Adult Forums Spring 2016

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Plymouth Church Adult Education.
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please contact JCastle@PlymouthChurchSeattle.org.
imagine
Adult Forums
Spring 2016
learn
10 am - Sundays
experience
understand
d iscern
A
n intelligent heart acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
-Proverbs 18:15
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Adult Education & Faith Formation
April 3
Undoing Institutional
Racism
A panel of
Plymouth members
ref lect and share
about their
experience taking
Undoing
Institutional
Racism training
and how taking the
training has impacted their lives and faith.
April 10
Plymouth
Report from
Guatemala
Trip participants
share details and
experiences from
their February
mission trip to rural Guatemala with
Habitat for Humanity.
April 17
Congregational Council
Welcome Council
members when
they present a
status report
regarding the
Action Plan and
the way forward.
Proverbs
April
18:15 24
Improv
& Social
Justice
Group:
Creation in Community
Sundays at 10 am in Hildebr and Hall
May 15
Teacher Appreciation
Potluck Breakfast
Focus on appreciation for our Sunday
School teachers. All are invited to join this
intergenerational gathering and celebration.
Exploring connections between long form
improv and social justice work, Plymouth’s
very own intergenerational improv troupe
spent seven weeks together. They are
excited to courageously share many
joy-filled discoveries and a mini performance with the wider Plymouth family.
May 1
Youth Forum Report:
Guatemala Reflections
Plymouth teens share and ref lect on their
February trip to Guatemala with
Global Visionaries.
May 8
Focus on Women’s
Issues in Africa
Hear from an
Antioch University
student regarding
current status of
women working and
living in Africa.
Just Garden Program, a program that helps
families grow fresh vegetables in urban
setttings.
Organizer: Wayne Duncan, Plymouth
member and volunteer with Emergency
Feeding Program/Speakers: Glenn Turner,
Executive Director, Emergency Feeding
Program; Susan Luth, Women, Infants and
Children Nutrition Program, Odessa
Brown Clinic; Derek Farmer, Program
Manager, Just Garden Program, Seattle
Tilth
May 29
Coffee &
Conversation
May 22
Food Insecurity:
Emergency Food Program
Hungry in Seattle: Learn about three
programs working to feed children and
families in King County. Hear more about
the Emergency Feeding Program
(a program Plymouth has supported for
many years), Women, Infants and Children
Nutrion Program (WIC) and Seattle Tilth’s
All are invited to
gather together for
an informal, fun
opportunity to get
to know each other
better. Icebreaker
questions, coffee and tea provided!
June 5
Report from UCC
Delegation to South Korea
Hear from Jim Spraker when he shares
details about his recent trip to South Korea
on behalf of the UCC.
June 12
Report from
Congregational Council
As the program year comes to a close for
summer, hear from our Council about
next steps.