The Book Group on Race and Racism: We will meet on March 8 to discuss Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, by Nicolas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors issue a plea–deeply personal and told through the lives of real Americans–to address the...
Read more The Book Group on Race and Racism: We will meet on February 9 to discuss The Color of Law: a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein. Don’t be discouraged by the size of the book. One-fourth of it is Notes, Bibliography, and Index; but don’t...
Read more For discussion on December 8, not a book, but the introduction to a book. Bob Polk will join us to discuss The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study, by W.E.B. Du Bois. Reprint edition with introduction by Elijah Anderson, 1996. The book is widely available in bookstores and libraries...
Read more We will meet on Sunday, November 10 to discuss Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There, by Philip Hallie. In addition to the original hardback, are several paperback...
Read more We will meet on Sunday, Nov 10 to discuss Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There, by Philip Hallie. In addition to the original hardback, are several paperback editions, including one with a new foreword by the author. Any...
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We have a lot of activities and events coming up as we move into the Fall season. Below are details of what’s to come! Sunday, August 25 at 10 am — Rev. Wanda Sevey is preaching on “Ridiculous Joy of the Lord” Sunday, September 1 at 10 am — Rev. Dr. Geneva Butz will...
Read more Getting to know scripture in a way that makes sense. Starting September 8, 2019, you will have the opportunity to participate in a weekly Bible study using the book We Make the Road by Walking by Bryan McLaren. While the book follows the lectionary year with over fifty-two (plus a...
Read moreBook Group on Race and Racism Our book group on race and racism will meet after worship on Sunday, Nov 11 to discuss Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification, by David Waldstreicher. The word slavery does not appear in the Constitution, yet of its eighty-four clauses...
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At the last gathering of this year’s series of Sacred Conversations in June, our facilitator, Naomi Washington-Leaphart offered three three books for our summer reading. Lies Across America: What our Historic Sites Get Wrong, by James W. Loewen. Simon and Schuster (Touchstone...
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