The first session will focus on compositions based on hymns and chorales in musical settings by master composers. The program will include such hymns as: Adoro te Devote, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Now Thank We All Our God, and Brother James Air. The second session will include representative pieces having religious titles and imagery with references to art and literature. Included in the program will be compositions by Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Olivier Messiaen, Michael Glinka, and Johann Kuhnau.

This will be a 4-session Zoom discussion of the book: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. You will need to obtain and read the book on your own. The class will cover two to three chapters of the book each week. In order to facilitate good discussion, specific discussion questions will be assigned in advance for each week. We encourage you to take part in all four sessions, do “homework” between sessions, and share your thoughts, concerns, and personal plans for the end of life with other participants.

Fueling your body with the proper nutrition and getting the right amount of daily exercise matters. Allie will present how nutrition and the level of activity directly influence your mental health.

When we wake up the first morning after retiring, we realize that we are no longer defined by the work we do. We ask ourselves, “Who are we now?” We need to find another identity and outlets that give us purpose. It is time to reflect on our skills and interests, and search for how that can be expressed in new ways. We can find meaning in deeper friendships, volunteering, service projects, continued learning, hobbies, or even part-time work. Any of these can bring us a purposeful identity. If we missed this opportunity in pre-retirement, the time to start is now.

The tides of the Bay of Fundy and other places around the world with massive tides: A discussion on how the tides work and why the Fundy tides are some of the highest in the world. How the motions of the sun, moon, and earth cause the tides and how some places have different types of tides.