{"id":2924,"date":"2014-09-19T19:20:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T23:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms2.bruu.org\/?page_id=2924"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:15:08","slug":"religious-education-adult","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/about-us\/education-programs\/religious-education-adult\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Life Enrichment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Adult Life Enrichment (ALE) program offers adults and teens, including people who are not members of BRUU, a slate of courses, seminars, and workshops that relate to the seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism.\u00a0 It is our hope that adults will find many opportunities for spiritual growth herein.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Most ALE programs at BRUU take place on the evening of the third Monday of the month<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 We assemble in the Fellowship Hall between 6:00 \u2013 7:00pm (most months&#8230;) for dinner.\u00a0 (I<em>f you register, we will know how much food to prepare&#8230;<\/em>)\u00a0 At 7:00pm, we break out into a variety of workshops which inform and create opportunities to explore our Unitarian Universalist values.<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>In addition, normally on the first Sunday of each month there is a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/bible-discussion-group\/\">Bible Discussion Group<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 We meet 9:00-9:45 am in the Flamingo Longe, in advance of the Sunday Service.\u00a0 For details, contact <a href=\"mailto:BDG@bruu.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BDG@bruu.org<\/a><br \/>\n<em>NOTE: In April we meet on April 12, the second Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/sangha-meditation-practice\/\"><strong>Sangha Meditation Practice<\/strong><\/a> is 7:00-8:00pm every Thursday night.\u00a0 Point of contact: <a href=\"mailto:sangha@bruu.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sangha@bruu.org\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/quaker-meeting-service\/\">Quaker Friends meeting<\/a><\/strong> is each week on Wednesday night, 6:00-7:00pm.\u00a0 Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:music@bruu.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>music@bruu.org<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a> for more info and to let us know if you\u2019ll be attending.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CUUPS (Covenant of UU Pagans)<\/strong> meets third Sunday of each month at 11:30am.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more information, or to suggest a workshop offering for future ALE events, please contact Kristin Worthington, Director of Lifespan Religious Education at <a href=\"mailto:dre@bruu.org\">dre@bruu.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\nDinner is at 6:00pm.<br \/>\nPlease <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/form.jotform.com\/Kristin_Worthington\/ale-fellowship-dinner\">register<\/a><\/strong><\/em> so we know how much food to prepare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ALE-May.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ALE-May.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ALE-May.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ALE-May-420x543.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ALE-May-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ALE-May-768x993.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ale.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Adult Life Enrichment (ALE) program offers adults and teens, including people who are not members of BRUU, a slate of courses, seminars, and workshops that relate to the seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism.\u00a0 It is our hope that adults will find many opportunities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/about-us\/education-programs\/religious-education-adult\/\"><strong>&#8230; read more<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3282,"parent":4547,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"templates\/template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2924","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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