Events and Activities
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Upcoming ActivitiesRetired Gentlemen: All gentlemen of a certain age are invited to meet at Paddy's Public House, 95 Elm St. West Newton, at 11:30 am on the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting is Tue August 13.
Choir Rehearsal: Choir is on summer break. If you have summer music ideas, pleace call Katherine Sipolt. LCN Summerfest: will be held the evening of Saturday, 7/27. Hammo Youth Gathering: dates have been set: Friday-Sunday, September 6-8, the weekend after Labor Day. Calumet: Oct 4-6, 2019 will be our yearly Calumet retreat time together. 
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Bible Study
Sunday Mornings - Education Time Upcoming Adult Forums Although adult forum normally suspends operations during the summer months, this summer, as an experiment, we'll be holding a series of conversations about current events topics. It's a continuation of our series on having difficult conversations.
The idea will be for a participant to pick a topic, identify some reliable, accessible background materials on that topic for people to read by way of preparation, and then to facilitate a conversation during the normal adult education hour. On June 23, about 12 folks gathered at the Adult Forum for a discussion of the history and meaning of the “Establishment Clause” of the First Amendment to the Constitution. This discussion will continue on Sunday, July 21, with a focus on the “Free Exercise Clause” of the First Amendment. The full text of the first section of the First Amendment is as follows: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; “. Simple, right? Let’s dig into it a bit. The First Amendment is full of other very interesting and challenging stuff: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right of the people peaceably to assemble, the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Maybe there is material here for future forum topics? Here are some links to background reading that Tony identified: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/06/constitutional-myth-4-the-constitution-doesnt-separate-church-and-state/240481/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/north-carolinas-proposed-state-religion-isnt-as-unprecedented-as-it-sounds/274646/ http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/estabinto.htm Please join us for this discussion, and come prepared to offer your own topics for subsequent Sundays this summer. |
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