Religion, Culture, and the Arts Series

September 25 and 26, 2005
at First United Methodist Church of Normal
211 N. School St, Normal, Illinois 61761 

featuring Thomas Troeger,
Professor of Church Communication,  Yale Divinity School 

 When Solid Meaning Folds: Visionary Faith for a Fragmented World

"We are living in a time when the world is coming apart and preachers and their congregations are feeling the stress of it.  How shall they relate with these realities without panic or repression?  There are alternatives to regressive religion."

Sunday Worship at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. 
in the sanctuary
Sermon: When Solid Meaning Folds

Sunday Public Presentation at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary

Boundary Time: Faith as the History of Struggling with New Understandings of God

 

Monday 10:00 a.m.  for  clergy and worship leaders
Keeping In Touch With The Source And Core Of Being: The Spirituality Required Of Preachers

 

Noon Lunch - $6 - Please make a reservation at dabeck@normalfumc.org 

Monday 12:20 PM Presentation (faculty)

 New Landscapes of the Heart: Faith as the Courage to Live with Ambiguity and Insecurity

 This series is made possible through the Margaret Parret Endowment at First UMC

and a grant from the Immanuel Bible Foundation


 

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