"Collected bits of truth — Shimmering sparks — Shards of light — Merge — Healing — Restoring — Bursting Bright — Rising — In divine ecstatic flame.”

~ Embracing the Light, by Leonard Nimoy

Adult Forum

The Forum at-a-glance, March-May 2024

  • March 3

    • Climate Solutions Surround Us: Starting and Sustaining Your Climate Solutions Journey, with guest speaker Heidi Roop, Assistant Professor of Climate Science, U of M

  • March 10

    • Congregational-Based Spiritual Direction, with guest speaker Rev. T. Michael Rock

  • March 17

    • Restorative Justice, Restorative Practice, with guest speaker Brenda Burnside, CEO, Let's Circle Up

  • March 24

    • YouTube: Stephen Colbert & Anderson Cooper on Grief, facilitated by Mary Divine

  • March 31

    • The Forum will not meet on Easter Sunday. Enjoy the pancake breakfast instead!

  • April 7

    • Daily Work: What Is This Non-Profit and Whom Do They Serve? with guest speaker Julie Hoff, Daily Work Executive Director

  • April 14

    • Learn From A Master Gardener, with Judi Petkau

  • April 21

    • Consider Multiple Funerals, Memorials, with Ted Bowman

  • April 28

    • Medical Aid-In-Dying: Proposal at the Minnesota State Legislature, with guest Rev. Harlan Limpert, Co-Founder of Interfaith Clergy for End-Of-Life Options

  • May 5

    • Ujamaa Place: Offering New Life to 18 to 30 year old Black Men, with Chris Manor and other guests from Ujamaa Place

  • May 12

    • Making connections using Faith Talk Cards

  • May 19

    • Last Forum of the season - TBD

TOP 10 REASONS TO ATTEND THE ADULT FORUM:

10. Get curious with your heart and your mind

9. Try something new

8. Give your presence as a gift to yourself and your faith community

7. Revive, rediscover, refocus, reveal, renew, reexamine, and reap the spiritual rewards...

6. Get a good parking spot

5. Learn from and with your fellow SAPUCCers

4. God and your pastor are pretty sure it will be good for you

3. It’s free – zero dollars! -- but worth a lot

2. You get all the learning without the tests, papers, deadlines or grade point averages

And the number one reason to attend the Adult Forum:

1. Christian education is a life-long spiritual practice. If not now, when?