ADULT FORUM

The Forum at-a-glance, January-May 2026

January 4, 2026
Ancestor Stories: The Russian Mennonites
Lorne Petkau

January 11
Housing Everyone Without Exception
John Slade, from MICAH  (Metropolitan Interfaith Council on
Affordable Housing)

January 18
Q & A with 3 SAPUCC Men: Listening and Learning
Jim Kachel-Slanga, Ralph Pribble, Mike Quinn

January 25
The Forum will NOT meet due to the Annual Meeting of the
Congregation after worship

February 1
Supporting People with Mental Illness: Sympathy vs. Empathy, Part 1
Nora Alexander

February 8
Supporting People with Mental Illness: Sympathy vs. Empathy, Part 2
Nora Alexander

February 15
Daily Work: Employment and other Supports for Immigrants
Julie Hoff, Daily Work Executive Director

February 22
The Bible and Brene Brown’s “87 Human Emotions & Experiences”
Victoria Wilgocki

March 1
Encountering “The Other”:  A Learning Stance
with guest Doug Federhart

March 8
Who? Me? Biased?
Marilyn Benson

March 15
Finding Purpose Through Creativity
Laurie Hegge

March 22
Playing the Game: Black Men in Sports
with guest UTS Professor Gary Green  

March 29
Moral Injury & PTSD Among First Responders
with guests Charlie Crummy and Rochelle Hawthorne, St. Paul
paramedics and firefighters

April 5 Easter Sunday: The Forum will NOT meet

April 12
Living with Purpose in Everyday Life: Professional & Personal
Reflections
Sharon Wagener

April 19
The UCC’s Early History of Eco-Justice
Charles Lee, UCCer and former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of
Environmental Justice at the EPA (Charles will join us via Zoom)

April 26
Eco-Justice from an Islamic Perspective
with guest UTS Prof. Munjed Murad

May 3 & 10 - TBD