Sunday Services

Sunday, September 5
10 am Service: The World of Work. Worship Associates Dolores DaLomba and Mary Louise Gerek will share their thoughts on Labor Day. Drawing on their own experiences and current events, they each reflect on the “World of Work.”

Sunday, September 12
10:30 am Service: Water, Water, Everywhere. It is Ingathering Sunday, when we celebrate our fall reunion with the annual Water Communion ceremony we have come to love. We live on the edge of one of the greatest sources of fresh water on the planet, while others around the world struggle for rights to safe and secure sources of water. Bring some water that represents your summer stories to pour into the common bowl as we ponder what water as a “commons” means to others around the world. This is a multigenerational service, with nursery care provided for our youngest children. Join Rev. Sally Hamlion and the Worship Associates.

Sunday, September 19
10:30 am Service: Is God One? When we say that God is One, how does this relate to the fact that some religions, such as Buddhism, do not believe in God. Or what about Hinduism, with its various deities expressing the many facets of the holy? Does our image for world peace and our faith which stresses commonalities gloss over the differing ethics, doctrine, and messages of the world’s religions?

Sunday, September 26
10:30 am Service: Searching for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale: Hydrofracking. What potential disasters lurk with the use of this technology in the fragile eco-environment of the Southern Tier? How do our religious ethics line up with this issue? How do we protect individual rights while considering our need to identify potential sources of natural gas to fuel our needs for power? Join Rev. Sally Hamlin and Worship Associates on this topic that presses close to home.

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Weekly Drop-In Discussions

Drop-in discussions are held each Sunday preceding church services, except during summer, in the adult lounge on the second floor of our church. Sometimes our discussions are based on certain books or articles, but you don’t have to read anything or do any advance preparation to participate. Discussions are at 9:15 a.m and 12 noon unless otherwise indicated.  People of all viewpoints are welcome to make presentations or join in the discussions. Here is the September schedule of discussion topics.

September 12: Working America.  Phil Ebersole will lead a discussion about how working people are faring in today’s United States, drawing on The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker, by Steven Greenhouse.

September 19: Half the Sky. Phil Ebersole will do a presentation and lead a discussion on the worldwide struggle to defend the human rights of women, drawing on Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

September 26:  Reaching Zero.  Is abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide a feasible goal?  Is it a desirable one? Talva Chapin will discuss, drawing on an article by Jonathan Schell in The Nation.  The URL for the article is <http://www.thenation.com/article/reaching-zero>.

If you have a topic you’d like discussed or, better still, would like to lead a discussion, speak to Phil Ebersole or David Damico.

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