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The Adult Forums take place on most Sundays between the 8 am and 10:30 am services as part of our Christian Education hour from 9:15-10:15 am. The forums are held in the Parish Hall.
On the first Sunday of the month, we celebrate the Parish Hall Eucharist, an informal service with the Heaven Help Us praise band, at 9:15. Forums are not held on those Sundays.
The forums are part of the Christian Education program at St. Francis and seek to engage members and visitors on a variety of current issues. Theologian Karl Barth once said that the Christian should read the Bible in one hand, and the newspaper in the other. We seek to follow this wisdom in our forum series. Topics often have religious undercurrents and themes that stimulate and strengthen both our intellectual and our spiritual awarenesses.
For more information about the forum series, please contact the Rev. Robert Black at robert@stfrancisgreensboro.org or Director of Christian Education– Susan Elam at susan@stfrancisgreensbo.org.
| Winter 2012 |
How Spirituality Can Change Your Life |
| January |
8th |
Marty Rosser, licensed family counselor, on family relations |
| January |
15th |
Stimp Hawkins, Hospice Chaplain, on life's transitions, especially end of life issuess |
| January |
22nd |
Dr. Matthew Brophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at High Point University, on business ethics |
Vestry Report |
| January |
29th |
St. Francis Vestry reports on retreat: outlining budget, goals, plans, and visions for the year |
Christ in Culture |
| February |
12th |
Dr. John Senior, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Religion and Society at Wake Forest Divinity School, on religion in the media |
| February |
19th |
Marshall Hurley, attorney, former chief of staff for Rep. Howard Coble, on religion in politics |
Lent: Looking Inward |
| February |
26th |
Fil Anderson, spiritual director, on the meaning of giving |
| March |
11th |
Mike Whaley, Director of Outreach for Fellowship Hall; and Murphy Sullivan, Director of Development at Fellowship Hall, on the issues of addiction |
| March |
18th |
Dee Irwin, spiritual director, on prayer |
| March |
25th |
Dee Irwin, spiritual director, on introspectioner |
Stewardship of the Earth |
| April |
15th |
Kevin Redding, Executive Director of the Piedmont Land Conservancy, on protecting our lands |
| April |
22nd |
Melanie Buckingham, Environmental Resources Librarian at the Kathleen Edwards Branch Library, on how communities can practice stewardship |
| April |
29th |
Pricey Harrison, Representative in the NC House, on what nations can do to be green |
A Global Community |
| May |
13th |
Dr. Ann Dils, Director of Women's and Gender Studies at UNC-Greensboro, on the changing role of women around the world, as we observe Mothers' Days |
| May |
20th |
Dr. Andrew Brod, Senior Research Fellow at UNC-Greensboro, on the global economy |
| May |
27th |
The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, Bishop of North Carolina, on the Anglican Communion |
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