13 Jan 2019: “Keeping Our Balance” with Pancheta Peterson
Program for Sunday, January 13, 2019 Join us next Sunday for a conversation led by community minister Pancheta Peterson. All are welcome to participate!
Category: Past Sunday Programs
23 Dec 2018: Showing of “A Christmas Memory”
Program for Sunday, December 23, 2018 Join us for a family-friendly holiday movie: A Christmas Memory, adapted from a short story by Truman Capote originally published in Mademoiselle magazine. Created for television in 1966, this production stars Geraldine Page and Donnie Melvin with narration by Truman Capote. Both the teleplay and Geraldine Page won Emmy Awards for this production, which also won the coveted Peabody Award. The story told is of the last Christmas together in Depression era Alabama for … Continue reading 23 Dec 2018: Showing of “A Christmas Memory”
30 Dec 2018: What the Universe Tells Me: Unraveling The Mystery of Mahler’s Third Symphony
Program for Sunday, December 30, 2018 Join us for a screening of this documentary by Jason Starr, narrated by Stockard Channing. Followed by coffee, snacks and conversation. From the volcanoes of the South Pacific to the Alpine peaks and meadows where Mahler composed, dramatic images from the natural world give shape to the Third Symphony’s evolutionary saga. Thinkers such as Howard Gardner, Stan Brakhage and Catherine Keller join Mahler experts Henry Louis de La Grange, Donald Mitchell, Peter Franklin and … Continue reading 30 Dec 2018: What the Universe Tells Me: Unraveling The Mystery of Mahler’s Third Symphony
25 Nov 2018: Good Nature, Bad Nature – How our Thoughts Affect our Environment
Program for Sunday, November 25, 2018 Mary Richmond, artist and naturalist, presents “Good Nature, Bad Nature – How our Thoughts Affect our Environment.” Sunday, November 25 at 10:00 a.m.; coffee hour to follow at 11:00. All are welcome. Mary Richmond is well known for her weekly illustrated columns in the Falmouth Enterprise and Cape Cod Chronicle which challenge and delight with informed observations about the natural world around us. Check out her blog and on-line shop at http://www.capecodartandnature.com, where you … Continue reading 25 Nov 2018: Good Nature, Bad Nature – How our Thoughts Affect our Environment
11 Nov 2018: Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction
Program for Sunday, November 11, 2018 “Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction.” A few weeks ago, the Kemp Ridley turtles started arriving on our bay beaches, washed ashore and stranded by the prevailing westerly wind, cold-stunned by the dropping temperatures. Over the last decade, the number of stranded turtles has steadily increased, but the late autumn of 2014 saw an unprecedented event as more than 1,200 cold-stunned sea turtles washed ashore. This documentary, narrated by renowned scientist Dr. Sylvia Earle, puts … Continue reading 11 Nov 2018: Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction
28 Oct 2018: “Light Many Candles” with Robert Terry
Program for Sunday, October 28, 2018 Robert C. Terry will share excerpts from his forthcoming work, “Lighting Millions of Candles: How civic service and the Peace Corps are transforming lives worldwide.” A graduate of Harvard College, Delhi School of Economics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration (now Harvard Kennedy School), Terry spent has spent over sixty years in leadership, advisory, and volunteer roles in government, enterprise, and non-profit agencies, emphasizing economic development and … Continue reading 28 Oct 2018: “Light Many Candles” with Robert Terry
9 Dec 2018: Path of Happiness: a Mobile Monastery on the Appalachian Trail
Program for Sunday, December 9, 2018 This past spring, Susan Bachman drove her Honda CRV hauling a 5×8 u-haul trailer for 3000+ miles to support a walking retreat along 450 miles of the Appalachian Trail from the Blue Cliff Monastery to Washington, D.C. In her presentation, she’ll share some of her experiences and reflections on mindfulness practice/practicalities. Susan Bachman lives in Wellfleet, MA, and worked in the public school systems in 8 states during a 36 year career as an elementary … Continue reading 9 Dec 2018: Path of Happiness: a Mobile Monastery on the Appalachian Trail
22 Oct 2017: Create a Culture of Kindness!
Program for Sunday, October 22, 2017 There’s a long history of solidarity and reciprocity between Matenwa, Haiti and the Lower Cape. On Sunday, October 22, Isabel Pelligrini, President of the Nauset Human Rights Academy, will tell us about one of the newest iterations of that relationship as she recounts her experience visiting Haiti last spring. Each year, Lisa Brown, a teacher at Nauset Regional High School travels with 3 – 5 students on an educational immersion trip to a small … Continue reading 22 Oct 2017: Create a Culture of Kindness!
17 Sep 2017: Human Rights on Cape Cod
Program for Sunday, September 17, 2017 Are the human rights of all in our community respected? What sorts of human rights violations occur on Cape Cod? Who is most vulnerable? Barbara Monteiro Burgo, Chair of the Barnstable County Human Rights Commission will brief us on current human rights concerns and the steps the commission is taking to address them. The Barnstable County Human Rights Commission (BCHRC) was formed by ordinance of the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates in 2005 in … Continue reading 17 Sep 2017: Human Rights on Cape Cod