Events for July 15, 2024 - July 15, 2024

Robert Edwin Steinfort PES Member and Musician In the late 1970s, Bob began writing the Synergy Series of Worship Experiences. As a nationally recognized church musician, he wanted to encourage Christian communities to interact more horizontally (personal human relationships) than vertically (God/Jesus Christ/Holy Spirit). He is now rewriting the Synergy Series from a humanist perspective. [...]

Betsy Lightbourn PES Member and Education Committee Chair Betsy will facilitate a discussion on books read during the pandemic that our reviewers found inspirational and/or helped them through the pandemic. Join here online at the scheduled time.

Please note earlier, 10:30 am, start time With Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader, PES  Program hosted by the Baltimore Ethical Society Octavia Butler, a science fiction writer who died in 2006, presented a vision of the near future that felt prescient. Butler was one of the best known among the few African American writers in the genre. [...]

Christian Hayden PES Member and Leader in Training Christian Hayden has a unique distinction: he is the first and only Leader in Training to do a fully remote internship. Christian will share some of his experiences, challenges, and insights that he gathered from learning how to be clergy in a pandemic. Join here online at [...]

YES, we’re going to get together in person again, for the first time in more than a year. And we’ll be coming together in one of the most beautiful spots in the world! No Zoom program scheduled. If picnic is rained out, program for July 25 will take place and picnic will be postponed until [...]

Nick Sanders PES Member and former PES President Most people know that racism is unethical because of the impact it has on people of color. But do you realize it also diminishes the chances of human flourishing and even survival? Nick will elaborate on this much less considered framing of racism and what it implies [...]

Please note earlier, 10:30 am, start time With Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader, Phila. Ethical Soc. Margaret Atwood called A Wizard of Earthsea one of the “wellsprings of fantasy literature." Originally conceived as a children’s book, it has become a favorite of many sci-fans. Hugh will reflect on the creativity, philosophy, and ethics offered in this work. [...]

Pattie Arduini President, Susquehanna Valley Ethical Society The Susquehanna Valley Ethical Society is located in Lewisburg, PA, a picturesque rural community situated along the Susquehanna River and home to Bucknell University. Learn how SVES came to be, its struggles and successes, and what the future holds for this Society in Central Pennsylvania. Join here online [...]

Ending Racism Task Force of the Philadelphia Ethical Society Poems by Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Jerico Brown and others.  How can poetry serve to enlighten us and move us to heal racial trauma? Join here online at the scheduled time.

Hugh Taft-Morales Leader, Philadelphia Ethical Society Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square, but the outrageous lie that the election was rigged fueled the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Though lying has long been used as a tool to gain political power, normalizing blatant lying threatens our democracy. Hugh Taft-Morales explores this [...]