10:45 Connections ~ sharing joys and concerns (downstairs in the Fahs room)
10:45 Gathering ~ music
11:00 Service ~ Richard Gilbert asks the question, “Do we merit the wind we inherit?” This sermon explores our rich and inspiring heritage with both humor and deep reverence. Our minister Cathy Harrington leads today’s service.
9:30 Forum ~ A Troubling Tome: Nicholas Wade on Race, led by Charles Redwine.
“The most provocative claims in this book involve the genetic basis of human social habits. What we might call middle-class social traits—thrift, docility, nonviolence—have been slowly but surely inculcated genetically within agrarian societies, Wade argues. These “values” obviously had a strong cultural component, but Wade points to evidence that agrarian societies evolved away from hunter-gatherer societies in some crucial respects. Also controversial are his findings regarding the genetic basis of traits we associate with intelligence, such as literacy and numeracy, in certain ethnic populations, including the Chinese and Ashkenazi Jews.”
9:30 First Hour ~ A brief introduction to our Common Read: Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square, by Paul Rasor (7 books available)