“A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”
Humanist Connections meets every Sunday after worship at 12:30 p.m., in the Safir Room. All are welcome, all meetings are free. Optional reading selections available on the Information table outside the church offices.
Humanist Connections explores human flourishing and the transcendent in the absence of the super-natural. Our discussion topics include issues relating to morality and ethics, human development, evolution, the nature of the universe, love, the capacities of the brain, free will, the latest scientific research and discoveries, and other topics of interest. We include humanists, agnostics, devout atheists, freethinkers, religious naturalists, interested theists, everyone. All are welcome. Wheel chair accessible. Topics and readings are selected by vote of those present on the first Sunday of the month for the following month. Your ideas and participation are welcome.
Humanist Fellowship and Potluck 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., SundaysContinued discussion and fellowship follows with a potluck lunch for interested participants. Friendship, connection. All are welcome.
August 2: Trust Women and She-Heroes, Kathy Rai
August 9: What do You Have to Hide: Surveillance, Harold Ogren
August 16: Advances in Social Equality, Retreat in Economic Equality, Stuart Sugden
August 23: Education and the Internet, Paul Ulbrich
August 30: Interactions between Language, Culture and Individual … read more.
July 5: Truth, Beauty, and Good Don Anderson
July 12: The University: Past, Present, and Future Sterling Bunnell
July 19: Conspiracy Theories Mary Muehlbach Nicky Karam Kathy Rai
July 26: Artificial Intelligence Ray Nelson
Book Club: … read more.
June 7: “California Drought,” Sandy Nixon
June 14: “Sanders’ Policies and Humanist Foreign Policy,” Lee Lawrence/Earl Williamson
June 21: “Descriptive & Comparative Ethics,” Don Anderson
June 28: “The Goddess Isis,” Ray Nelson
2:00 p.m. Humanist Book Club: “The Moral Arc … read more.
May 3: “Fanzine: the Art of Amateur Publication,” Ray Nelson
May 10: “A God that Could Be Real (Nancy Abrams),” Stan Klein
May 17: 12:15 p.m. Congregational Meeting
2:15 p.m. “Epigenetics/Epigenesis,” Sterling Bunnell
May 24: “American Class Culture,” Earl Williamson
May 31: “Humanist … read more.
April 5: “Getting Spaces: How the Brain Processes Place,” Gabriel Escobar
April 12: “Humor and Humanism: Really Good Jokes (bring some!)”
April 19: 12:30 pm Congregational Conversation #6: After-Pastor
2:00 pm “ISIS (or ISIL) philosophy, social … read more.
January – February 2015
January 11: Congregational Meeting “Where are we Going?”
January 18: The New Jim Crow and Selective Policing, Mary Muehlbach
January 25: Immortality –Would you choose it? Stuart Sugden
February 1: … read more.
