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On Sunday June 10, Shawna Abusada explained the basics of the Montessori Method and how the actual practice varies with the individual teacher and the individual needs of each student.  The interesting observation made was that the new knowledge about how the brain can recover from injury reinforces the premise of the Montessori Method in addressing learning and cognative disabilities.

In this last (for the time being) presentation on Unitarian humanists whose writings we find in our hymnal.  Helen Christiansen shares her enthusiasm for this influential teacher and scholar who was still active and productive into her 90s.  We get a brief personal history, then some examples of the attitude she had towards the education (religious or otherwise) of children.  Her thoughts as presented by Helen, are as fresh today as they were when they were first delivered.

Liz James asks us what we want our church (or in our case, fellowship) to look like.  She uses analogies involving Lego blocks and interactions with her children to illustrate her points while she explores  what a church should be.  The point is made along the way that we should be less concerned about our own survival and more concerned about what we want to do in our community.

Liz James asks us what we want our church (or in our case, fellowship) to look like.  She uses analogies involving Lego blocks and interactions with her children to illustrate her points while she explores  what a church should be.  The point is made along the way that we should be less concerned about our own survival and more concerned about what we want to do in our community.

Human Rights Radio on 91.3FM, Regina's Community Radio Station, came into existence in July of 2009 through the efforts of Gordon Barnes, Mona Hill and Jim Hutchings, volunteers with Amnesty International.  Over the course of almost three years the program has covered a wide range of Human Rights topics, local, national, and international.  Jim Hutchings presents a few samples of the shows broadcast as well as what the program has meant to him personally.

Glenna Ottenbreit-Born and Brita Lind present their reflections on the beginnings of Mothers' Day and what it means now to be a Mother and how to cherish the "Kairos" moments.

Andrew Quackenbush examines the life and ideas of  Heraklietos.  We consider what possible relevance tihis ancient Greek philosopher's ideas might have for us today.

On Sunday April 29, Carol Porter told us about the inspirational life of Viktor Frankl, author of "Man's Search for Meaning" written in 1946 about his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and about his psycho-therapeuticn method of finding a reason to live.

Today Regina Unitarian Fellowship member, Julie Mitchell, explained how attitudes towards persons with intellectual disabilities have changed for the better and how they are now able to live more fulfilling, normal lives in a group home setting.

In this talk, Terry Chadwick discusses some reasons why some writings and songs are attributed to an anonymous source.  Authors are in some cases unknown and in other cases do not wish to be known.  From this point, the risk of being known was discussed and from there he discussed fears of risks and how risks must be taken to live life to the fullest.