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ADULT SPIRITUAL GROWTH PROGRAM
Welcome to the Adult Spiritual Growth page! Below, you will find a list of our current offerings. All programs are open to everyone. Make sure to check if the class requires registration. You can easily complete the registration process online.
If you have questions, or would like to offer a class for our community, please contact Rev. Laura Shennum, Minister of Congregational Life
Email - lshennum@uusf.org
Phone - (415) 776-4580
Love At The
Center Class
Join Rev. Laura Shennum for an in-person class exploring UU theology through the book "Love At The Center." The class will run on Wednesdays from July 8 to 22 (no class on July 29, August 5-12) from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM in the Kincaid Room. Participants will read and discuss five essays at each meeting, focusing on values like justice, interdependence, and love. Purchase the book at the UUA Bookstore or email Alicia Cover at acover@uusf.org for a copy. For questions, contact Rev. Shennum at lshennum@uusf.org.
Workshop: Looking Again
Discovering Hidden Images
with artist Nikolaus Rauch
Sunday, August 16, 12:30 pm, TSK Room
Inspired by the exhibition M-irror & W-Alls, participants are invited to explore how we perceive images, surfaces, and visual traces.
Using selected details from Nikolaus Rauch’s artworks, we will experiment with observation, interpretation, drawing, and color. The workshop is not about artistic skill but about discovering how people see different things in the same image.
Together we will create small visual responses, share observations, and discuss how meaning emerges through perception.
No prior artistic experience is required.
Elder Wisdom Group
Second Wednesdays, 12PM - 2:00PM Facilitated by Rev. Laura Shennum
Calling all our Senior Citizens! Join Rev. Laura on the second Wednesday of each month, in person at UUSF, to engage in topics that are important to you. A light lunch will be provided. We will decide our focus areas in September and there is no need to register. For more information, contact Minister of Congregational Life Rev. Laura at lshennum@uusf.org.
New UU Class: Welcome Home
Next class: Sunday August 9, 2026
Join Rev. Laura Shennum and Emma Wakeling for our New UU class! This in-person, interactive offers the chance to get a deeper understanding of Unitarian Universalism and our congregation. It offers an introduction to UU history, UUSF's mission and covenant, information about the membership process, and ways to get involved in our community.
Attending this class is also one of the steps to becoming a member at UUSF, however all are welcome, no matter their interest in membership.
Our next class will take place on Sunday August 9, 1:00PM - 3:00PM in the Fireside Room. Snacks will be provided and childcare is available on request.
Register for the class using the link below. Email Emma Wakeling with any questions: ewakeling@uusf.org
UUSF Environmental Justice
Join the UUSF Environmental Justice Working Group for monthly meetings on the third Sunday of each month at 12:30 pm in the Fahs Room. Everyone is welcome to share ideas and volunteer for projects, and don't forget to check out the new bulletin board in the gallery.
MORNING METTA MEDITATION
Tuesdays & Thursdays
8:00-8:30 am
Leader: Elena Perez, Member of UUSF
Online Class. Click button to join Zoom call. ZOOM Password: metta
You are warmly welcomed to join this "Morning Metta Meditation" group, which meets Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 8-8:30 am. Elena leads a simple, centering, loving-kindness meditation practice that is appropriate for all religious backgrounds and levels of meditation experience. Attendees can choose to leave their microphone and camera off and just follow along.
About the Leader: Elena Perez is a member of UUSF. She is a Licensed Acupuncturist who practices in SF at Dance With Life Chiropractic in the Inner Sunset and in Fresno at Benessere Fresno.
Questions? email elena@communityneedles.com
EQUANIMITY PRACTICE
Fridays
8:00-8:30 am
Leader: Elena Perez, Member of UUSF
Online Class. Click button to join Zoom call. ZOOM Password: metta
Watch a Sample Recording Equanimity Practice
You are warmly welcomed to join our "Equanimity Practice" group, which meets on Fridays, 8-8:30 am. Elena Hanyo leads a simple meditation practice on cultivating equanimity—that is, accepting the reality of life's highs and lows and developing an attitude of peaceful calm abiding throughout the inevitable changes. This practice balances the heart-centered approach of our other group, lovingkindness, as it is common to get attached to positive outcomes for those we spend time wishing well. Equanimity allows us to develop mental stability and even-minded loving awareness. Appropriate for all religious backgrounds and levels of meditation experience. Attendees can choose to leave their microphone and camera off and just follow along.
About the Leader: Elena Hanyo Perez is a member of UUSF. She is a Licensed Acupuncturist who practices in SF at Dance With Life Chiropractic in the Inner Sunset and in Fresno at Benessere Fresno, as well as a lay minister with Bright Dawn Center for Oneness Buddhism.
Questions? Email elena@communityneedles.com