Eldra Jackson III, an AVP facilitator and a facilitator in the group filmed, and  Joyve Banzhaf will present the movie, a documentary filmed inside Folsom State Prison during a 4-day Inside Circle Workshop. The Workshops were established by lifers in the prison tired of seeing the cycle of violence and death that engulfed and surrounded […]

Community Building through Peaceful Communication Want to have fun while learning to communicate more effectively and deeply? UUCM member Joyce Banzhaf leads workshops for the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP). The workshops are designed to be fun, using interactive exercises and games to examine ways people respond to situations where injustice, prejudice, frustration and anger […]

Community Building through Peaceful Communication Want to have fun while learning to communicate more effectively and deeply? UUCM member Joyce Banzhaf leads workshops for the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP). The workshops are designed to be fun, using interactive exercises and games to examine ways people respond to situations where injustice, prejudice, frustration and anger […]

(Prerequisite: completion of one of the beginning classes) Using your results on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Kiersey Temperament Sorter, join Rev. Karyn Packard for a focused time to try out your newly acquired knowledge, and apply it to actual life/church situations. Please bring your previous packets with you. There will be a theory […]

Each month, (usually the first Monday) Jo Waters hosts an informal chance to explore resources for engaging the congregation-wide theme of the month. This month, the theme is Journey, and the question is, What does it mean to be a people of journey? Come, sample some of the recommended  videos together, maybe listen to music […]