Well, not exactly.  But a person can become more aware of his/her spiritual self by studying how religious leaders – with varying backgrounds -- have developed their spiritual lives and written of their experience. One can pray and meditate, perhaps initially in a group, and later alone.
 

Even more to the point of the group experience is that personal spirituality can grow when one can talk about it and listen to the experience of others.  That is probably the prime focus of the adult class "Spirit Quest," one of three held after Sunday service.
 

"Spirit Quest invites people at FCC to a deeper sense of spirituality by taking the inner journey and sharing that with others," says Dr. Sylvia Richards, one of the coordinators of the class.
 

Coordinator Jeff Harper (above) recently based a class on Thomas Merton's No Man Is an Island.  The class also draws on Lucinda Vardey's book God in All Worlds as an optional reference.  
 

For still more variety (and perspective), last summer, Dr. Richards (left) led the class through several sessions on the "Zen of Christianity."  On the following pages, Paul Byrd and Kip Murray describe what the class meant to them.
 

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