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Educational
Opportunities:
ENGAGING SACRED CONVERSATIONS
ON RACE
Racializing
Whiteness
Sundays, April, 13 and 27 at
9:45 am
Exploring the notion of “whiteness.” What does it mean to be “white”
and how has the notion of “whiteness” shaped understandings of “self”
and “other” in religious, political and community settings?
Led by the Rev. Nancy D. Richardson,
Old South member and Harvard Divinity School Professor
Race:
The Power of an Illusion”
Sunday, April 27 at 12:45 pm
If race doesn't exist biologically, what is it? And why should it
matter? The third part of a PBS documentary, this is the first film
about race to focus not on individual attitudes and behavior but on the
ways our institutions and policies advantage some groups at
the expense of others. Its subject is the "unmarked" race: white
people. We see how benefits quietly and often invisibly accrue to
white people. Note: this film replaces “Traces of the Trade”,
currently under a screening
restriction.
A
Violent Wind:
Reflections
on Obama, Rev. Wright & Trinity UCC
Sunday, May 11 Pentecost
Sunday – during 11:00 am Worship Service
A sermon-dialogue by Beverly Morgan-Welch & Nancy S. Taylor
(Ms. Morgan-Welch is a
life-long UCC member and Executive Director of Boston’s Museum of
African-American History;
Dr. Taylor
is the Senior Minister of Old South Church in Boston)
THEOLOGICAL BOOK GROUP: Mondays, April 28 -
June 9 at 6 pm in the Sam Johnson Room. The Misunderstood Jew:
The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. In this examination of
his religious and historical
context, Amy-Jill Levine, professor of New Testament Studies at
Vanderbilt
Divinity School and an Orthodox Jew, seeks to make of Jesus Christ a
bridge
between modern Christianity and Judaism. Levine combines humor and
truth-telling to examine Jesus’ “Jewishness” and provoke honest
conversation about how
Jews and Christians should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and
each
other. Books are available for sale at the Front Desk. Contact
Associate
Minister Quinn Caldwell if this cost is prohibitive for you.
INQUIRERS’ CLASSES: Sundays,
May 11, 18 and 25 at 9:45 am. Those who
are new to Old South, who want to explore membership, or who just want
to learn more about us, are urged to attend this series of Inquirers’
Classes. Led by
Old South clergy, the classes are an opportunity to meet some of the
leadership of Old South and to learn about our history, programs and
ministry. New Members will be welcomed into the congregation on
Sunday, June 8.
ADULT BIBLE STUDY:
Sundays at 9:45 am in the Sam Johnson Room.
Prepare
to experience worship more deeply by studying and reflecting on the
preaching text(s) for the day. Led by Old South clergy.
CAN POETRY
SAVE US?
Sunday, May 4th
at 9:45 am. Led by Dr. Mark Burrows,
Theologian-in-Residence at Old South
and Professor of the History of Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School
Can Poetry Save Us?
Such a question seems initially
peculiar, if not absurd.
Saved? From what … and for
what? But what if we were to
think of faith as a form of
poetics—described by one
writer not as “another version
of the facts” but rather as
“a different way of seeing?”
What would happen if we read
the scriptures as poetic
texts inviting us to fresh
beginnings? And what if we were
to imagine church as a
community of creative persons
whose ethical commitments
were joined to a shared
desire to create beauty …
together?
Such questions lie at
the heart of the book Dr. Burrows is
writing while
Theologian-in-Residence at Old South
Church, Untamed Wisdom:
Imagination, Poetic Truth, and
the Advent of Theology. In
it he brings ancient mystical
writers, those readers of
“deep reality,” into conversation
with modern poets, writers,
painters, and composers,
considering how such artists
might help us expand our
categories of perception and
experience—at the “verge”
of our minds. Even to the
point of imagining how poetry
might save us!
For those interested
in continuing the conversation
beyond this point and
willing to read and discuss portions
of the book (in draft form),
Dr. Burrows would be happy to
arrange additional meetings
at a later date.
CHURCH SCHOOL FOR
YOUTH starting
at 10 am: Old South Church provides an engaging
and comprehensive Church School program for
infants through Senior High School. Rooted
in the Scriptures and our Christian tradition, we share the love of God
and seek together a
deeper experience of Christian
faith. Please click
here for more information.
MACUCC SUMMER CAMP
August 3rd-9th in Craigville
MA
Registration includes
programming for children and teens; accommodations in Craigville's
historic Inn; 17 meals; 6 nights; private beach and raft privileges;
use of tennis, volleyball and soft ball courts with a safe playground
on premises; and daily afternoon free time to explore the cape. Square
Dance, movie night, kite flying and other optional evening programs
available. References available from satisfied campers from First
Church Cambridge, UCC and others upon request. A three-minute
informational DVD is also available. Family camp is not latrines, tents
or mosquitoes. It is building quality time with your family in a
Christian community. It is about you and your family, not itineraries
and schedules. All families of all sizes are welcome. For more
information, contact Tricia Hazeltine at 617/425-5148.
OLD SOUTH PRESCHOOL:
The Old
South Preschool is a non-profit, non-sectarian
early education program for approximately 40 children, ages 2-5. Program
options include 5 days, 4 days, 3 days; hours 9am-3pm. Opening days for
2007-2008 begin on Monday, September 10. Applications for the 2008-2009
school year are currently being accepted. To obtain information about
the
Preschool, tuition and tuition assistance, appointments for visits,
contact
Old South Preschool Director, Carolyn Davis at 617/536-1970.
Old
South
Church
645
Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116
(617)536-1970
Tel (617)536-8061 Fax
You
can E-mail us by clicking here: OSC Communications
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