Sunday, March 7th, from 9:45 AM 'til 10:45 AM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
Humanist Understanding Group
"The Varieties of Scientific Experience"
HUG is a barely-moderated, roundtable-type discussion group. We're deeply interested in
Humanism and in understanding why we humans behave the ways we do. We read, oftentimes while meeting, and
then discuss the subject matter.
This sunny Sunday morning we continue our examination/discussion of "The Varieties of Scientific
Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God", Chapter Nine, The Search.
Our lineup of books to be discussed in HUG in the coming weeks is:
- "The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God"
Ann Druyan edited Sagan's 1985 Glasgow Gifford Lectures in Natural Theology
- "The Family - The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" by Jeff
Sharlet
The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments?
Sunday, March 7th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
Sunday Lecture Series
Dr. Gary McKiddy will speak on ethics in politics.
The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.
Wednesday, March 10th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Hosts: Jill & Bill A.
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.
Friday, March 12th, from 7 PM to ?? PM
Host: tba
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,
wintery evening with Society friends.
Also! some of us will be working on cutting and sewing the t-shirt tote bags we will be selling at our
booth at the Forest Park Earth Day celebration in April. If you plan to donate t-shirts for this
fundraiser, please bring them on Sunday or to KnitWits tonight!
Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.
Sunday, March 14th from 12:30 AM 'til 2:30 PM
9001 Clayton Road
(roadmap)
Special Sunday Event(s)!
Julia Sweeney's film:
"Letting Go of God"
Our Special Sunday Event takes place at the Ethical Society of St. Louis (ESSL) where we view
Saturday Night Live alum, Julia Sweeny performing in her one-woman show, "Letting Go of God".
A light lunch will be served. $5 per person is payable that Sunday to cover cost of refreshments.
Following the film screening will be an opportunity to discuss what it's like for those who have "let go
of their god," or who have hard questions about the faiths in which they were they were raised.
If you come to ESSL just before 11:00 am, you can enjoy ESSL Leader, Kate Lovelady's presentation on
"Get on the Love Bus" and a performance by Angela Bell on the piano.
The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.
Saturday, March 20th
Contact Kathy R. for meeting place and other
arrangements
to get to Ronald McDonald House by 5 PM to begin cooking
at 4381 West Pine Blvd, STL, MO, 63108
Ronald McDonald House
"Nothin' Beats Home-Cookin'!"
...especially when family must be with hospitalized loved-ones.
On the third Saturday of each month, a crew from Ethical Society Mid Rivers cooks dinner at the West Pine
location of Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis. We have been doing this for more than three years,
and we have committed to continue through 2010.
Contact Kathy R. to participate in this worthwhile
project and/or if you have questions.
Mark your calendar for these coming Saturdays:
20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, & 17 Jul
Check out the NEW,
300th Ronald McDonald House!
For more information about the Ronald McDonald House Charity, click
here.
Sunday, March 21st 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 Platform Presentation 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, March 21st from 12:15 PM to ??
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
ESMR Board of Directors Meeting
Please submit reports and
additions to the agenda well in advance.
Board members, please notify if you will not be attending.
For members of the Board of Directors.
Other ESMR members are welcome to attend as observers
Sunday, March 28th from noontime 'til about 1:00 PM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters.
(roadmap)
Potluck Dinner
It's Potluck Sunday! After the lecture, please 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 entrée to side dish to dessert.
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.
(Please avoid any item that requires your attention from 11 to noon, since any sound in the kitchen is
amplified into the room where our 11:00 a.m. program is in progress.)
Even if you don't bring a dish or beverage, at least bring your appetite! See you then!
The general public is invited.
Monday, March 29th from 7 PM to almost 9 PM
Location to be determined...
Twain Rivers Book Club
"Life on the Mississippi"
by Mark Twain
0riginally published in 1883, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's memoir of his youthful years as a cub
pilot on a steamboat paddling up and down the Mississippi River. Twain used his childhood experiences
growing up along the Mississippi in a number of works, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but nowhere is the river and the pilot's life more thoroughly
described than in this work. Told with insight, humor, and candor, Life on the Mississippi is an
American classic.
The general public is invited.
For more information visit the Book Club
page and/or
to be added to the mailing list, contact:
Bill F. at elBillo@yahoo.com
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!
Tuesday, March 16th from 7 PM to about 9 PM
McClay Branch of St. Charles Co. Library
2760 McClay Road phone: (636) 441-7577
Saint Charles, MO
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
All events are at 260 Brown Road unless otherwise indicated.
It's the U. of MO Extension Center building in St. Peters, north of Interstate 70.
Click here for directions.
For more information, please email or call Bob Greenwell,
Leader, (636) 284-0280. You will not be added to any mail list unless you specifically request it.
We very much appreciate your inquiry. - Bob G.
WORTH PROGRAM AND LECTURE
Every Sunday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
We start with Worth Program, a unique 15-20-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 escort their children to the SEEK room for their Sunday ethics lesson 11:20-12:15 pm.
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 humanist-religious-spiritual 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!
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
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