
Changing for Good
A course presented through a Monthly Blog sharing the secrets of effective and successful change programs.
Most of us have resolved to make changes in ourselves only to fail miserably. And undoubtedly you know someone who is addicted, should make changes for health reasons, or struggling with other changes – but finding it hard to accomplish the goal. You will learn about amazing discoveries about how people successfully make changes. Also, we will have an opportunity to discuss this process through the blog. We will look at a remarkable model of change that understands both why people fail and helps us understand what to do differently to succeed. Look for new posts each month on the Adult Education pages of the OCUUC website.
“Successful self-changing individuals follow a powerful and, perhaps most important, controllable and predictable course. Along this course are various stages, each calling for particular and different approaches to change. The action stage is simple one of six stages – following precontemplation, contemplation, and preparation and preceding maintenance and termination.”(p15)
From Prochaska, J., et al. (1995) Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward. NY, NY: Avon Books.
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