- Adult Children of Aging Parents - Rev. Mike Morran
- Faith and American Politicsn - Rev. Mike Morran
- A Faith for All Seasons - Anne Barker
Adult Children of Aging Parents - Rev. Mike Morran
Six Tuesdays: March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, and 22
7:00pm to 9:00pm
A six-part informational class for people facing the complex medical, legal, ethical, and emotional issues of caring for aging parents.
| Part One: Understanding Aging Mental, emotional, physical issues, frailty, sensory deprivation, strokes, dementia and psychiatric illnesses, arthritis, heart disease, etc. and assessing functional capacity in the aged. |
| Part Two: Changing Roles / Changing Lives Exloring the personal and relational challenges and opportunities of the role reversal in becoming the caregivers for aging parents. |
| Part Three: Family Dynamics / Family Systems Guilt, frustration, and exhaustion: the unholy trinity of caregivers for the aged. |
| Part Four: Legal & Ethical Issues for Caregivers Principles of medical ethics, i.e., autonomy, beneficence, non- malfeasance, determining decision-making capacity, living wills, durable power of attorney, when and how to intervene. |
| Part Five: Navigating Medicare/Medicaid, Long-term Care, Finances, and Insurance |
| Part Six: Healing, Wholeness, and Next Steps |
Faith and American Politics - Mike Morran
Three Saturdays: March 22, April 12 and 26
8:00am to 12:00 noon
Liberty and Justice for All is a professionally developed curriculum for adults, compressed and slightly modified for Unitarian Universalists. Participants explore their own fiath and political journeys in the context of religious and political history. Three primary goals will direct our inquiry:
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To explore our own faith, histories, and core values, specifically in relation to American politics. |
| To provide a basic overview of major historical documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and teachings from the Old and New Testaments. |
| To consider the appropriate role for faith in the political process. |
Includes readings, video presentations, discussion, group exercises, one-to-one conversations, and personal reflection. This should be a lively, illuminating, and connective time!
A Faith for All Seasons - Anne Barker
Four Wednesdays: March 26, April 30, May 28, June 25
7:00pm to 9:00pm
What does liberal religion offer to help us face the crises of life? How do we make meaning and find purpose in our lives? Is it enough?
| Part 1: Meaning and Purpose Part 2: Pain and Suffering |
Part 3: Loss and Grief Part 4: Death |
Copies of the book are available to borrow! Contact Anne at 303-831-7113 ext 6 / anne@firstunitariandenver.org.