Sunday Forum

Sundays, 10:15-11:05 a.m.
in the Parish Hall and on YouTube

For all adults of the parish, we host speakers and discussions on a range of topics and subjects that will enhance our spiritual life and sense of purpose and community. A link to each week’s forum can be found in our weekly e-newsletter, and past forums are archived on our YouTube channel.

Speaker biographies and instructions on how to connect with us on Sunday mornings may be found on our formation page, https://www.ssechurch.org/sundayforum

November 5 Gisela Kreglinger, PhD 
Storied Revelations: Making Our Home in God’s Story 

We live in a time and culture where many different kinds of stories demand our attention and perhaps even our loyalty. In such confusing times, where a common shared story seems absent, how can we rediscover our place in the greatest story of all: God’s story revealed in Scripture, calling us out of the narrow confines of contemporary society into the expansive embrace of being God’s people, following Jesus into a Kingdom that is not of this world? 

November 12 No Formation/Consecration Sunday Reception 

November 19 Wil Ranier, Cahaba River Society 
Stories of Cahaba Critters 

This talk will be a discussion of the intricate lives of the plants, animals, and fungi that live in the Cahaba, how those lives intertwine with ours, and why it is important that we coexist. 

November 26 Thanksgiving Weekend/No Formation 

December 3 Annual Meeting 

December 10 Mary Bea Sullivan and Elizabeth VanderKamp 
Discovering Our Stories in Sacred Story, Part 3 

Elizabeth VanderKamp and the Rev. Mary Bea Sullivan will lead an interactive series exploring stories in scripture and how we are a living continuation of God’s story. Elizabeth and Mary Bea are both storytellers and storykeepers who will lead the group in deepening their understanding of Bible stories and appreciating the value of their own and one another’s stories.