This Sunday, May 18, the Chapel class session explores the issue of homelessness with special speaker Amanda Fall - the Community Development Manager of Homeless Services for the city of Fort Wayne.

Chapel class begins at 9:00 am every Sunday and is open to all adults in person or on Zoom. The password for Zoom access is 461025.

Please join us after church on Sunday, May 18, for our annual ice cream social to mark the end of the program year and to celebrate the coming summer season. Cake and ice cream will be provided by the Congregational Life Board. All are welcome!

Are you curiously watching the American Sign Language interpretation during worship? Join Cassidy Cwierthia for this introduction to worship signs. Learn to recognize some common religious signs, and join along in signing the Lord’s Prayer and common songs at 7 pm on Wednesdays in the Chapel. All ages are welcome!

From the Puritan Pilgrims first settlement, they interpreted their life in this country through the lens of the Bible – the ‘New Israel.’ This has become a secular civil creed that uses biblical language and symbols, the heart of American exceptionalism and manifest destiny, now projected onto Israel and its special relationship to the US. American exceptionalism, Israeli exceptionalism, America’s manifest destiny, Israel’s manifest destiny – ONE! Dr. Michael Spath traces this history from the nation’s earliest days to the present. The program will take place in the Plymouth Church Folsom Room on Thursday, May 22 at 6:30 pm and is free and open to the public.

All programs are live-streamed and posted as a video a few days after the event, all on the ICMEP YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@inCMEP/videos

Rev. Ofner-Seals and Rev. Murphy will be co-leading a four-week series on Wednesday evenings on progressive Christianity starting May 28. The gatherings will meet for one hour starting at 6:00 pm in the Chapel. This educational series is designed for newcomers and anyone who would appreciate a refresher. Topics will include: 1) the authority of the Bible and experience, 2) images of Jesus, what salvation is, and the truth of other religious traditions, 3) different conceptions of God, and 4) the connection of social justice with our understanding of the gospel. We look forward to seeing you there!

For the past year, the Anti-Racism Action Team has been reviewing Plymouth’s history from an anti-racist perspective. The team is excited to share its initial findings with the congregation and will do so at an after-church forum on Sunday, June 1. Come hear some of what it has learned as they share why they did this project, how they went about gathering their information, and a selection of what they have learned thus far. Light refreshments will be served. There will be a time for questions at the conclusion of the presentation as well as an update on next steps.

The Women's Book Study will not be meeting in May while we organize our reading for the following six months. However, you may be interested to know that the books we have chosen are the following:

Girl Braiding Her Hair (Marta Molnar), The Women (Kristin Hannah), The Girl Who Said Goodbye (Heather Allen), The Tobacco Wives (Adele Myers), Doppelganger (Naomi Klein) and The Kingdom, The Power and the Glory (Tim Alberta).

We welcome anyone identifying as a woman to drop in for one session or many as you are interested. We meet in the Amistad Room at noon on the third Tuesday of each month.