The Spiritual Life & Learning Center

Thursday at Ten: Spiritual Explorations
2025-09-11 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Thursday at 10

Every Thursday
10-11:30 am
on Zoom
Thursday’s at Ten will once again be meeting on Zoom. Over many years this group has read, viewed, studied, and met with a number of inspiring authors and speakers on a variety of topics. As we explore areas of spirituality and religion as well as current topics such as relating to others, being your authentic self, and being in this world in a kind and understanding way, we hope to inspire each participant through open discussion and dialogue.
Facilitated by Connie Johnston and Rev. Seth Stearns.
Any Question, please email Jen Bratka, Spiritual Life & Learning Center, Program Administrator

Please register HERE to receive the Zoom Link.

Meet Me on God's Dance Floor
2025-07-26 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-12 09:00 - 11:00
Saturdays
July 12 9-11 am on Zoom
July 19 9:30-12:30 In Person
and
July 26 9-11 am on Zoom
First Community South

If God invited you to a party and said, “Everyone in the ballroom will be my special guest…” How would you treat them when you arrived?
This is the question posed by Hafiz in a famous poem.
With Avery Solomon, a good friend of First Community Church, we will explore this question in a three-part inquiry into experience this July.
We will use pointers from various wise beings to help us explore more deeply:

What is a human being—what is a conscious living being?
What is God’s cosmic dance floor?
What is real, what is appearance, and how do we know?
What is this dance-journey about?

Dr. Solomon is a teacher and researcher at Wisdom’s Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies in Hector, NY. He gives seminars and classes around the world on spiritual philosophy, ancient wisdom and modern cosmology, science and non-duality. He brings a wide background of experience from many spiritual traditions and teachers and a sense of humor to serious matters and minds.
Dr. Solomon has been involved since 2001 in the Mind-Life conferences of science and Buddhism started by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is the editor of Astronoesis: on the interrelation of Plotinus and cosmology. He has been a student of Anthony Damiani, Paul Brunton, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and His Holiness the Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram, among others.
He is a long-time friend of First Community Church and works closely with students of spiritual philosophy around the world.
Register HERE

Thursday at Ten: Spiritual Explorations
2025-05-08 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-01 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-04-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-04-17 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-04-10 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-04-03 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-20 10:00 - 11:30 and 19 more dates
Thursday at 10

Every Thursday
10-11:30 am
on Zoom
Thursday’s at Ten will once again be meeting beginning Thursday, September 12 on Zoom. Over many years this group has read, viewed, studied, and met with a number of inspiring authors and speakers on a variety of topics. As we explore areas of spirituality and religion as well as current topics such as relating to others, being your authentic self, and being in this world in a kind and understanding way, we hope to inspire each participant through open discussion and dialogue.
With the divisive nature of our country and the upcoming elections, our first book will be I Never Thought of it That Way by Monica Guzman. This book may remind many of us of our session in Faith and America Politics prior to the 2008 Presidential Election, when living our faith while staying true to our values often collided with our understanding of other perspectives.
Our first session will be an intro to the year and setting the stage for our reading of Guzman’s book. We hope you can join us!
Facilitated by Connie Johnston.
Any Question, please email Jen Bratka, Spiritual Life & Learning Center, Program Administrator

Please register HERE to receive the Zoom Link.
