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Sunday Gathering

August 13, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join us!

We gather in person every Sunday at Central Park Place. We would love for you to join us.

All events held in the Mackinaw Ballroom in Central Park Place (421 Columbus Ave., GH)

Sunday’s Schedule:

9am Pre-Talk:

Meet the morning’s teacher in a small group setting for an open discussion of the morning’s theme

10am Gathering:

Welcome, readings, meditation from a community member, teaching, and music

11am Talk Back:

A chance to share questions, comments and stories related to the morning gathering

C3 Kids:

Each week we provide a safe and welcoming environment for kids starting at 10am. If you are looking for a Sunday morning experience for your kids that includes C3 Values, creative activities, toys, books, games and outdoor fun (when weather permits), we are here to make it happen! Miss Mary is happy to be spending time with your kids!

Sunday’s Program and Reading:

Sunday, August 13, 2023

We Have Questions: How Do We Speak with the Dead?

Greg Rappleye is a graduate of Albion College, the U of M Law School, and has an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has taught for more than 20 years in the English Department at Hope College. From 1991-2017, he was Corporation Counsel of Ottawa County, Michigan. His published works include Figured Dark: Poems (Arkansas Poetry Award) and A Path Between Houses (Brittingham Prize in Poetry). His most current project is Barley Child, which is awaiting publication.

Annagail has always defied and stretched genres, equal parts singer/songwriters and rock band. Thinking man ’s Americana. Pop for philosophers? Country for the curious? Rock for the recluse? Whatever you call them, Annagail weave heartache and hope for the disillusioned.

Music: Annagail

Gathering Host: David Dean

Music: Annagail

Meditation: Rod Van Abbema

Moment of Silence

Reading/Teaching: Greg Rappleye

“…[A] fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change. Yes, a man will talk about how he’d like to escape from living folks. But it’s the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and don’t try to hold him, that he can’t escape from.”
—William Faulkner, Light in August

“Are ye of the living or of the dead?”
—West Irish response to an unexpected knock at the door Music: Annagail

Gathering Host: David Dean

Music: Annagai Guest

.pdf of Bulletin/Matters

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