Diana Butler Bass is Featured Speaker for
2010 Robert McAfee Brown Lectureship
Save the date! On the weekend of November 5-7, First Pres will host Dr. Diana Butler Bass as our featured speaker for the Robert McAfee Brown Lectureship.</p> <p>Diana Butler Bass is the former religion columnist for <em>The New York Times</em> syndicate. She blogs at <a href=" />The Huffington Post and Beliefnet, and regularly comments on religion, politics, and culture in USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR.
She is also author of five books, including A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story, and Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith. Diana’s two books will be available for purchase starting at our Ingathering Breakfast on Sunday, September 12.
Over a three-day visit, Diana will engage us in a series of conversations surrounding issues from her books. The schedule is as follows:
Friday, Nov. 5
7:00 - 8:30pm (Sanctuary) - Presentation
8:30 - 9:30pm (Fellowship Hall) - Reception
Saturday, Nov. 6
9:30 - 10:00am (Fellowship Hall) - Coffee & Reception
10:00am - 12:00 (Fellowship Hall) - Presentation
12:00 - 12:45pm (Fellowship Hall) - Luch
1:00 - 3:00pm (Fellowship Hall) - Presentation
Sunday, Nov. 7
9:15 - 10:15am (Fellowship Hall) - Adult Education
10:30 - 11:30am (Sanctuary) - Worship Service
11:30 - 12:30pm (Fellowship Hall) - Reception
A special series of classes on Diana’s ideas will be taught this fall by Pastor Rob Martin. Please join us as we study Diana’s ideas throughout the fall in preparation for this special November event. Watch for details here.
Directions to First Presbyterian Church are here.
Dr. Bass' website is here.
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The Robert McAfee Brown Lectureship Series was inspired by theologian and activist Robert McAfee Brown, a member of First Presbyterian Church for many years. He envisioned the lectureship series as an opportunity for sharing lively theological discourse about challenging topics. Funding originated with a generous grant from congregation member Ruth English and is now provided by the First Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund.
The yearly lecture takes place in November at First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto. Watch this space for more information.
Previous speakers in the series have included:
1998 Dorothee Soelle
1999 Katherine Paterson
2000 Elaine Ens & Ched Myers
2001 Janet Wilson
2002 Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
2003 Tom Hunter
2004 Naomi Tutu
2005 Walter & June Keener Wink
2006 Rabbi Michael Lerner
2007 Rita Nakashima Brock
2008 Marcus Borg
2009 Alice Parker
