Speaker Series
April 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 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.…
Read MoreParkway Speaker Series 2022
The Parkway Speakers Series Announces its Offerings for the First Four Months of 2022 Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room and Zoom Because you have a story to tell… January 9, 2022 “What can Christians do to Promote a Just Solution in Israel and Palestine?” By Paul Roesler. Paul, a Professor of Political…
Read More1/9 – “What can Christians do to Promote a Just Solution in Israel and Palestine?” By Paul Roesler,
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room and Zoom Paul is a member of Parkway UCC and a Professor of Political Science at St. Charles Community College. He will briefly discuss the history of the seemingly endless and unsolvable Israel/Palestine conflict. He’ll also discuss the UCC’s recent positions regarding the conflict to address the question…
Read More12/12 – The Fall of County Executive Steve Stenger – As I Saw It by Winston Calvert
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room In April of 2019, Steve Stenger, the then St. Louis County Executive, was convicted of public corruption, resigned, and subsequently was sentenced to federal prison following an FBI probe. Winston Calvert, a senior member of the current St. Louis County Executive’s office, observed the downfall of Stenger as…
Read MoreSpeaker Series: Mary Nelson, Transitional Conference Minister for our MMSUCC – Missouri Mid-South Conference
Come meet Mary Nelson, our MMSUCC Transitional Conference Minister? She will be here leading worship with Kevin and will facilitate the Speaker Series at 11:15am in the Heritage Room and on Zoom — an opportunity to get to know her better via a worship debrief and a state of MMS and wider church conversation. Rev.…
Read More8/8/21 – Parkway Speakers: The Wonders of Islam
by Ghazala Hayat, MD Sunday, August 8 | 11:15am | Live via Zoom Dr. Hayat is a well known member of the St. Louis area community and, in addition to her medical practice, she serves as a volunteer and leader in the Interfaith Partnership and as spokesperson for the Islamic Foundation. Education through understanding and…
Read More7/11 – Impressions of Norway
Sunday, July 11 | 11:15am | via Zoom Presented by Kristen (daughter of PUCCers Mike & Peggy) Another young person returns to her home church to educate and entertain us. This time it’s Kristen, who resides in Norway with her spouse and children. And therein lies the source of our genuine interest in Kristen and…
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