"Collected bits of truth — Shimmering sparks — Shards of light — Merge — Healing — Restoring — Bursting Bright — Rising — In divine ecstatic flame.”

~ Embracing the Light, by Leonard Nimoy

Adult Forum

The Forum at-a-glance, March-May 2025

  • March 2

    “The Bible and Palestine-Israel”

    Jen Maidrand, Visiting Professor at United Theological Seminary

  • March 9

    “Practicing Hope in a Housing Crisis”; Lael & Mike Robertson

  • March 16

    “Conversation Between Spiritual Friends”

    Joanne Dehmer (Catholic) & Marilyn Benson (UCC)

  • March 23

    “Midway Community Housing & Homelessness: A Conversation”

    Liam Magistad

  • March 30

    “Our Lifelong Journeys of Justice” Dave & Roz Ostendorf

  • April 6

    “Philanthropy and Margaret A. Cargill”; Judi Petkau

  • April 13

    “The ‘Music’ of OWL: Our Whole Lives Human Sexuality”

    Liam Magistad, Beth Magistad

  • April 20 - Easter. The Forum does not meet

  • April 27

    “Problem Gambling and Gaming” with Susan Sheridan Tucker, Exec. Dir. at MN Alliance on Problem Gambling

  • May 4
    ”Hip Hop and Protest In Four Songs”
    Craig Freeman

  • May 11

    “Mothers and Other Sheroes” Ted Bowman

  • May 18

    Wrap Up - final Forum of the season

TOP 10 REASONS TO ATTEND THE ADULT FORUM:

10. Get curious with your heart and your mind

9. Try something new

8. Give your presence as a gift to yourself and your faith community

7. Revive, rediscover, refocus, reveal, renew, reexamine, and reap the spiritual rewards...

6. Get a good parking spot

5. Learn from and with your fellow SAPUCCers

4. God and your pastor are pretty sure it will be good for you

3. It’s free – zero dollars! -- but worth a lot

2. You get all the learning without the tests, papers, deadlines or grade point averages

And the number one reason to attend the Adult Forum:

1. Christian education is a life-long spiritual practice. If not now, when?