“How to Help Low-Income People Care about the Environment” with Richard Mabion
Richard Mabion is a Principal at J. Gordon Community Development, Inc. and a grass-roots environmental activist in Kansas City, Kansas. He will present his philosophy of environmental organizing among low-income communities and will recount his experiences with an ongoing project for energy efficiency and conservation in KCK. (This forum was re-scheduled from a snowy March date.)
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Posted in May 19th, May 2013, Sunday Forum, Sundays
“A Purpose-Driven Congregation” with Lay leaders, children and youth
Later today, our congregation will hold it’s 145th Annual Meeting, during which we will decide whether to adopt a new Mission Statement. Does a congregation need a Mission Statement? Individuals are told to live with intentionality, but do congregations also need to lead purpose-driven lives? Does this proposed Mission Statement provide a useful guide for our church?
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Posted in May 19th, May 2013, Sunday Services, Sundays
“What Hallowed Memories Throng” with Rev. Kendyl Gibbons
Memorial Day marks the start of the summer season with a time of recollection and thoughtfulness, remembering those we have lost to death, as individuals and as a community, during the past year, and how those departed remain with us in spirit. The Choir will sing.
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Posted in May 2013, May 26, Sunday Services, Sundays
“Issues, Values and Art” with Julian Zugazagoitia
Dr. Julian Zugazagoitia became the director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on the first of September 2010. An international scholar with a passion for the arts, he has journeyed around the globe as a consultant, curator, and director for renowned museums and organizations such as UNESCO. Through his work, he’s come to appreciate the significance and value of art to the human condition.
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Posted in May 2013, May 26, Sunday Forum, Sundays
“A Purpose-Driven Congregation” with Lay leaders with children and youth
Later today, our congregation will hold it’s 145th Annual Meeting, during which we will decide whether to adopt a new Mission Statement. Does a congregation need a Mission Statement? Individuals are told to live with intentionality, but do congregations also need to lead purpose-driven lives? Does this proposed Mission Statement provide a useful guide for our church?
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Posted in May 19, May 2013, Sunday Services, Sundays
“How to Help Low-Income People Care about the Environment” with Richard Mabion
Richard Mabion is a Principal at J. Gordon Community Development, Inc. and a grass-roots environmental activist in Kansas City, Kansas. He will present his philosophy of environmental organizing among low-income communities and will recount his experiences with an ongoing project for energy efficiency and conservation in KCK. (This forum was re-scheduled from a snowy March date.)
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Posted in May 19, May 2013, Sunday Forum, Sundays
“Given in Blessing: Flower Celebration” with Rev. Kendyl Gibbons
Today we honor the work of mothering, and the mothers among us, and celebrate the values of beauty and diversity by bringing and sharing flowers as a symbol of our community. Be sure that each member of the family brings a flower, so that all can receive a different flower to take home with them. The Children’s Choir will sing.
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Posted in May 12, May 2013, Sunday Services, Sundays
Angry White Men with Guns” with Leonard Zeskind
Leonard Zeskind is president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and author of Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream (FGS 2009). An internationally recognized authority of racism, anti-Semitism and far right socialmovements, Leonard will discuss the current upsurge in “gun rights” activity, describe Tea Parties and various other organizations involved, and analyze the underlying causes and motivations of this “angry white men” phenomenon.
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Posted in May 12, May 2013, Sunday Forum, Sundays
“Music Sunday: Missa Gaia, Mass for Planet Earth” with Anthony Edwards & All Souls Choir
We are still merely pioneers on this planet we call Earth. We are only now learning what it is to live on this land and conversely, what it is for the land to let us live here.
Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth speaks of our relationship with the earth. The texts are drawn from the Bible, Native American poets Joy Harjo and Maurice Kenny, medieval mystic Meister Eckhart, the Chinook Psalter and poets M.K. Dean, Wendell Berry and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Offering benefits Music & Religious Education Programs.
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Posted in May 2013, May 5, Sunday Services, Sundays
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Posted in May 2013, May 5, Sunday Forum, Sundays
