Our Whole Lives (OWL) is a series of sexuality education curricula for six age groups that helps participants make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health and behavior. It equips participants with accurate, age-appropriate information in six subject areas: human development, relationships, personal skills, sexual behavior, sexual health, and society and culture. Grounded in a holistic view of sexuality, Our Whole Lives not only provides facts about anatomy and human development, but also helps participants clarify their values, build interpersonal skills, and understand the spiritual, emotional, and social aspects of sexuality.

We are offering the curriculum for grades 8 through high school this winter. The required parent meeting will be on Sunday, January 4, from 2-4 p.m. at the Fellowship. Sessions will be led by Guy Newland and Niki Henry or Justin Henry and Roze Bentley Classes will take place from 2-6 p.m. on Sundays from January 11-March 1.

Much more information will be provided at the required parent meeting. However, if you are interested and/or wish more information, please contact Norma Bailey (989-560-3952 or baile1nj@cmich.edu) or Roze Bentley (989-317-0072 or rozeofmanycolors@gmail.com).

The Church of the Larger Fellowship (UU) is offering Whispering Winds, a twice-monthly writing course over 3 months with a professional poetry therapist, Nessa McCasey (who is also a Unitarian Universalist). Nessa gently coaxes our writing selves to reveal the wisdom we each inherently harbor within. Because she builds community through positive feedback of each person’s writing, the group feels comfortable sharing meaningful and often insightful comments with each other. We do not analyze writings as one might do in a college course. Instead, we explore, ponder, play with words, and spiritually wander through wonder. Any level of writer is welcome to join this creative exploration that nurtures the soul. Poetic prompts and creative starters will be offered to help face the blank page each session and writers are able to veer in their own direction as desired.
Two course sessions are being offered:

• Sunday sessions, starting January 4; or,
  
• Wednesday sessions, starting January 7
  

The cost is $150. Click on this link for more information, including registration.