*(SP2) Meditation and Evolution of Consciousness (5-Week Course)
Doorway to Cosmic Consciousness
Faculty: Dr. Michael Beckwith, Rev. Cheryl Ward and UTSLA Staff
Mornings: Tuesday 9am–12noon
Evenings: Tuesday 7pm–10pm
First class: Jan 12, Last class: Feb 9; Location: Sanctuary
Course Fee: $275 Early Bird Price, $310 Day of Class Price
Course Fee Includes $25 Materials Fee
Required Material: Beyond Words and Thought by Joel S. Goldsmith
This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: "Meditation is the Art of Evolution." This class takes you on a magnificent adventure of transformation. Reverend Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith has created < more info...>

*(SP4) Prayer As Expanded Awareness (5-Week Course)
Faculty:Rev. Greta Sesheta
Mornings: Monday 9am–12noon
Evenings: Monday 7pm–10pm
First class: Jan 11, Last class: Feb 15; Location: Room 2 Note: MLK, Jr. Holiday , Monday Jan 18, NO CLASS 
Course Fee: $200 Early Bird Price, $235 Day of Class Price 
Course Fee Includes $25 Materials Fee 
Required Material: Beyond Words and Thought by Joel S. Goldsmith This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes  
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh 
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: “The first step in learning to pray is to free ourselves from pre-conceptions of what prayer is. The second step on the road to prayer is to forget any fixed < more info...>

(SP7) Prayer as Creative Connection and Communion (5-Week Course)
Faculty: Rev. Greta Sesheta
Mornings: Monday 9am-12noon
Evenings: Monday 7pm-10pm
First class: Feb 22, Last class: Mar 22; Location: Room 2
Course Fee: $200 Early Bird Price, $235 Day of Class Price 
Course Fee Includes $25 Materials Fee
Required Material: None
Prerequisites: (SP4) Prayer as Expanded Awareness
Course Description: This 5-week class provides the experience of embodying an expanded awareness of what prayer is through the exploration of: The qualities of Peace, Compassion, <more info...>

*(PM1) Mysticism, the Practice and the Mystical I (10-week Course)
Mystical Traditions and Mystical Practice: Discovering the Inner Mystic
Faculty: Rev.Coco Stewart
Mornings: CANCELLED
Evenings: Tuesday 7pm–10pm
First class: Jan 12, Last class: Mar 16; Location: Room 4
Course Fee: $325 Early Bird Price, $360 Day of Class Price
Course Fee Includes $25 Materials Fee
Required Material: TBD
Prerequisites: Universal Laws and Themes that Govern the Universe; Meditation and the Evolution of Consciousness; Visioning; Any 2 of the following prayer classes - Prayer: A Way of Life, Prayer as Spiritual Practice and Power, Prayer as Expanded Awareness or Prayer as Creative Connection and Communion;  or approval from instructor.
Course Description: Deepen into an expanded awareness of your true Mystical I-dentity. This experiential process-oriented class takes you on an inner journey that will shift < more info...>  

*(SM1-A) Self Awareness and the Evolving Consciousness (5-Week Course) Part I*
Explorations of the Evolving Self Beyond Three Dimensional Living
Faculty: Rev. Cheryl J. Ward and UTSLA Staff
Mornings:
DAY CLASS CANCELLED PLEASE REGISTER IN NIGHT CLASS
Evenings: Tuesday 7pm-10pm
First class: Feb 16, Last Class: Mar 16; Location:Room 3
Course Fee SM1-A: $200 Early Bird Price, $235 Day of Class Price
Course Fee SM1-A and SM1-B: $475 Early Bird Price, $510 Day of Class Price
Course Fee Includes $25 Materials Fee
Part II (SM1-B) 10 Week Course: First class: Mar 30, Last class: Jun 1 Location: Room 2;
Prerequisite: Universal Laws and Themes that Govern the Universe; Meditation and the Evolution of Consciousness; Visioning; Any 2 of the following prayer classes - Prayer: A Way of Life, Prayer as Spiritual Practice and Power, Prayer as Expanded Awareness or Prayer as Creative Connection and Communion;or approval from instructor. * If you are taking SM1 A & B as pre-requisites for the Professional Practitioner Studies Course you must register for all 15 weeks at the same time.
Required Material: None
Course Description: This advanced level course is for those who have completed significant spiritual work in meditation, prayer, understanding spiritual laws, and who practice <more info...>

(ML016) The Other Gospels (10-Week Course)
Faculty: Rev. John Elliott
Evenings: Monday
First class: Jan 11, Last class: March 22; Location: Spirit of Creativity
Course Fee: $325 Early Bird Price, $360 Day of Class Price
Materials Fee: None
Prerequisite: None
*Ministerial Students: Already Enrolled Ministerial Students may register for their classes through the Director of Admissions and Registrar, Rev. Rio Kelley. 310-348-1260 x1424
Course Description: Scholars have discovered that early Christianity was expressed as diverse communities and teachings. In 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved <more info...>

(TS3) World Religions and Spiritual Traditions (10-week Course)
Faculty: Dr. Maisha Hazzard
Evenings: Tuesday
First class: Jan 12, Last class: March 16; Location: Spirit of Wisdom
Course Fee: $325 Early Bird Price*, $360 Day of Class Price
Required Material: None
Prerequisite: None
*Ministerial Students: Already Enrolled Ministerial Students may register for their classes through the Director of Admissions and Registrar, Rev. Rio Kelley. 310-348-1260 x1424
Course Description: This is a 10-week survey course that introduces participants to major world religions and spiritual traditions: African, Native American, and Indigenous <more info...>

(TS005) Abraham, God’s First Friend (10-Week Course)