About Lifespan Learning

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Lifespan Learning Includes...

​​Our Ministry with Children and Youth
Go to the Religious Exploration with Children and Youth page for information and a calendar of events.

Adult Learning
The First Unitarian Congregation of  Ottawa offers a variety of programs for people who wish to explore new topics and experiences. Please take a look at the Lifespan Learning Guide for more information.
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We offer three types of adult programs:

• One-Time Events: A one-time class or workshop, led or facilitated by an instructor(s). Often requires registration and may have a fee or suggested donation to the congregation
• Courses: A number of classes with an instructor(s). Often requires registration and may have a fee or suggested donation to the congregation
• Ongoing Groups: Meet regularly on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis for an activity and/or discussion. Newcomers are always welcome. The group may have an instructor(s), and a suggested donation may be involved

For More Information
Subscribe to our weekly mailing list for ongoing information about events, classes and groups
Call the Church Office
Write to adultlearning@firstunitarianottawa.ca or dre@firstunitarianottawa.ca
Check the most recent edition of the Parkway Spire Newsletter

Examples of Lifespan Learning Courses for Adults at FirstU

Mapmaking
Designed for new members of the congregation and those who still feel new. Mapmaking offers activities to help you clarify your spiritual journey, explore your potential role in the congregation and build significant relationships with others in the congregation.

Reproductive Justice
Rooting us in our religious history and theological callings, this six-week curriculum outlines the distinctions between reproductive “health,” “rights,” and “justice”; opens awareness of reproductive oppressions; offers opportunities to learn about ourselves and each other as sexual and reproductive beings; and equips us to move forward, out into the world, with integrity and vision.
Unitarian Universalists (UUs) are called to answer the chilling political debate on reproductive rights with calls for reproductive ‘justice’ and respect for the fullness of every person’s reproductive and sexual life.  This curriculum was written to help UUs take a call to action. 
View the curriculum here.

Compassionate Communication with Lucie Larose
This workshop offers language and skills which reinforce our natural (but not necessarily habitual) capacity to connect with our humanity under many different situations, even the most trying.  The intention in compassionate communication is to remind ourselves of our choices in every moment, and to make clear, conscious and compassionate decisions for self and others, in the now. This approach to communication gives us practical ways to live out our highest purpose in every relational interaction, as it teaches what we still need to learn.  Compassionate communication allows us to restructure our thinking, acting, listening and speaking through radically honest and authentic presence and compassionate listening to self and others.

​Some of the tools we will use are: pure observation, awareness of feelings that describe our state of being only, and understanding of basic human needs we all have. We will begin to practice how to clearly request what we need, without being attached to the outcome, knowing that fulfilling our needs is our own unique privilege and responsibility. ~ based on Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication  www.cnvc.org.