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Sunday Gathering

March 10 @ 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, March 10, 2024

We Have Questions: What Have I Seen That I Can’t Unsee?

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Speaker: Marlin Vis is a retired Reformed Church in America minister, who has been a teacher, coach, salesman, pastor, campus minister (GVSU), Mission Person (Israel/Palestine), a beggar, but not a thief. He is Executive Director of Still Processing, and kitchen manager/cook for a program providing a hot meal for folks on the street or with food insufficiencies. He has been married to Sally for a long time. They have two children and four grandchildren.

Musician: Sam Robbins (he/him) is often described as an “old soul singersongwriter.” A Nashville-based musician whose music evokes classic singer songwriters like James Taylor and Jackson Browne, Sam adds a modern, upbeat edge to the storyteller-troubadour persona. He has gained recognition touring as one of the six 2021 winners of the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk competition, and as the first to sing a Jim Croce song on The Voice. Sam released his second album “Bigger Than in Between” to critical acclaim in August 2022.

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Music: Sam Robbins

Gathering Host: Tod Wyn

Music: Sam Robbins

Meditation: Wayne Johnson

Moment of Silence

Reading/Teaching: Marlin Vis

“I’ve learned to accept this paradox: a holy book that more often than not doesn’t act very much like you’d expect it, but more like a book written two thousand to three thousand years ago would act. I expect the Bible to reflect fully the ancient settings in which it was written, and therefore not act as a script that can simply be dropped into our lives without a lot of thought and wisdom. The Bible must be thought through, pondered, tried out, assessed, and (if need be) argued with—all of which is an expression of faith, not evidence to the contrary.”

― Peter Enns, The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More

Than Our “Core Beliefs”

“In the act of tearing something apart, you lose its meaning.”

— Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Music: Sam Robbins

Gathering Host: Tod Wyn