Programs on Sundays are at
the
University of Missouri Extension Center,
260
Brown Road in Saint Peters.
The public is invited, and there is no charge for admission.
The Sunday 11 AM program begins with reflections, music, and other tonics
for eye, ear, and spirit, then continues with the lecture of the week.
For additional information, call 636-284-0280 or email leader@ethicallife.org
Today is
Wednesday, 07 May from 7 PM to 9 PM
Hosts: Beth & Roy
Living Ethics Discussion
the topic is:
"101Ethical Dilemmas"
We had an amazing discussion last Wednesday, stimulated by a "dilemma" from the book
101 Ethical Dilemmas.
We will read another dilemma, and jump in with gusto again.
Invitation open to members of the Society and
their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.
Sunday, 11 May from 10:00 AM 'til 10:30 AM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
Delicious Pancake & Sausage Breakfast
"A Fun-Raiser Extraordinaire"
This Sunday we will be having another yummy all-you-can-eat pancake & sausage breakfast. Volunteers who are helping to cook need to be at the Brown Road building at 9:00. We will serve at 10:00 and stop serving at 10:30 so we can get ready for the meeting at 11:00.
$5 for adults, $1 for
kids under 12.
Thanks so much for supporting our last breakfast, and we look forward
to seeing you at this one!
The general public is invited.
Sunday, 11 May from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
Sunday Lecture Series
"Who is more morally admirable, Mother Teresa or Bill Gates?"
Mr. Greenwell will present an overview of the science discoveries which are being used to describe
a moral instinct in humans. This moral instinct is there, prior to all cultural overlays, religious stories,
or philosophical arguments.
Bob will follow the outline of the excellent and long review by Steven Pinker which appeared in the New York
Times in January this year. He will summarize Pinker's points, and add contrasting views where time and
pertinence permit. It was Pinker who posed the question about Mother Teresa vs. Bill Gates. Pinker
also threw in a third name, Norman Borlaug. (He'll explain the point Pinker was trying to make.)
The general public is
invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.
Wednesday, 14 May from 7 PM to 9 PM
Host: Mary
Living Ethics Discussion
the topic is:
... to be announced
Invitation open to members of the Society and
their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.
Saturday, 17 May starting at 4 PM
Convene at 260 Brown Road in Saint Peters for carpool
at 4 PM,
arrive at Ronald McDonald House about 5 PM to begin cooking,
serve din-din at 6 PM, & depart at 7:30 PM
4381 West Pine Blvd, STL, MO, 63108
Ronald McDonald House
"Nothin' Beats Home-Cookin'!"
...especially
when family must be with hospitalized loved-ones.
Heads
UP!!! One or two more volunteers are still needed!
Contact Kathy R. to volunteer and/or if you have questions.
Mark your calendar for
these Saturdays:
17 May, 21 Jun, 19 Jul, 16 Aug, 20 Sep, & 18 Oct.
For more information about the Ronald McDonald House Charity, click here.
Sunday, 18 May from 12:15 PM to ??
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
Society
Council
Please submit reports and
additions to the agenda well in advance.
Council Members, please notify if you will not be attending.
For members of the Society Council.
Other ESMR members may attend as observers.
Tuesday, 20 May from 7 PM to about 9 PM
Non-Profit Development Center
Spencer Road at Boone Hills Drive
(building is adjacent to, and just East of, Spencer Road library)
Saint Peters
PFLAG
A support group for anyone who has a gay family member or friend
and would like to meet others in the same situation.
Please plan to attend!
Regularly meets the third Tuesday of every month.
The general public is invited
Phone (636) 928-5639 and/or email StCharlesPFLAG@aol.com
Sunday, 25 May from noontime 'til about 1:00 PM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
Pot Luck Dinner
It's Pot Luck Sunday!
