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Only the name has changed!
Embracing a Sustainable Abundance The 2010-2011 First Tuesday Dialogues series Every FIRST TUESDAY: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Engler Boulevard at St. Hwy. 41 in Chaska |
| Chilean economist and philosopher Manfred Max-Neef offers a framework for thinking about that is universally desired - based on nine basic needs that exist across all cultures, classes, races, religions, and nations. With the help of Terry Gips and others, First Tuesday Forum events will offer the opportunity for participants to re-define the notion of wealth and poverty as measured by these universal human needs, which Max-Neef calls ontological, ie., part of the fabric of being itself. |
About First Tuesday DialoguesSep. 7 Topics & Speakers Coming Soon Oct. 5 Nov. 2 Dec. 7 Jan. 4 Feb. 1 Mar. 1 Apr. 5 May 3
It's the new name for Shepherd of the Hill Dialogues, a program that began in May 2005 as a kind of Chaska town hall forum to examine critical public issues locally and globally. At SHPC we hear the Sermon on the Mount as a summons to reflect self-critically and thoughtfully about the unconscious assumptions that shape our private and public lives in the 21st Century. As Socrates challenged the hidden assumptions of Athens in his day, First Tuesday Dialogues offer a platform for speakers who challlenge the collective mind of our time. First Tuesday Dialogues began with single events. Kosuke Koyama, John D. Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of World Christianity, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, inaugurated the program with a look at "Jesus and the Buddha: Pilgrim or Tourist?" Single presentations followed by Carver County Attorney Mike Fahey, family life educator Ada Alden, Guantanamo defense attorney Joseph Margulies, and MN Supreme Court Associate Justice Paul Anderson.
The success of these events led to the creation of series around central themes. The inital First Tuesday Dialogues series - "Religion: Balm or Bomb?" - featured historical theologian Paul Capetz of United Theological Seminary; Imam Makram El-Amin; Senior Rabbi Zimmerman; and Senior Minister Bruce Robbins (Spring 2006). The Fall 2007 Series dealt with "The Spiritual Roots of Terror and Hope" featuring Macalester College historian Mahmoud El-Kati; Rabbi Joseph Edelheit; American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde H. Bellecourt; Puerto Rican Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Leonardo Castro;and Kwanzaa Community Church Co-Pastor Alika Galloway. The 2008 Spring Series addressed "The Good Green Earth: Sustainability" featuring meteorologist Craig Edwards; former Los Alamos museum curator, Professor Robert Seidel; Upik ('Eskimo') activist and artist Richard LaFortune; and Sustainability Associates' President and VP of Congregations Caring for Creation Terry Gips. The 2008 fall series focused on community. "The Community of 100: Restoring Community in a Lock-Down Society" addressed a Pew Center report that one in 100 people in the United States are in the criminal justice system. Speakers included retired MN Supreme Court Associate Justice Esther Tomljanovich; Professor of Psychology Emeritus and restorative justice advocate Mona Gustafson Affinito, Ph.D. of Forgiveness Options; Chaska Chief of Police Scott Knight; and former Chaska Mayor and leading citizen Bob Roepke.
Each First Tuesday Dialogues event begins with the speaker's followed by a 30-40 minute presentation, and 45 minutes of participant dialogue with the speaker and other guests. SHPC jazz-gospel pianist Momoh Freeman often offers a half-hour concert from 6:30 to 7:00 PM prior to the speaker's introduction. Pastor Gordon Stewart serves as moderator.
Click here for Chaska Herald interview with Pastor Gordon Stewart prior to the 2008 fall series "One in 100: Restoring Community in a Lock Down Society" or here for Chaska Herald piece in advance of the 2008 fall First Tuesday Dialogues series on sustainability and the good green Earth. Below are photos of some of the previous Shepherd of the Hill Dialogues speakers.
Thanks to Judge Joe Carter and the 1st Judicial District
Thanks to Judge Joe Carter and the Equal Justice Committee of the First Judicial District for the April open community dialogue about racial and ethnic fairness in the Minnesota State Court System. Fifty people engaged in small group listening sessions resulting in a report to the court from ordinary citizens. Judge Joseph Carter (First Judicial District) and SHPC Pastor Gordon Stewart hosted this speak out session, sponsored by the First Judicial District Equal Justice Committee in partnership with Shepherd of the Hill Dialogues. Click here for more information about the First Judicial District or the MN Court System.
"Spend an Evening with a Neighbor"
a series of dialogues in March and April, 2010 marked the inauguration of a year of creating communities of belonging for people with disabilities in Carver County. First Tuesday Dialogues was pleased to partner with the Carver County Library, the Beacon Council, and the Chaska Human Rights Commission in the series of events featuring the work of Rachel Simon, author of Riding the Bus with My Sister.
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Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church - host of First Tuesday Dialogues, formerly Shepherd of the Hill Dialogues - is the only Presbyterian Church in Chaska and Carver County, feeding the soul and challenging the mind with worship, education, mission, and public gatherings that contribute to the recovery of the public square and civil dialogue regarding critical public issues locally and globally. An MPR commentary by SHPC Pastor Gordon Stewart frequently airs on "All Things Considered" (KNOW 91.1FM) SHPC Jazz-gospel musicians Momoh Freeman and organist on Linda Livers lead us in worship Sundays at 9:30 AM. Every First Tuesday Dialogues event is a community program for the general public without charge.
