The Forum is a place for the exchange of a diverse set of spiritual, contemporary, historical, scientific, ecological, and other ideas selected for engaging with the Christian faith creatively and critically. Everyone is welcome.
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This group meets in the Gregg Library during Faith Formation Hour.
This is a casual, multi-generational, multi-sensory, group bonding, ALL in, coffee-minded, community building, spirit-minded opportunity that may entail some meditation, humor, music, poetry and most of all, YOUR VOICE.
Over the fall, a squad of facilitators, led by Del Hokanson, will guide sessions, in the hope that as we “BE-Come” more in tune with the desires of the participants, more participants may want to engage as the visioning team.
We are thrilled to present Rev. Dr. Serene Jones in spring 2026, who will lead us in lectures and conversation throughout the weekend.
A highly respected scholar and public intellectual, the Rev. Dr. Serene Jones is the 16th President of the historic Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. The first woman to head the 186-year-old institution, Jones occupies the Johnston Family Chair for Religion and Democracy. She is a Past President of the American Academy of Religion, which annually hosts the world’s largest gathering of scholars of religion. Jones came to Union after seventeen years at Yale University, where she was the Titus Street Professor of Theology at the Divinity School, and Chair of the University’s Program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She is the author of several books including Trauma and Grace and, most recently, her memoir Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World. Jones, a popular public speaker, is sought by media to comment on major issues impacting society because of her deep grounding in theology, politics, women’s studies, economics, race studies, history, and ethics.
Rev. Dr. James W. White served First Congregational from 1989 to 2005. Jim taught others to enter into a life of faith more fully and more richly, exploring and drawing upon Biblical and historical traditions. Jim often brought thinkers and speakers whom he admired to share with our congregation.
To honor Jim’s ministry and legacy, FCUCC established the James W. White Endowed Lectures.