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Sunday Gathering

September 3, 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:

https://c3westmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/09032023_bulletin.pdf

Sunday, September 3, 2023

We Have Questions: Does Beauty Matter?

Speaker: Kent Dobson has been the lead teacher at C3 since 2017. He’s also in the guide-in-training program at Animas Valley Institute in Colorado, an organization specializing in wilderness intensives. Kent leads Israel study tours, wilderness retreats, and has his own podcast called Hints and Guesses.

Musicians: Ruth and Max Bloomquist bring Ruth’s award-winning abilities as a songwriter and singer and Max’s harmony and touch on the upright bass, to share their heart-touching, acoustic Americana that is all their own. Ruth’s trademark rich alto is unmistakable, and her songs evoke images and emotions common to us all.

Music: Ruth and Max Bloomquist

Gathering Host: Valerie Engeltjes

Music: Ruth and Max Bloomquist

Meditation: Bob Kleinheksel

Moment of Silence

Reading/Teaching: Kent Dobson

Let everything happen to you, beauty and terror.

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Go to the Limits of Your Longing

I asked the earth, I asked the sea and the deeps, among the living animals, the things that creep. I asked the winds that blow, I asked the heavens, the sun, the moon, the stars, and to all things that stand at the doors of my flesh . . . My question was the gaze I turned to them. Their answer was their beauty.

– St. Augustine, quoted in The Call of Beauty, John O’Donohue

Music: Ruth and Max Bloomquist

Gathering Host: Valerie Engeltjes

Music: Ruth and Max Bloomquist

.pdf of Bulletin/Matters

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