Expanding Horizons

Meets Wednesday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 in the Lounge for those who would like to attend in person.  If you would prefer to join from the comfort of your own home, the link for the programs will remain the same throughout the semester

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88978012384?pwd=cGxJa0pJbExSM0FFWEtIMmtJYzNodz09 

Meeting ID: 889 7801 2384
Passcode: 762316

Fall 2024 SCHEDULE

Wednesday, September 18 – Welcome Back Brunch

Wednesday, September 25 – Leader: Linda Stutz

Great Course Lectures Video Series -The Lives of Great Christians
Two lectures with time for discussion. Introduction: What makes a Great Christian? and Francis of Assissi.

Wednesday, October 2 & 9
Leaders: Jim Thomas and Dixie Sullivan

October 2 –

October 9 –

Fundamentalism / Evangelicalism: How it Started and Where It’s Going.

History of Fundamentalism / Evangelicalism

The Exvangelical Church by Sarah McCammon

Wednesday, October 16, 23, 30 – Leaders: Diana Beck & Mary Ellen McMeen.

The Gospel According to Woman: Christianity’s Creation of the Sex War in the West by Karen Armstrong

Wednesday, November 6 & 13 – Leader: Jill Stiemsma

The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Re-founding Democracy by Jim Wallis.

Wednesday, November 20 – Leader: Linda Stutz

Great Course Lectures Video Series – The Lives of Great Christians.

Two lectures with time for discussion – Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Maximilian Kolbe and Damien of Molokai & Teresa of Calcutta

Wednesday, November 27 – No Class – Thanksgiving Holiday

Wednesday, December 4 & 11 – Leader: Paisley Harris, Ph.D. Retired Assoc. Professor UW-Oshkosh

Free Speech: Why Is It So Complicated?

Wednesday, December 18 – Leader: Linda Stutz

[This final class for the semester will be extended to 11:30AM so we can enjoy some extra Christmas treats and Conversation.]

Great Course Lectures Video Series – The Lives of Great Christians – Two lectures with time for discussion.

From Slavery to Martin Luther King and Gustavo Gutierrez & Liberation Theology.