St. Columba Parish is offering “Landings,” where a small group of active parishioners who are exploring their faith meet with a small group of inactive or returning Catholics over several weeks to share and explore their faith journey.
The group is a way to further explore faith and spirituality.
For more information, call 247-0044 or email landings@stcolumbacatholic.org.
First Southern Baptist Church will study the book of Esther in a 10-week study during its spring Bible Study Session beginning Wednesday.
The class will be taught by Tom Cummins. Cummins holds a master’s degree in Christian education and has been teaching the Bible for 19 years. The class will meet weekly at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Fellowship Hall, 1715 West Second Ave. All are welcome.
The Old Testament Book of Esther is one of two books named for a woman. Ruth is the other. Esther is a historical book that takes up the story of exiled Israel after the Prophesy of Daniel.
Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, will host these Purim Celebrations Saturday:
The Purim Carnival will take place from 2 to 4 p.m.Dinner and Hamantashen will take place from 5 to 6 p.m.A Megillah reading will be held at 6:30 p.m. For more information and to RSVP, visit bit.ly/1T9E5TI.
The Durango Dharma Center will host these events featuring Lama Tsultrim Allione at the new center located in Suite 109 at 1800 East Third Ave.:
Lama Tsultrim will lead the meditation and offer a talk on the silent sitting meditation practice of Shamanta-Vipassana in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition from 5:30 to 7 p.m. April 11. She will include an introduction to one of the methods so everyone can try the practice together. In a retreat from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 16, Lama Tsultrim will address Machig Labdrön and the Nature of Mind. Machig Labdrön was an 11th century Tibetan yogini most well-known for developing the practice and teachings of Chöd (Cutting Through) as well as many nature of mind practices. During this daylong retreat, participants will alternate periods of sitting, walking and discussion. The nature of mind is the basis for teachings on Mahamudra, Dzogchen and Prajnaparamita. A one-hour lunch break will take place at noon.Registration forms are available at durangodharmacenter.org or at the Dharma Center, where materials can be found in the foyer. For more information, call Terry Leonard at 799-0084 or email tleonard@frontier.net.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango voted unanimously to call the Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris to a settled ministry with the fellowship in early March. Kandarian-Morris had been serving in a consulting role as a developmental minister since summer 2014.
The vote is part of a multi-year effort to transition the more than 50-year-old fellowship from lay leadership to shared ministry.
Herald Staff
