Our Fulfilling Our Vision committee looks for ways to fulfill our Future Directions Vision which says in part: “We want to be a center for questioning and discussing…. We hope to consider seemingly insurmountable world problems [and find a path to action]…. We want to create a safe forum where we can consider big questions and controversial issues…, where we can disagree and still get along.”

We feel the choices we make in this election will shape our future and are extremely important to discuss.  We feel that considering those choices in a church sanctuary could add a spiritual and ethical context and remind us of our highest values and ideals.  In that sense we are providing sanctuary from the more superficial or vitriolic aspects of the campaigns that can distract from what really matters to us.

By IRS rules, a church cannot endorse or oppose any candidate, directly or indirectly, but it can offer education on issues that will be affected by an election.

Our speaker series is designed to do that, entitled “Election 2024: What Is at Stake?”  Our two goals are:

1) to educate people about what is at stake in the election in a variety of issue areas; and,

2) to inspire people to become active and devote time and resources to help elect candidates who are more aligned with the nation and world they want to create, whoever those candidates may be.

We will ask each speaker to make clear the difference between the two major parties and their candidates on one particular issue​ or set of issues.  We hope people will come away with a good overview and specific examples of the starkly contrasting worlds the two different approaches to the issue would create.