Interest Groups & Support Groups
Listening to Our Lives
Meets the second Wednesdays of each month at 3:30 pm in the Parlor
Sharing Stories, Making Connections and Strengthening Friendships
With Leon Dunkley, Mary Blanton and Richard Schramm
In these stressful times, here’s an opportunity to share what’s happening in our lives – our joys, concerns, triumphs, struggles – and to listen to the happenings of others in the North Chapel, supporting one another in the process. Participants are invited to take a turn, share their stories, be heard by others, and ask for listener responses if they would like questions or suggestions. When others are sharing, our job is to listen actively and to engage with the speaker when asked. Our hope is that everyone will leave feeling better, more connected, more resilient.
We hope that you will consider joining us at this gathering. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Richard (richardaschramm@gmail.com).
Book Club
The Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month on Zoom.
Our monthly discussions are facilitated by Sherry Belisle who brings lots of experience in leading book discussions as well as her bountiful enthusiasm and creative energy.
Future selections will be based on recommendations from club members and will include a blend of fiction and non-fiction.
To join, contact Sherry Belisile.
Caregiver Gathering
Third Tuesdays, 4:00 PM, North Chapel Library
As part of our life journey, whether young or old, there may be times when we are called upon to take care of others, be they family or friends or needy strangers. Although it’s a role motivated by love for which we may receive many thanks, it also can be a role that requires difficult changes in how we live our lives and may bring up hard to manage and often painful feelings. Caregiving is complicated and caregivers, like those needing care, often experience a need for support and understanding.
If you are currently helping someone struggling with a mental and/or physical health challenge and would like a chance to share your experiences with others in similar caregiving circumstances, please come to our gathering. This will be a chance to not only share your stories but also to identify other ways the North Chapel can support you, and those you’re caring for, through a difficult time. Everything that’s shared will be treated as confidential.
Dave Cook (dgc1241@gmail.com) and Richard Schramm (richardaschramm@gmail.com)
Temporarily Unscheduled:
Amazing Grays
The Amazing Grays gathered once a month to share our thoughts and feelings about getting older and to support one another.
We strive to create an environment of safety and trust, to provide a time of quiet as well as a time of sharing, to speak from our own experience, to listen to others with our hearts without judgment, discussion, dialog, question asking, problem-solving or “fixing,” and to treat everything shared as completely confidential.
For more information, to be on our e-mailing list, or the Zoom link to online meetings contact Richard Shramm.
Covenant Groups
Purpose: Help church members to connect with each other in meaningful ways, so that they can deepen relationships with one another and grow spiritually.
Process: Covenant groups of 8 to 10 members meet monthly to get to know themselves and each other better as they reflect on the experiences, thoughts and feelings of our common humanity. The “covenant” refers to a commitment to participate regularly and fully. Everyone is invited to join.
Contact: Mary Blanton, Veronica Delay or Mary Jeanne Taylor.
The Change the World Kids
Mission statement: Dedicated to making the world a better place, locally and globally.
Description: An energetic group of teenagers in grades 7-12 helping people complete jobs that they cannot accomplish themselves as well as people in emergency situations. Some of our work is essential to people’s survival and some to the preservation of the global environment.
Contact them at Change The World Kids.
Learn more at www.changetheworldkids.com.
