Watch the video above to hear more about the

Progress Project from Angie Thurston and Aprilhelen, 

the course developers and instructors.

Course Format 

Instructors

Angie Thurston

I'm Angie Thurston, and I'll be one of your faculty members for this course. I was raised with the Urantia Book, and the part that always compelled me most was this idea of spiritual growth. I would read about "spiritual goals" and "growing closer to God" and I wanted to know how to do it! I also knew that I couldn't -- and didn't want to -- do it alone. Luckily, I wasn't the only one. The Progress Project was born from a small group of young adult Urantia Book readers who all wanted to support and accompany each other in our spiritual growth. It has been a Godsend for me and I'm excited to share it with you.

My work in the world is all about the future of spiritual community. I am a Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity School and the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab, a soul-centered research and development lab. I'm also a researcher and teacher on the power of spiritual values to reshape our inner lives and society.

I'll be joining you from Alexandria, VA, where I live with my husband Vipin and our cat Pepper.

Aprilhelen 

Aloha! Aprilhelen here, hailing from the Northwest Arkansas Ozarks, as we are all ’Together in Spiritual Growth!’ Being a second generation student of the Revelation, one of my passions has been the practice of integrating the techniques of the art of living prescribed by the revelators and by witnessing how Christ Michael lived.

Through the past twenty-five years of sharing, with all ages, the eight-fold path of the art of therapeutic yoga and personal transformation, catering and nutrition education, horticulture and animal husbandry, I have been able to effectively expose these tools for others, so we may all up-step our addition of value to the Supreme.

Currently, I am conceptualizing, writing, and illustrating secondary works of The Urantia Book for younger readers, with the dream of someday being part of an educational center like the ones modeled for us in The Urantia Book. 

Alongside my duties as on-boarder for the Progress Project, I am an active member of the Fellowship’s Family Life Committee, a friend of the Urantia Book Network, a poet, an artist, a creative think-tank participant, an aspiring public speaker, an advocate of interfaith work, a seed planter, and a daily visionary of what is possible, just to name a few. I would love to be involved in producing a blockbuster-movie series revealing the Revelation as a truth-underlying, science fiction! 

My spiritual sister, Angie, and I have worked together for the Revelation for nearly a decade. Our shared experience on the playground of the UB Fellowship’s Youth and Young Adult Committee has provided us many valuable leadership and service opportunities that laid the foundation from which the Progress Project has now emerged. This will be our first time hosting this course on the Urantia University Institute platform. Our vision is to help the Progress Project pollinate across the Urantia movement and beyond!

FAQ

After I enroll, what happens next?

After registering for the Orientation Session, you will receive a confirmation email, with subsequent email reminders of the Orientation session on Sept 27. 

• A few days before the Orientation session, you will receive an email with login information for the online Zoom meeting.
• Following the Orientation session, if you choose to enroll in the course, you will receive reminders for the Week 1 course start date on Oct 11. 
• A reminder email with the login information will be sent to participants the morning of the start date of the class.