Our T&T Book Club will meet after 11 AM worship on Sunday, March 30 in the Penn’s Village Room. We’ll be discussing the pages 115-165 of Rachel Held Evan’s book Inspired together. If you’d like to join us and are in need of copy of the book, please RSVP!
Our T&T Book Club will meet after 11 AM worship on Sunday, February 23 in the MacColl Room. We’ll be discussing the pages 59-115 of Rachel Held Evan’s book Inspired together. If you’d like to join us and are in need of copy of the book, please RSVP!
Our T&T Book Club will meet after worship on Sunday, January 19. We’ll be discussing the first 60 pages of Rachel Held Evan’s book Inspired together. If you’d like to join us and are in need of copy of the book, please RSVP!
In celebration of Earth Day 2022, our climate change book club features Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe. Classes begin April 27 and continue May 4, and 11.
Katharine Hayhoe knows how to navigate all sides of the conversation on our changing planet. A Canadian climate scientist living in Texas, she negotiates distrust of data, indifference to imminent threats, and resistance to proposed solutions with ease. Over the past fifteen years Hayhoe has found that the most important thing we can do to address climate change is talk about it—and she wants to teach you how.
In Saving Us, Hayhoe argues that when it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts are only one part of the equation. We need to find shared values to connect our unique identities to collective action. This is not another doomsday narrative about a planet on fire. It is a multilayered look at science, faith, and human psychology, from an icon in her field—recently named chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy.
Drawing on interdisciplinary research and personal stories, Hayhoe shows that small conversations can have astonishing results. Saving Us leaves us with the tools to open a dialogue with your loved ones about how we all can play a role in pushing forward for change.
The 3-part series, led by FPC member Doug O'Malley, will be held on Wednesdays, at 7:30 via Zoom. The book will be discussed in the first two sessions, with the concluding class on May 11 featuring a video talk by Katharine Hayhoe. Copies of the book are available at no charge upon registration; please register below or by calling the church office (215-567-0532). Attendees will benefit from this series even if they have not had the chance to read the book.
Beginning in January, the Adult CE committee is partnering with our Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to learn about the prevalence of guns in our country, the consequences of both gun violence and careless gun use, and consider how we as people of faith can begin to grapple with a grim and entrenched problem.
On January 12 and the following three Tuesdays at 7:00, a book club will feature America and its Guns: A Theological Perspective by James Atwood, a Presbyterian pastor who spent 36 years fighting against this country’s easy access to firearms. Atwood brings a biblical and theological understanding in his portrayal of the impact that guns have on our society.
Please register using the form below. Registrants will receive a copy of the book at no cost. Each week’s discussion will cover approximately 50 pages of the book.
The Women of Wit & Wisdom invite you to participate in a women's summer book club! We have three well-regarded books on offer:
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul & the Battle for the Ballot by Mary Walton
Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda.
We're scheduling a Zoom discussion on each in the coming months. For more information on the books and to join one or more of the groups, please email Diane Rogers.
