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: 8:30 to 10 AM
    • 8:30 AM   Check in  (Attendance is optional)
    • 9:00 AM   Presentation of the topic
    • 9:20 AM   Group members provide additional perspectives, opinions, extensions, tangents, counter positions, and related experiences in turn. (See Forum guidelines below.)  Audio enhancement provided.
    • 10:00 AM  Adjourn

Forum Discussion Guidelines

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

Upcoming Events in Forum

  • 03/31/2024Forum Selecting Forum discussion topics for May , Location: Library
  • 04/07/2024Forum Great Decisions – Science across borders , Location: Library
  • 04/14/2024Forum The experience of gardens , Location: Fireside Room
  • 04/21/2024Forum Water in the Western states , Location: Library
  • 04/28/2024Forum Topic Selection , Location: Library
  • 05/05/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 05/12/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 05/19/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 05/26/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 06/02/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • Forum Archive

  • 07/03/2022 – Forum, The Current State of Climate Change

    Discussion Topic: The Current State of Climate Change

    Discussion Leader: Fred Zeise

    The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room as well as online via Zoom.  To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.

    To attend via video conference, get the link via email.  The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.

    Everyone is welcome.

    For more information, visit our Forum page.

  • 06/26/2022 – Forum, Discussion of Matters of Current Local, National, and International Interest, and Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for August

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 06/19/2022 – Forum, The Education Worth Having

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 06/12/2022 – Forum, Pet Peeves and Pearly Moments

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 06/05/2022 – Forum, Why We Sleep

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 05/29/2022 – Forum, Discussion of Matters of Current Local, National, and International Interest, and Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for July

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 05/22/2022 – Forum, The Rise of the Vertebrate Brain

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 05/15/2022 – Forum, A report: Technopoly-The Surrender of Culture to Technology, by Neil Postman,1992, with an update on the continued Rise of Technopoly (a society in which technology is deified) 30 years later

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 05/08/2022 – Forum, A Perspective on the Russian People and the Ukraine Invasion

    Discussion Topic TBD

  • 05/01/2022 – Forum, Topic: Inflation, U.S. and worldwide

    Discussion Topic TBD
    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.

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