FCC Forum Reminder

This Sunday, November 30 at 9:15 our annual thanksgiving forum topic is POETRY OF GRATITUDE.  Hilliard Staton and Roger Smith will jointly lead the program, which will feature reading and discussing poetry, especially poetry about gratitude, about autumn and autumn-into-winter.

While attendees are welcome to bring poems that they would like to share, Hilliard & Roger prefer that any such poems deal with those above-mentioned topics. We also ask that anyone bringing poems to read also bring about 25 copies to share with the audience, so that they can read along. 

I hope your Thanksgiving is peaceful and healthy.

Pat

FCC Forum & Thanksgiving Reminder

 This Sunday November 23 at 9:15 the topic is PARADOX OF BEING GOD AND BEING A MERE MORTAL  

"I have followed a line of thinking in science that led to the curious idea that we are all Gods, or very much of God.  Another curious result of this thinking is that it isfeelings that are the medium of our power.  Neither of these ideas fit very well with current mainstream science or religion, but they resonate nicely with the mystic spiritual traditions and with much human experience. 

"Being connected to God in any way at all is quite a change from the way I was raised as a good, scientific materialist who was very much an isolated and entirely mortal being.  I am still very much the material being, but knowing how the world really works presents me with many new opportunities and responsibilities.

 "In this talk, I will look briefly at why I think we are all gods.  Then we will consider the contrasts and paradoxes that come up when we try to reconcile our obvious state as mortal material bodies and, on the other hand, the not so obvious state of being connected to the God of all that is." – Doug Bennett 

Author/scientist/lecturer Doug Bennett's latest book is titled From Material Being to the Ground of All Being.  He speaks lovingly of his recent Big Epiphany which has to do with the pivotal role of feelings in our lives.  Doug lives in Brevard, NC, and gives many talks and workshops in our area.

This year, we are planning to have a community Thanksgiving Pot Luck Dinner with turkey and all the trimmings at the church for whoever would like to come.  Dinner will be at 2:00.  We will need turkey providers and cookers as well as all the other dishes for a feast!  Everyone is welcome and  invited to bring family and guests.

 There will be two sign-up sheets circulated each Sunday after church. See Ed and Romella O'Keefe if you have any questions.

FCC Forum & Thanksgiving Reminders

This Sunday, November 16 at 9:15 our new Forum topic will be QUESTIONS--ALWAYS QUESTIONS! BRING YOUR QUESTIONS AND SOMEONE MAY BE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO ANSWER. BIG QUESTIONS AND MEDIUM SIZE.

  REV. LARRY ANDERSON WILL LEAD OFF WITH SOME STINKERS....LIKE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF YOU JOIN ONE OF THE "CHEERS"  GROUPS FORMING? OR IS YOUR GOD ANYTHING LIKE THE REAL ONE?

This year, we are planning to have a community Thanksgiving Pot Luck Dinner with turkey and all the trimmings at the church for whoever would like to come.  Dinner will be at 2:00.  We will need turkey providers and cookers as well as all the other dishes for a feast!  Everyone is welcome and  invited to bring family and guests.

 There will be two sign-up sheets circulated each Sunday after church. See Ed and Romella O'Keefe if you have any questions.

 

FCC Forum Reminder

This Sunday, November 9 at 9:15 the topic is HOW ARE POST 9/11 VETERANS DIFFERENT FROM EARLIER VETS? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM? 

To commemorate Veterans Day, our own Robert Miles will present characteristics of the new generation of veterans who served during long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  He will discuss what he has learned about their transitions from military service to civilian life that relate to our own lives, invite discussion about our response to them individually and as a church, and suggest resources for those who want more information.

 Robert Miles is a veteran who served in the Army from 1967 to 1970, including a year in Vietnam.  Before retiring, he counseled veterans and other students at a community college in Connecticut.  He currently co-chairs the Veterans Committee of the national Career Development Association and volunteers at the Veterans Café at A-B Tech Community College.