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Welcome to Lifelong Learning at Wofford Summer Term classes and events and Group Travel for 2025-2026are now posted online. Registration begins May 6 at 9 a.m. Registration Help Guide Summer 2025Term Flyer > Class Offerings > Current Events

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While only annual members can attend our classes during the academic year, we invite non-members to register for our summer classes. This opportunity is in addition to special events and trips, which are open to all students year-round. Summer term is a great time to see what Lifelong Learning has to offer if you’re new to Spartanburg or to our program. Annual memberships will be available for purchase between August 1, 2025 and March 20. Benefits of an annual membership run through June 30. 

Note: Annual members receive $10 off any class during the summer term. Special events are excluded from this offer.

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  • Christian Supremacy vs. Religious Freedom and Democracy 
  • Course Fee: $31.00
    Dates: 6/5/2025 - 6/26/2025
    Times: 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 4
    Location: Central United Methodist Church  Education Building Upper Room
    Instructor: Chris Highland
    An extreme aberration of the Christian faith is taking power in the government at all levels across the country. Driven by the myth that the United States was founded by Christians for Christians, they are demanding “biblically-based” legislation and publicly-funded religious education. Who are the leaders of this anti-democratic movement committed to replacing our secular democracy with authoritarian theocracy? What are their central beliefs? Why are they against the separation of church and state? How does Christian Supremacy threaten both Religious Liberty and our pluralistic Democracy? We will address each of these serious questions in lecture and discussion. Selected books, videos and websites will be suggested by the teacher.
 

  • Historical Tour of Gaffney, South Carolina 
  • Course Fee: $51.00
    Dates: 6/11/2025 - 6/11/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Location: Off Campus   
    Instructor: Jean Ogden

    Everything you would like to know about Gaffney and all the things you never knew! Join your experienced tour guide as you explore the Gaffney Visitors Center, including the Revolutionary War Room, historic downtown, Limestone Springs, and Limestone Quarry before heading to Gastonia for lunch at Webb Custom Kitchen which formerly was a movie theatre. We will finish the tour with ice cream before returning to Spartanburg. A comfortable, air conditioned van will leave from the Central United Methodist Church Parking lot for a fun day exploring the home of the infamous I-85 peach. The cost of the class includes the cost of the provided transportation. Students will pay an additional cost of their lunch and ice cream. 
 

  • Should the Electoral College Flunk Out? 
  • Course Fee: $31.00
    Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/24/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 4
    Location: Central United Methodist Church  Education Building Upper Room
    Instructor: Olin Sansbury
    Most Americans only think about the Electoral College every four years. It gets our attention when the media reminds us that it’s a significant factor in the process for electing our president and that it does not reflect exactly the popular vote. For this reason, over 700 proposals to reform or eliminate the Electoral College have been introduced in Congress. None have succeeded. This class will review the origins of the Electoral College, its relationship to other aspects of our federal system and, briefly, its impact on presidential elections. With this background there will be a discussion of possible reforms that can be implemented without a constitutional amendment.
 

  • Words Matter: How to Speak Your Mind 
  • Course Fee: $31.00
    Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/24/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 4
    Location: Central United Methodist Church  Education Building Garrett Room
    Instructor: Linda Powers
    In this course, we will explore community, conversation and the ways that words matter. We will practice some words, phrases, attitudes and ways of thinking about interpersonal relationships. Our techniques will be drawn from Civil Discourse -- EUREKA! -- Empathy, Understanding, Respect, Endorsement, Common Ground, and Assertion. We will spend most of our class time experimenting with language and addressing communication challenges. No lectures, no homework, no tests, action-packed, full of fun and new ways to think about talking! Can we talk??? Let's try it and see!
 

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