Jenny and Greg Donner, teachers of A Course in Miracles, will be offering a workshop at F.C.C. in early May 2019 as they come through Binghamton on their U.S. tour.
Greg and Jenny will guide students deeper into the teachings of A Course in Miracles using David Hoffmeister’s new book, This Moment Is Your Miracle, as a springboard.
Come and join us for an experience that is deeply healing and authentic.
When: Saturday, May 4, 7-9pm, and Sunday, May 5, 2-6pm.
Where: First Congregational Church, 30 Main St, Binghamton, N.Y.
This even is co-sponsored by FCC’s Adult Education Committee.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 4th, 9-5 p.m.
That’s when this year’s Spring Happening will be held here at First Congregational Church.
Attendees can stop by and hear talks on spiritual topics, browse the $1 Spiritual Books tables, share spiritual conversation, and break bread (well, sample from the various salads that participants and attendees are welcome to bring to the share-a-dish meal!).
This year’s Spring Happening speakers include Jim Bryden, Tom Meade, Art Suggs, Tom Moberg, and Rick Gridley.
The requested donation for the event is $10, and attendees are invited to bring a salad to share for the bring-a-dish meal.
The Spring Happening is co-sponsored by Binghamton Spiritual Study Group and First Congregational Church.
Just shy of 500 people attended the showings of The Fertile River in mid-September at First Congregational Church.
Vincent Terrell Durham. Photo courtesy of vtdisme.com.
The Fertile River is the work of playwright Vincent Terrell Durham, who was born and raised in Binghamton and graduated from BHS.
The play’s cast included Foster Daniels as Uncle Jesse, Joyann Kershaw as River, Qiana Watson as Mama Cora, Samuel Fraser as the boy Arthur, and Terri-Jo Ramia as Miss Sarah.
Face It! Theatre put on the production of the play, which was offered freely and open to the public.
“We think of ourselves as a social justice theatre,” FaceIt! Theatre‘s founder, Jim Michalec, told BU’s The Pipedream. “We think of ourselves as a social justice theatre. We look for issues that are either relevant, hot on the surface right now, or we look for things that are in the past that this country or this society has dealt with one way or another but not fully explored enough of and has relevance to today.”
The Fertile River at F.C.C., by Ariel Kachuro from B.U.’s The Pipedream.
The goal? To help raise awareness and encourage dialogue — part of Face It! Theatre’s inspired mission — check it out.
Learn more about Binghamton native, comedian, and playwright Vincent Terrell Durham’s life and work at his web site.
What other kinds of mission-aligned gatherings and activities happen at F.C.C.? Here are some examples…
The 7th annual Ice Cream Social neighborhood event is coming right up!
Mark your calendar for Thursday, August 30th, from 5-7 p.m. (with the raffle drawings at 6 p.m.).
All activities and Back-to-School kits are freely offered by FCC and our volunteers.
The free event offerings include:
Ice cream sundaes,
Back-to-School kits (three note books, pencils, pens, erasers and two study folders),
A raffle for two back packs,
Games for the kids and,
Live music.
The party is held in the parking lot of church, rain or shine. In the case of rain, we can move to the social hall, but in recent years we’ve had sunny weather.
FCC’s previous Ice Cream Social events drew between 300 and 600 neighbors, children and adults, to enjoy the community event together.
This year’s Ice Cream Social event will be the Thursday before Labor Day — on August 30 between 5 and 7PM. The raffle drawing is about 6:00PM.
Renovations to the FCC parking lot entrance are underway.
The renovations will include a ramp to allow easier access to services, events and meetings held in the FCC sanctuary, chapel, parlor, and meeting/gathering rooms.
The Spiritual Book Group ( hosted by Rev. Janet Abel ) has begun and we will continue to meet on Wednesdays at noon, as we discuss the book Zealot by Dr. Reza Aslan. Dr. Aslan has a BA in Religious studies, a minor in biblical Greek, a Masters in Theology of World Religions from Harvard, and a PhD in the Sociology of Religions from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Please join us at noon in the church Parlor and bring a bag lunch.
When: Saturday, May 4, 7-9pm, and Sunday, May 5, 2-6pm.
