Workshop will address joy, compassion
Registration is open for a one-day workshop, “The Heart of Compassion: An Open Gateway to Freedom,” with Carolyn Hobbs, Durango-based author, body-centered therapist and workshop leader.
Hobbs is the author of JOY, No Matter What. The workshop will be held by the Durango Dharma Center, 208 East Animas Road (County Road 250), from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 1 and focus on the themes of joy, compassion and forgiveness.
The workshop will use the practices of meditation, inquiry, movement and dialogue to help participants step beyond unconscious reactions to the ego’s thoughts, fears, judgments and doubts into the freedom possible in every new moment.
Registration is $40. Scholarships are available. To register, visit www.durangodharmacenter.org.
For more information and scholarship requests, email Terry Leonard at tleonard@frontier.net (indicate “Carolyn Hobbs workshop” in the subject line) or call 799-0084.
Southern Baptist Church to study epistles
First Southern Baptist Church of Durango, 1715 West Second Ave., will begin a detailed study of the general epistles of the New Testament at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church’s Fellowship Hall.
The 18-week program will be a chapter-by-chapter and verse-by-verse study of the letters written by James, Peter, John and Jude. These epistles were written to the emerging Christian church of 2,000 years ago, but their timeless lessons are as important to today’s Christian as they were to the earliest ones.
Tom Cummins will teach the class. Cummins has taught the Bible and religion for 17 years and holds master’s degrees in biblical studies and religious education from Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va. All are welcome but space is limited.
For more information, visit www.durangosouthernbaptist.com.
Har Shalom to host First Friday events
Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, will host “First Friday” events from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 7.
A gathering and blessings will take place at 6 p.m., a catered dinner at 6:30 p.m., and the program and screening of “Laughing in the Darkness” at 7:15 p.m. “Laughing in the Darkness” is the story of Yiddish literature’s greatest writer.
RSVP is not required but appreciated by Feb. 5 for catering needs.
For more information, email Daniel Morgenstern at capanbob@gmail.com.
Herald Staff
