Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life SCOTT CENTER

Midd Humanists: Happiness & Enthusiasm in Times Like These

Join Humanist Chaplain Bill Vitek for a discussion and walkabout to consider how enthusiasm in all its forms can nourish happiness, even in times of uncertainty and anxiety. Snacks will be served.

Please access and read a short essay by Arthur Brooks beforehand. 

Midd Humanists is a community gathering sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual & Religious Life for non-theistic, inquiry-based, and action-centered conversation and celebration. All are welcome!

23 Adirondack View

Closed to the Public

Emily Proctor Hosts Silent Retreat

Join us for a morning of silent togetherness, led by Professor Emliy Proctor, at the Scott Center.  This retreat, which will be held in silence, will consist of a series of meditation sits interspersed with breaks for rest or walking meditation.  This simple structure, carried out together, allows for a collective quieting of mind and body, from which can emerge a subtle but deep sense of community.

(Private)

David Abram dinner and conversation: The More Than Human World

Join us at the Scott Center for a dinner dialogue with cultural ecologist and geophilosopher David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, and Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology.

Part 3 of the Interfaith Dialogue Series.  Space is limited and RSVP’s are required; go/abramdinner/

(Private)

Emergent Improvisation

Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. Inspired by adrienne maree brown’s book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, this workshop explores the principles of emergence, interdependence, resilience, collaboration and communication through movement in the context of interfaith dialogue. Through improvisational practices, we will learn how small, adaptive changes can connect us across our differences and evolve over time.

Mahaney Arts Center Plaza

Open to the Public