Event
7/17 Modern Perspectives of a Native American
July 17, 2022 | 11:15am – 12:15pm | Heritage Room & Zoom Presented by Simona Charles, MSW, BBM Simona Charles is a member of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, where she grew up. The reservation was created by President Rutherford Hayes late in the 19th Century and occupies parts of the states…
Read More6-26 “Should You Buy a Car Powered by Gas, an Electric Plug-in, a Hybrid, or One with Pedals? I Can Help.” By Kent Tallyn.
June 26, 2022 | 11:15am – 12:15pm | Heritage Room & Zoom “I believe that the auto industry will change more in the next 10 years, than it has in the previous 50 years.” Mary Berra, CEO GM. “The time is right for electric cars. In fact, the time is critical.” Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Executive…
Read More5-22 The Environment, Journalism, and Some Neglected Aspects of American Life
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom Our speaker, Don Corrigan, is a humorist and person of many interests. He is the author of a number of books the former Editor in Chief of the Webster-Kirkwood Times, and a long time friend of Mark Sableman. We expect Don to begin his remarks speaking…
Read MoreInterfaith Sprouts of Peace for kids and families
Sunday, May 15 | 12:00pm | back parking lot and playground We are ready to launch our free interfaith Sprouts of Peace 2022-2023 for Pre-K through 5th graders — kids that age out can be helpers! We are so pleased to be doing this again with our Muslim and Jewish friends – as well as…
Read MoreApril 24 – As I Recall It; Memories of Historic Times from 1967-1974 by Ellie Swenson
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom Recently, Ellie Swenson, a Parkway member, came across notes, she made to herself, as she contemporaneously reacted to and recorded her impressions of some turbulent times in America from 1967 to 1974. Remember the walk on the moon, more troops in Vietnam, then the pullout, the…
Read More3/13 – The Conductor: timekeeper, herder, tastemaker, cheerleader and scold by David Peek
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom Conductors serve as messengers for the composer. It is their responsibility to understand the music and convey it through gesture so transparently that the musicians in the orchestra understand it perfectly. Those musicians can then transmit a unified vision of the music out to the audience.…
Read More3/20 – Religion, and It’s Role in World History by Jan Worley.
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom Back once more is the always popular and interesting Jan Worley. He will lead us in discussing the question: What is religion? and the similarities and other aspects of the major religions, and then provide a survey of world history that shows how religion has influenced…
Read MorePress Release 2-16-2022
February 16, 2022 Contacts: Rabbi Andrea Goldstein, Congregation Shaare Emeth (314) 569-0010; agoldstein@sestl.org Ali Durhan, TASOM (773) 629-9460; alikdurhan@gmail.com Kevin Cameron, Pastor – Parkway United Church of Christ (314) 330-0629; kevin@parkwayucc.org Jewish, Muslim, and Christian friends unite to welcome Afghan family to St. Louis St. Louis, MO – The Jewish, Muslim, and…
Read More5-29 Outdoor Worship in an Era of Ecological Crisis
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom Though the Earth Should Change: The Urgency of Outdoor Worship in an Era of Ecological Crisis How might our practices of worship help us to make the enormous changes that will be needed to ease the impact of global warming? Join in conversation with Eden Seminary…
Read More1/16 – “Mom and Dad, I’m Gay.”
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Sanctuary and Zoom “OMG, what do we do now?” Turn to PFLAG, a Parkway Tenant, Fighting for a Diverse and Inclusive World,” featuring Beth Gasparovic and a Panel of Parents of LGBTQ+ Children. For many LGBTQ youth, breaking the news to Mom and Dad is the scariest part of coming out.…
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