Forum

The Forum is a public discussion group in the round. We have been meeting for half a century, and all are welcome.

The topics are chosen about a month in advance by the attendees and are listed on this page. All of our meetings can be attended either in person at the church, or via Zoom.

  • Date: Every Sunday
  • Time: 8:45 to 10:15 AM
    • 8:45 AM   Check in  (Attendance is optional)
    • 9:15 AM   Presentation of the topic
    • 9:35 AM   Group members provide additional perspectives, opinions, extensions, tangents, counter positions, and related experiences in turn. (See Forum guidelines below.)  Audio enhancement provided.
    • 10:15 AM  Adjourn

Forum Discussion Guidelines

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W5DCunnPytR7j6wb7O8UhuZnZJhcHVJI/view?usp=sharing

Upcoming Events in Forum

  • 01/18/2026 – Forum Ways of looking at life that you find meaningful , Location: Fireside Room

  • 01/25/2026 – Forum Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for March , Location: Library

  • 02/01/2026 – Forum Things that we keep because they helped to define who we were , Location: Library

  • 02/08/2026 – Forum 2/8 What would you like for the future of the Forum, and how can we foster it? , Location: Fireside Room

  • 02/15/2026 – Forum Discovering the good things - right now! , Location: Library

  • 02/22/2026 – Forum Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for April , Location: Library

  • 03/01/2026 – Forum TBA , Location: Library

  • 03/08/2026 – Forum TBA , Location: Library

  • 03/15/2026 – Forum TBA , Location: Library

  • 03/22/2026 – Forum TBA , Location: Library

  • 03/29/2026 – Forum TBA , Location: Library

  • 04/05/2026 – Forum TBA , Location: Library

    • Forum Archive

  • 02/02/2020 – Forum – When Are We Old Enough to Die?,

    Discussion Leader: Tom Parker
    Tom will use Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Natural Causes” as a point of departure for the discussion.

  • 01/26/2020 – Forum – Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for March,

    Discussion Leaders: All

  • 01/19/2020 – Forum – Review of 2019,

    Discussion Leader: Jerry Strom

  • 01/12/2020 – Forum – Common Truths and Values in the U.S.,

    Discussion Leader: Peggy Marks

  • 01/05/2020 – Forum – Back from the Brink – Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risk,

    Discussion Leader: Dick Duda

  • 12/29/2019 – Forum – Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for February,

    Discussion Leaders: All

  • 12/22/2019 – Forum – Sobering Army Report on Climate Change,

    Discussion Leader: Bob Greene

  • 12/15/2019 – Forum – A Wealth Tax?,

    Discussion Leader(s): Cecil Bridges and/or Jerry Strom

  • 12/08/2019 – Forum – Spirituality — What Is It? Do We Need It?,

    Discussion Leader(s): Bob Ohlmann

  • 12/01/2019 – Forum – Priorities for a Political Platform ,

    Discussion Leaders: Dick Duda and Bob Greene

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