Monday, February 22
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 508

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Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 507

Singing Practice. Pat Debrovner and Jerry Ranck preside

Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 408

Poetry Reading - Bring your favorite poems and read aloud with us. Cheryl Gross presides.

Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room 507

We the Kids… The World is in Our Hands! Everyday Leaders Making a Difference in the World

Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Auditorium

"One Nation Under the Constitution: Moral Values through Humanistic Government"
Sean Faircloth, Executive Director of Secular Coalition for America

The Secular Coalition for America is a leader of what The Nation magazine recently called the newly “visible, assertive, and respected” secular movement. Executive Director Sean Faircloth, will discuss how the values of our nation’s founders directly connect to the values of the secular movement.

Faircloth served for 10 years in the Maine legislature, and was elected to the post of Majority Whip of the Maine House of Representatives by his colleagues. An attorney whose duties include lobbying in Washington on behalf of the Secular Coalition’s 10 member organizations, he will show how injustices in American law based on religion are not a historical artifact but a stark current reality. He argues that all Americans have a moral obligation to address these injustices through rejuvenation of our government’s secular heritage and legal system. Faircloth is a strong advocate of the separation of church and state and has received many awards for his work, including the 2006 Legislator of the Year Award from the Maine People’s Alliance.

Social Hour - 12:30 p.m. - Social Hall

Afternoon Activities - 1:45 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall

Life with Health.

2:00 p.m. - Room 508

Teen Ethical Leadership Program. For more

Friday, February 19
7:00 PM
Ceremonial Hall

Thursday, February 18
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Room 508

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Thursday, February 18
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Adler Study, Room 514

New Testament.

Thursday, February 18
12:00 PM
Elliott Library, Room 507

Bring your lunch and join Dr. Anne Klaeysen.

Feb. 18 – “Looking for Life in the Multiverse,” by Alejandro Jenkins and Gilad Perez, Scientific American, 1/10. For more…

Wednesday, February 17
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Adler Study, Room 514

Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. List for the season

Wednesday, February 17
7:00 - 9:00 PM (Wine and Cheese Reception at 6:30 pm)
Ceremonial Hall

Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. A courtroom drama based on the historical Scopes “monkey” trial, Inherit the Wind pits two oratorical giants – Henry Drummond, the character representing Clarence Darrow, and Matthew Harrison Brady, as William Jennings Bryan – against one another in a debate over evolution and Darwinism. Ironically, the authors intended their play to be a parable about McCarthyism, never dreaming that their ostensible subject, religious fundamentalism, would displace their implied one, anti-Communism, as a prime issue dividing the country and threatening free thought. Still, their portrayal of unquestioning faith versus creative doubt and individuals challenging ignorance and injustice is timely in any era.

Following the performance, participate in a group discussion of the play's ethical issues led by Muriel Berger. Susan Horowitz directs the cast, which includes Bonnie Bean, Pat Berens, Curt Collier, Chris Everett, Ken Gans, John Gurney, Tom Kennedy, John Kreuttner, David Lee, John Lovelady, Law’nence Miller, Clare Patterson, Terry Perlin, Carol Rost, Rich Sander, Matias Santiago, and Tom Weishaar. Suggested donation: $5.

Tuesday, February 16
7:00 PM
Adler Study - Room 514

Please email Moe-Swe, or call 212-874-5210, ext. 113 in advance to attend.

Tuesday, February 16 (Monday was a holiday)
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 508

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Tuesday, February 16
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Room 408

Join Ken Gans for a stimulating philosophical discussion on humanism and basic philosophical questions. If you are interested, contact Ken Gans at 212-787-7000 ext. 1039. No charge and no reservations needed.

Monday, February 15

Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 408

Colloquy: Love. Dr. Anne Klaeysen, Leader presides.

No Sunday School today

Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Ceremonial Hall

"Religion and Temperament"
Dr. Joseph Chuman, Leader

Felix Adler had once written, “Ethical Culture is religious to those who are religiously-minded, and merely ethical to those who are not so minded.” Two things are true about his statement. The first is that Adler wanted to attract both those who appreciated Ethical Culture in religious terms and those who were totally secular in their appreciation of ethics. The second is that he clearly placed himself in the first camp; he understood his Ethical Culture in religious terms. Adler’s observation goes far beyond Ethical Culture and remains applicable today. Some people are thoroughly secular in their approach to reality and life, while others, including many humanists, sense that there is something “more” to reality than usual experience validates, be it a “presence,” a “power,” or a “force,” even as they deny that this “something” is personal.

As a student of religion, I have concluded that whether or not one is religious has to do with more than matters of belief. It is, rather, a function of what we can call “temperament.” I’ll explore this notion more thoroughly in my address.

Social Hour - 12:30 p.m. - Social Hall

Valentine Cabaret Concert

Saturday, February 13
7:00 PM
Ceremonial Hall
Advance purchase tickets are $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers

Celebrate the season of love with an evening of romantic chamber music and poetry, followed by dancing to music provided by a DJ.

Featuring: Ensemble Tomscha (piano, violin, cello and soprano voice) performing selections including:

• Mozart L'amero, saro costante from Il re pastore
• Dvořák Romance in f minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 11
• Mozart Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro
• Beethoven Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 70. No. 2

The music will be interspersed with readings of sonnets from Shakespeare and other love poems, and the concert will be followed by dancing to music provided by a DJ. Light refreshments (wine and cheese, coffee and tea) will be served.

Space is limited and advance purchase is strongly suggested - $15 for members (contact membership office for online ordering “discount” code) and $25 for nonmembers. Pending availability tickets will also be for sale at the door for $30 each.

To purchase tickets visit brown paper tickets or contact Moe-Swe Myint in the Membership Office at 212-874-5210×113.

Thursday, February 11
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Room 508

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Thursday, February 11
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Adler Study, Room 514

New Testament.

Thursday, February 11
12:00 PM
Elliott Library, Room 507

Bring your lunch and join Dr. Anne Klaeysen.

Feb. 11 – “The Genesis 2.0 Project,” by Kurt Anderson, Vanity Fair, 1/10. For more…

Wednesday, February 10
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Elliott Library, Room 507

A. B. Yehoshua, Friendly Fire: A Duet. List for the season