The Many Gifts of Forrest Church

LIVING TRADITION INSTITUTE OF THE WEST PUGET SOUND

2010 Theme:  The Many Gifts of Forrest Church

With the death last September of one of the most prolific and influential UU voices of our time, we are all reflecting on the accessible power of Forrest Church’s work, which has helped shape both our liberal religious movement and the American culture. In this day of deep investigation of his empowering message, we will each portray stirring angles and eagerly invite dialogue with participants. Join us for an engaging time of meaning-making, in the slipstream of a great contributor to our world.

Rev. Elizabeth Stevens, Kitsap UU Fellowship

Rev. Bruce Bode, Quimper UU Fellowship

Rev. Dr. Barbara W. ten Hove & Rev. Jaco B. ten Hove, Cedars UU Church

The Living Tradition Institute of the West Puget Sound is led jointly by the ministers of three local congregations on a single Saturday. (Program is repeated at three locations; attend any one of them.)

9:30am-3pm on these Saturdays in early 2010:

January 30 at Kitsap UU Fellowship, Bremerton:

360-377-4724 (www.kuuf.org)

March 6 hosted by Cedars UU Church, Bainbridge Island:

206-780-0373 (www.cedarsUUchurch.org)

April 17 at Quimper UU Fellowship, Port Townsend:

360-379-0609 (www.quuf.org)

Please pre-register for any one of the events with that church’s office or via that website.

Suggested donation at the door: $5-10 for lunch on site.

Forrest Church (1948-2009) served almost three decades as Senior Minister and Minister of Public Theology of All Souls Church, a Unitarian Universalist congregation in New York City. He was educated at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in early church history. He wrote or edited twenty-five books, including:   Life Lines: Holding On (and Letting Go), Lifecraft: The Art of Meaning in the Everyday, The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer, God and Other Famous Liberals: Recapturing Bible, Flag, and Family from the Far Right, So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State, Freedom From Fear: Finding the Courage to Act, Love and Be, Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow, and The Cathedral of the World: A Universalist Theology

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