After the lecture, please stay and join us for lunch. First-time visitors are invited to attend and bring no food item for the table. Others: bring a dish, any dish, from soup to salad to sandwich to entree to side dish to dessert. Bring an item that doesn't require your attention from 11 to noon, since any sound in the kitchen is magnified into the room where our 11:00 a.m. program is in progress. The oven is available to keep things warm, and a large 'fridge to keep things cool, and there are lots of outlets for crockpots, etc.; and the microwave is available right after the Lecture ends. Even if you don't bring a dish or beverage, at least bring your appetite! See you then!
The general public is invited.
Friday, 06 June from 7 PM to ?? PM
Hosts: unknown at this time
KnitWits
Par-Tay !!!
As always, lively conversation obliterates the sound of clicking knitting needles!
And nearby, there's a boisterous game or two, stimulating and challenging your brain-stuff.
Bring appetizer or snack or dessert, and something to drink, and maybe a game to play, and enjoy a warm &
festive Springtime evening with Society friends.
Invitation open to members of the Society and
their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.
Looking for more to do and see? Here is a list of
Upcoming Events not directly associated with
Ethical Society Mid Rivers!
Check back frequently for future announcements!
Miss an event? Check out the Archive
of Upcoming Events!
All events are at 260 Brown Road unless otherwise indicated.
It's the U. of MO Extension Center building in St. Peters, north of
70. Click here for directions.
For more information, please email
or call Bob Greenwell, Leader, 636-284-0280. The email address
is at the bottom of each page. You will not be added to any mail
list unless you specifically request it. We very much appreciate
your inquiry. - Bob G.
WORTH SERVICE AND LECTURE
Every Sunday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
We start with Worth Service,
a unique 20-minute program using music, image, story, poetry, and inspirational
reflections to bring into the present moment an experience of the inextinguishable
worth of self, worth of one another, and worth of being. This
is the basis for living an ethical life with courage, enthusiasm, and
joy.
Then parents, except in the summer, take their children to the SEEK
room for their Sunday ethics lesson 11:20-12:15 pm. The lesson
of the day is normally listed near the top of this page.
Adults stay for the ETHICAL LECTURE. This will be an address by
Leader Bob Greenwell or a guest speaker addressing issues of personal
ethics, social ethics, living life well, political concerns, the world
in context, or religious-spiritual-humanist perspectives. The
current lecture topic is given near the top of this page. Occasionally
an alternate format is creatively used, such as a program of music or
poetry with commentary.
Come early to enjoy coffee, meet folks, browse the literature table.
Stay after for more socializing. Visit and check it out!
SEEK: SUNDAY ETHICAL EDUCATION
FOR KIDS.
Every Sunday, Sept - May, 11:00-12:15 p.m. [Contact us
in the summer for special programming.]
Contact Patti Martin, Sunday School Director, via email at leader@ethicallife.org
, or call 636-284-0280, to learn about the curriculum, the core values
, and how we insure high-quality ethical experiences for your children,
with you as parents or caregivers directly involved and aware of what
your children are learning. From 11:00 to 11:20, children join
adults for the Worth Service. This practice confirms for them
the importance of their moral learnings: adults strive to be ethical
too.
LIVING ETHICS DISCUSSION
GROUP
Every Wednesday, 7 pm.
Join this group of people, the members of which vary from week to week,
as we discuss ethical dilemmas in ordinary lives. We find ethical
dilemmas in books and elsewhere, read the dilemma aloud, and spontaneously
discuss it. Newcomers fit right in. The discovery is that our
ethical sensitivity is sharper and stronger after every session.
Call or email for the host's
home of the week. You may also request being put on a list to
start a new Ethics Discussion group as soon as eight more indicate the
same: indicate your preferences of which day of week and time to meet.
Click here for contact info.
TWAIN
RIVERS BOOK CLUB
Better than TV: A book. Better than a book alone: A book amplified
with friends in discussion. Join these once-a-month meetings with
Bill Fasick, on the last Monday of each month, at 7 pm. Participants
choose each upcoming month's book title and meeting place somewhere
in St. Charles county...a restaurant, library, coffee house, etc.
For information, email or
call 636-284-0280