The Adult Forum will be delivered via a Zoom Meeting on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm. Information on how to connect to the Zoom meeting will be shared via a Bethel Connection email. If you are not receiving the Bethel Connection emails, please contact the church office office @ bethelstl.org to be added to the email list.
WEDNESDAY February 3, 2021, 7:00 – 8:00pm
“Mea Culpa: We Have Failed at Nurturing Character and Why It Matters”
Dr. Marvin W. Berkowitz is McDonnell Professor of Character Education, and Co-Director of the Center for Character and Citizenship, at UMSL.He directs the Leadership Academy in Character Education. His latest book is PRIMED for Character Education: Six Design Principles for School Improvement (for release this April)
As we look at the grand enterprise of supporting the progressive development of democracies around the world and the grander enterprise of Tikkun Olam (healing the world), it is clear that the last half century of diverse efforts to nurture the flourishing of human goodness has not succeeded as well as we would want. However, if we look over longer periods of time (centuries, millennia), then we see clear human moral “evolution.” Why are we now stumbling, why does it matter, and what can we do about it? That will be the focus of this interactive session.
WEDNESDAY, February 10, 2021, 7:00 -8:00 pm
“The ELCA Extravaganza 21 & Bethel’s Mission”
Deb Grupe, Director of Children, Youth, and Family Ministry at Bethel; and Sherman Lee, longtime youth leader and advocate at Bethel and currently Chair of the Communications Team at Bethel
Deb, Sherman, and other Bethel participants will share the highlights of “Extravaganza 21,” the outstanding Child/Youth/Family Ministry national conference just completed virtually on February 4- 6, 2021. Sixteen Bethel members have already signed up to participate via Zoom. More Bethel folks are also welcome to attend. Check out the website, www.ext21.org, for a look at what’s planned, including workshop details and schedule. You’ll see that not all of the workshops and speakers speak only to those who are in professional ministry. You may attend as many or as few sessions as you like. Let Deb Grupe know if you are interested but not yet signed up, and she can register you for the virtual conference.