Workshops look at peacemaking

Unity of the Oaks Church invites the community to two workshops that will focus on peacemaking strategies for dealing with conflicts that arise in everyday life from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays Feb. 4 and 11 at the church, 1414 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste. 113, Thousand Oaks.

The workshops will explore spiritual principles and practices and provide games and tools to help participants move from conflict to cooperation, from separation to community and from resistance to synergy.

Dr. Ed Rockey will lead the workshops. He has presented workshops for major business organizations, including Amgen and Litton.

The co-facilitator will be Bobbi Rudin, a behavior therapist and registered yoga teacher.

Admission is on a sliding scale of $20 to $30 per workshop. Refreshments and materials will be provided.

For more information, call (805) 496-6901.

CLU hosting gospel concert

California Lutheran University will present its inaugural gospel concert at 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10 in Samuelson Chapel, south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus.

The new CLU Gospel Choir, which formed in September, is one of the acts performing at the “Black History Concert: The Sunday Morning Experience.” The show will feature a variety of soloists, choirs and groups singing both traditional and contemporary gospel music.

V3, an Oxnard- and Los Angeles based group, will present traditional gospel music. The group’s director, Brandon Binder, also conducts the CLU Gospel Choir.

Other featured performers include William Johnson and the gospel group Purpose.

The concert is free.

For more information, call Daniel Lawrence at (805) 493-3489 or email lawrenc@callutheran.edu.

Center ready to embrace change

The Center for Spiritual Living will present a workshop titled “Embracing Hearts,” a challenge/grief group from 7 to 9 p.m. Mon., Feb. 13 at the center, 1756 Erringer Road, Ste. 100, Simi Valley. This is an ongoing group.

Facilitator Dr. Mike Willis is a Native American who helps people take back control of their health. Participants will learn what’s holding them back in life.

Willis will teach the simple rules of healing stress and grief from the inside out. The group will provide space for people to move past “stuckness” into the acceptance and flow of life.

The group is free and participants do not have to be members of The Center for Spiritual Living.

For more information, call (805) 527-0870 or go online to www.cslsimivalley.org.