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: 8:30 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

Location: In the Fireside Room on the second Sunday of each month, otherwise in the church library. (Always available online via Zoom.)
- Video conference details will be distributed via the forum-announce@uucpa.org email group. 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
- Request to join forum-announce@uucpa.org by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org
Contact: Susan Owicki (forum-announce+owner@uucpa.org)

Forum Discussion Guidelines

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

Upcoming Events in Forum

06/08/2025 – Forum Women are not marrying now. Why? , Location: Fireside Room

06/15/2025 – Forum Memories of Forum Folks , Location: Library

06/22/2025 – Forum Should we do away with daylight savings time? , Location: Library

06/29/2025 – Forum Topic Selection , Location: Library

Forum Archive

03/05/2017 – Forum – Obama’s 8-Year Review,

Discussion Led By: Bob Greene

02/26/2017 – Forum – Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for April,

Discussion led by: All

02/19/2017 – Forum – Fixing Ocean Acidification,

Discussion led by: Bob Greene

02/12/2017 – Forum – Your Favorite Loves,

Discussion led by: Dick Duda

02/05/2017 – Forum – Stay or Leave the Country,

Discussion led by: Carleen Whittelsey

01/29/2017 – Forum – Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for March,

Discussion Leader: All

01/22/2017 – Forum – Reducing Military Expenditures,

Discussion led by: Bob Ohlman

01/15/2017 – Forum – Social Justice and Personal Responsibility,

Discussion led by: Trisha Suppes and Susan Owicki

01/08/2017 – Forum – Neo-liberal economics,

Discussion led by Cecil Bridges and Bob Greene.

01/01/2017 – Forum – The Alt-Right Movement,

Topic: The Alt-Right Movement

Discussion led by: Bob Greene

The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room. 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.

Everyone is welcome.

For more information, visit our Forum page.