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Enliven Programs Designed For You!

Nurture your spirit, expand your imagination, or just have fun learning something new.

The Enliven program is a series of Zoom courses designed to encourage and nurture the spirits of older adults to learn, grow and share together in order to live and age more abundantly.

To get early access for upcoming classes, add your email to the Enliven email list by emailing Kim at kmoeller@uchinc.org

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Select Your Courses from the Course List:

Another Day Older: Disrupting Ageism

Wednedays, June 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 2:00-3:00ET (4 sessions)

Cost: FREE
Cost for UCH Residents: FREE
Cost for UCC Members: FREE

Online   No Prerequisite   60 Minutes

Did you know thinking positively about getting older can extend your life by 7 ½ years?! Our attitude about aging matters. We will–through videos, discussion questions, and breakout group activities–consider the language of ageism and alternative ways to think and talk about aging in order to live more abundantly. We will strive to embrace the aging process as a time of wisdom-sharing, learning, wholeness, and connection to the world.

Host: Kim Moeller, Education and Program Specialist, Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging

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Laughter Yoga Enliven Class

Tuesdays, June 18, 25, and July 2 from 3:30 – 4:00 ET (3 sessions)

Cost: FREE
Cost for UCH Residents: FREE
Cost for UCC Members: FREE

Online   No Prerequisite   30 Minutes

They say that laughter is the best medicine – and the best part of laughter is it is free and anyone can do it. Laughter yoga uses laughter, childlike playfulness, and deep yogic breathing to lower blood pressure, reduce stress, and improve mental health. Register for this free 3-session zoom class and come ready to laugh, be silly, have fun, and release positive endorphins.

Host: Rev. Andrea Mericle, Chaplain, Parkvue Community, United Church Homes

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Common Threads: World Faiths

Wednesdays, July 3, 10, 17, 24 at 2:00 p.m. ET (4 sessions)

Cost: FREE
Cost for UCH Residents: FREE
Cost for UCC Members: FREE

Online   No Prerequisite   60 Minutes

“Never discuss religion or politics” has been a truism of polite society, particularly in times where passions run hot and fast. But aversion to topics of belief may be exactly where the problem lies. Instead, an understanding of the fundamental differences and shared common threads among religions is our best hope for getting people from those faiths to work together. Through four zoom sessions, participants will be introduced to four faith traditions–Native American, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam. We will explore the role these faiths play in giving meaning and purpose to personal and social existence.

Host: Rev. Rhonda Hainer, Pastor, St. Paul’s UCC, St. Marys, OH

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Program Foundations

  • Create welcoming virtual spaces to build community
  • Encourage the deepening of the Spirit
  • Celebrate diverse faith traditions and experience
  • Provide creative, experiential, participatory opportunities for learning and growth
  • Compliment congregational and chaplaincy ministries

Participant Requirements/Expectations:

  • Individuals need their own technology or access to a computer or iPad, preferably with video capability.
  • Participants need to have access to Wi-Fi to connect through Zoom and email to receive the session Zoom links.
  • Participants are required to register one time for each course series. Log-in information will be provided with the registration confirmation.
  • This log-in will be the same for all sessions which are a part of the course.
  • Since the goal is to engage all participants and build community around the course topics, attendance at all sessions within each course is strongly recommended.

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