Adult Education Programs for Winter 2011

9:30 a.m., Music Room

(Directions:  From the Meeting House main entrance, proceed up and across the plaza.  The cafeteria will be on your left and the Groome Building will be on your right.  Enter the science and music (SAM) classroom building in front of you and proceed downstairs to the Music Room, unless otherwise stated.)

 

The Adult Religious Education (ARE) Committee invites you to attend the programs being planned for 2011.  ARE programs are held at 9:30 a.m. in the 'SAM' building, approximately two or three First Days a month.  This year we are organizing four program 'series' plus sessions on single topics of interest.  Please see the Calendar of Events for a list of programs, with an overview of the plans for the year below.

 

Calendar of Events:

 

January 2011

Jan 16 – The Bible as Sacred Story - Gail Thomas

            SPECIAL – 11:00 EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHT (Science Room)

Jan 30 – Who is Jesus (to You)? – Gail Thomas

   1^st in the Quaker Biographies series

 

February 2011

Feb 13 – Experiment With Light – Ruth and Peter Nielson-Jones

Feb 20 –  What Does It REALLY  Mean? . . . Centering – Peirce Hammond

Feb 27 –  What Does It REALLY Mean? . . . Simplicity – Liz Hofmeister

 

March 2011

March 13 – Quaker Bio Series: Elias Hicks – Susan Kaul

March 27 – Quaker Bio series: John Woolman – Peter Cozzens

 

 

2011 Program Overview:

Four program 'series' are planned for 2011, along with sessions on single topics of interest. 

Two series will extend over the entire year.  These are 'Experiment with Light' sessions, which will be held on a quarterly basis, and a 'Quaker Biography' series, which will explore the wisdom we can gain from early Friends, with perhaps a few modern Friends as well. 

During the first half of the year, ARE also will hold a series of programs on topics fundamental to Quakerism, but which many of us want to understand more clearly or more deeply.  This series on 'What Does it REALLY Mean?' will begin on February 20 with a session on Centering led by Peirce Hammond followed by the Testimony of Simplicity, led by Liz Hofmeister.   Other topics this Spring might include 'discernment,' other testimonies, and/or what 'sense of the Meeting' means and whether it is the same or different from 'unity' or 'consensus.'   ARE is consulting Ministry and Worship for their suggestions.

Later in the year, we plan a series called 'Sabbath Economics,' in which we will explore how Quaker principles can weave into our personal and business lives. 

Please contact Gail Thomas, Barbara Fichman, Ann Parlin, or Gail Bingham Kohanek if you have suggestions for topics you would find interesting to attend or to lead, either as part of one of these series or as a single session.