Mary, I went hunting in my area after you posted, mostly because taking a class to do that seems so basic, I'd overlooked it.
What I found was an embroidery club. They meet once a month and the kit for the meeting is $10. You tell them you're coming and the machine you have, and they create the kit to match the format for your machine. That way everyone gets to do the same thing, but all sorts of different machines will be there. They just ask that you have basic knowledge of your machine (semi familiar with the controls, ect) I think I'd learn something new every month! Perhaps you could find something like that too?