Confronting the Controversies

A Sermon and Dialogue Series

Sundays, January 14 to February 18, 2007

This is a six week preaching and dialogue series dealing with controversial topics. Debbie Fisher and Jonathan Dean will be preaching on six topics from Adam Hamilton’s book called Confronting the Controversies.

The Adult Education Work Area invite you to attend a worship service at 8:15, 9:30 or 11:00am. Enjoy lunch with others in Chapel Hall at 12:00pm. After lunch from 12:30pm until 1:30pm, dialogue with others about these important issues. Professors from schools around the area such as North Central College, Aurora University, Elmhurst College and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary will facilitate the discussion and add their own insight.

This event is open to everyone. Lunch will be provided for all who sign up. Please call (630-968-7120), email the church office to sign up by the Wednesday before each Sunday. You can also fill in the registration form in the series brochure.

|Series Brochure (PDF)|

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Program

January 14 "Salt of the Earth"

Message by: Rev. Debbie Fisher
Scripture: Matthew 5: 13-16
Topic: The Separation of Church and State
Facilitator: Howard Benson

January 21 "Dying Well"

Message by: Rev. Jonathan Dean
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16—5:9
Topic: Euthanasia
Facilitator: Dr. Howard Mueller
Dr. C. Frederick Toenniges Professor of Religious Studies
North Central College

January 28 "The Blind Spot"

Message by: Rev. Debbie Fisher
Scripture: Luke 6: 37-42
Topic: Homosexuality
Facilitator: Dr. Martin Forward
Executive Director of Wakerlin Center for Faith and Action
Aurora University

February 4 "Prayer in the Classroom?"

Message by: Rev. Debbie Fisher
Scripture: Matthew 6: 5-6
Topic: Prayer in Public Schools
Facilitator: Dr. Steven Daniels
Senior Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation &
Adjunct Professor of Political Science
Northwestern University

February 11 "An Eye for an Eye"

Message by: Rev. Jonathan Dean
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17
Topic: Death Penalty
Facilitator: Marshall Schmitt

February 18 "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made"

Message by: Rev. Debbie Fisher
Scripture: Psalm 139: 13-16
Topic: Abortion
Facilitator: Peg Schultz

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Rev. Adam Hamilton is the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. He grew up in the Kansas City area, attending Shawnee Mission schools. He earned a B.A. degree in Pastoral Ministry from Oral Roberts University and a Master of Divinity Degree from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He was named Distinguished Evangelist of the United Methodist Church by the Foundation for Evangelism, and he was named one of the "Ten People to Watch in America's Spiritual Landscape" by Religion and Ethics Newsweekly The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection has grown from four people in 1990 to over 12,000 adult members with an average weekly worship attendance of over 7,500 in 2006. The church was listed as the most influential mainline church in America in a 2005 survey of American pastors.