Adult Forum: The Isaac Project Conversations
Christian Formation Adult Forum
Sundays, 10 a.m., Parish Hall
Special Series: “The Isaac Project Conversations”
The historians of the Isaac Project are publishing articles that tell us who we've been…so we may deepen our understanding of who we are and who God calls us to be. Coming together for an hour, week by week, in trust and in love we will talk about the published work of the Isaac Project but also our own stories and how they've shaped us and how we figure out how to talk about race and enslavement... all in the hope that we continue to grow in the image and likeness of God and that we practice the healing, reconciling way of Jesus.
Feb. 4 - Segregation and Stained Glass in the New Christ Church, ca. 1890 - Meet in the Nave
Feb. 11 - Continued discussion of memorials and other ways the legacies of slavery persist
Feb. 18 - Christ Church and the Early Years of the Civil Rights Movement
Feb. 25 - Late ‘60s Civil Rights with guest panel discussion
Facilitated by: Joseph Watson
Panelists include:
Dr. Billy Ballard, Professor at Meharry Medical College, member of the church vestry and who was a student active at the new St Anselm's Episcopal Church in 1961;
Maggie Harney, daughter of Rev. Raymond T. Ferris, Pastor of Christ Church during this era; she is an Episcopal priest now living in Atlanta;
Bill Gittens, leader at St Anselm's Episcopal Church, retired Professor from Tennessee State University and who was a student at TSU during this era and
Gloria McKissick, a retired Tennessee State University Professor, member at Church of the Holy Trinity, and who was immersed in Nashville civil rights activities.
