November 8 Adult Forum on Planning Your Funeral/Memorial Service

Last fall, we had a workshop where we worked on hospital directives and other documents associated with end of life choices. On Sunday, November 8 at 11:30, Reverend Bill, Minister of Music, Maggie Marshall, and hospital chaplain, Lynne Grillo would like to help you plan your memorial service/funeral. Most of...

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Forum Notes: What is the Good News? June 7, 2015

Forum Notes What is the Good News? William Bradbury June 7, 2015 I. Introduction: (The following quotes are from the wonderful new book, which is written for folks like us, by N. T. Wright, Anglican bishop and preeminent New Testament scholar: Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and...

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Forum: On the Trinity–May 31, 2015

Forum The Strong Name of the Trinity Trinity Sunday William Bradbury May 31, 2015 (This is the hand-out for the forum) A distressing image: On May 27, 1995, twenty years ago this past Wednesday, Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse as it refused the third jump at a race...

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June 7 Sunday Forum

A friend asks you: “I know you go to church, so could you please tell me what the good news is?” How would you answer that question? How does the New Testament answer it? Rev. Bill Bradbury will be using N. T. Wright’s new book Simply Good News: Why the...

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Sunday Forum for May 31

It has been said that many Christians today are functional Unitarians in their understanding of God. When the doctrine of the Trinity is seen as only a pious and quaint abstraction then we lose the spinal cord of redemption — the incarnation of Jesus Christ. We also lose any meaningful...

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Sunday Forum for May 17

Why do you think that Jesus taught in parables? Do parables induce you to ask new questions? Do parables too oft repeated lose their edge? Come and join the discussion this Sunday, led by Harry Taplin.

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Forum for April 26

This Sunday Bill will examine how the simple detail of a charcoal fire in the story of Jesus’ passion and resurrection can open us up to the power of the gospel.

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Sunday Forum for March 1

In this Sunday’s forum, the Endowment Committee will answer the question “Where is God in the Endowment Fund”, as well as provide an explanation of the fund’s beginning, management, and objectives.

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Sunday Forum for 1-25

This week’s topic is ”Are we Charlie”, led by Matt Hickcox. Reaction to terrorist attacks is changing. Are we finally getting to the point where we can have a meaningful dialog? How has the world’s response to attacks by religious extremists, from  9/11 to the recent attack on French satirical...

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