Our next session will start on January 11 and end on March 7, 2012. A brochure with class descriptions, schedule, and registration form can be mailed to you. Please call 779-4449 to be added to our mailing list. Classes meet in the basement and the upper floor (3rd). There is an elevator available.
Scheduled Classes - Shepherd's Center of Columbia See brochure for class descriptions and locations. Check weekly newsletter for additional details about some of the classes.
SCHEDULE OF
CLASSES FOR
SHEPHERD’S CENTER
OF COLUMBIA
Winter QUARTER
January 11- March 7, 2012
ADVENTURES IN LEARNING
January 11 – March 7, 2012
* Indicates new class
WEDNESDAYS
9:00 A.M. – 9:45
A.M.
YOGA FOR
SENIOR ADULTS –
Debbie Fulmer
An
easy class that everyone can do! Movements are simple and designed to
help your
body stretch and tone without pain.
Come, give yoga a try and see if you don’t
feel more
relaxed and alert after our class.
9:00 – 11:50 A.M.
ACRYLIC AND
WATERCOLOR PAINTING
– Betty Rader
This is a
class for intermediate and advanced students.
9:00 – 11:50
PLAYING BRIDGE – Instructor
TBA
Bridge with some guidance and mainly having fun
playing.
10:00 - 1050
EUROPE:
BEGINNING THE 1930s-FROM BAD TO WORSE – Dr. John Stine
Prevention not achievement was the goal
in the 1920s.
Dr. Stine continues on this topic up to
the rise of Hitler to
1933.
DULCIMERS – Anna Feagin
This course is for those who have
dulcimers and would like to learn
how to play them or to play with more
proficiency. We will learn
how to tune and change the strings as
well as perform all sorts
of music.
HISTORY OF
JAZZ & SWING
– Bob Knox (see related
article)
This session will give an overview of
music styles that led to
jazz and swing and we will hear
recordings of pre-swing ragtime.
*REMBRANDT:
HIS LIFE AND WORK
– Beverly Heisner
The paintings, drawings, etchings,
portraits, religious subjects
and landscapes.
*GETTING TO
KNOW YOU - Troy
and Eunice McQueen
Each week class participants will be
voluntarily responding to
questions designed to allow us to know
more about each other –
those amusing, and interesting
experiences we have all had.
For instance: What is the “nuttiest” thing you have ever done?
CLASSIC
MOVIES AND GREAT STARS – Marcia Hendrix
Revisit the great films of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Marcia Hendrix,
long-time film buff and former teacher will lead the
discussion.
WRITING FOR A
PURPOSE – Francie Markham
Calling all writers! You are invited to join our writing
class
for the winter session. We are creating in various genres and
hope to have the art class illustrate
our compositions for
publication in a book during the spring
semester.
11:00 – 11:50
a.m.
A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY SHORT
STORIES – Carol
McAlpin
We will read selections from this
generation’s finest
writers, stories from the 1990s to the present, perhaps
uncharted territory for many of us.
MUSICAL THEATER, COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES –Dr. Luise Peake
Appreciate the narratives and rich history of musical
theater.
(see related article)
*PROPHESY IN ANCIENT
ISRAEL – Rabbi Sanford Marcus
Types of prophets, the world situation that they addressed
and
the significance of their messages.
*MAKING THE MIDDLE
AGES: The Revival of Town Life –
Susan Dillon
Come with me as we rebuild towns, trade, and society,
1000-1400.
*SOUTH CAROLINA ON MY
MIND – Eunice McQueen
A varied collection of SC people, places and things that
make our
state such a unique and fun place to live. You may hear about an
interesting new place to visit or a “hidden gem” café. You may even
learn a little South Carolina history.
HANDBELLS – Betty Myers
Learn and enjoy how to make beautiful music with
handbells. No
experience necessary, though basic ability to read music is
helpful.
We will be presenting “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and
other
Disney favorites.
1:15
– 2:15 p.m.
MUSIC IS FUN – Judy Doudoukjian
Join in the fun of singing with
the “Bleatin’ Sheep”.You don’t have
to have a good voice, just a
desire to sing, tap your toes, and maybe
dance a little. TREKING WITH WARNER –
Dr.Warner Montgomery
Join Warner as he once again shares stories, anecdotes
and audio-
visuals of some of his travels.
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THURSDAYS
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
BEGINNING
ACRYLIC AND WATERCOLOR PAINTING –
Thursdays – January 12 –
March 8, 2012
Room B-114
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