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Sunday Gathering

Name: Sunday Gathering
Start: 2024-06-02T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-02T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Central Park Place, Mackinaw Ballroom

June 2 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join us!

We gather in person every Sunday at Central Park Place.

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, June 2, 2024

Things I Wish I’d Said
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Lead Teacher: Brad Ruggles (he/him) has been selected as C3’s new Lead Teacher. He is a former pastor that deconstructed and later left the faith he was raised in after 18 years in ministry. He and his wife Lisa enjoy adventuring and traveling with their two adult daughters. His interests are diverse and include backpacking, meditation, breath work, yoga, sport kiting, and photography.

Musician: Grace Theisen (she/her) is a queer Americana artist originally from Kalamazoo. After graduating from Hope College in 2014 with a double major in Gender Studies and Psychology, Grace moved to Nashville from 2015 to 2018 to run her nonprofit, Songs Against Slavery. She returned to Kalamazoo in 2019 and has been influential in the Michigan music scene. She is one-third of the band The Rebel Eves.
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Music: Grace Theisen
Gathering Host: Tod Wyn
Music: Grace Theisen Meditation: Charity McMaster
Moment of Silence
Reading/Teaching: Brad Ruggles

“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
– James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

How can we distinguish what is biologically determined from what people merely try to justify through biological myths? A good rule of thumb is ‘Biology enables, culture forbids.’ Biology is willing to tolerate a very wide spectrum of possibilities. It’s culture that obligates people to realize some possibilities while forbidding others. Biology enables women to have children — some cultures oblige women to realize this possibility. Biology enables men to enjoy sex with one another — some cultures forbid them to realize this possibility. – Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
(Pg. 146-7)

Music: Grace Theisen
Gathering Host: Tod Wyn
Music: Grace Theisen

.pdf of Bulletin/Matters

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