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Park Pillars - Programming
BIBLE
• Project: Bible – Week-long intensive study of the Bible with different speakers bringing their wisdom on the theme “The Bible in American
Lives.”
• Big Tent Bible – 52 weeks, 52 classes starting from Genesis and ending with Revelation.
• Tasting the Bible – What were the foods that Jesus would have eaten? This sixepisode video series explores this question through a four-dimensional model of learning which excites the senses.
• Summer Road Trip – Each summer the Park Center takes a road trip through a different book of the Bible in a more casual, fun setting.
FAITH
• Project: Faith – Exploring how our faith transforms our lives through discipleship and deep discussions. This program focuses on exploring the essential questions of our faith journey as we seek to enrich our lives as a community.
• Faith & Science – This program rests at the intersection between spirituality and scientific development. As a group, we strive to understand ourselves and the world around us using theological and scientific lenses. We cover controversial topics from the environment to palliative care to reproduction and beyond.
The Fran Park Center engages our minds and fills our spirits. We are grateful every day for the impact the Park Center makes on our community. ~ Phil & Sue Branson
WORLD
• Park Pilgrimages – A rotation of thematic pilgrimages, including trips to the Holy
Land, are key parts of our core curriculum.
• Calvin University January
Series – Each year the Park
Center proudly partners with
CU as a remote location for its celebrated 15-day lecture series.
• Out-of-the-Park Podcast –
Tools for the art of living one’s faith, which focus on the grounding and guiding principles of spiritual inquiry, community, education, and the arts in everything we do.
• Common Good Series: Can
We Share the Future? The pandemic has given us a special opportunity to ask
“just what does it mean to follow the golden rule?”
How do we “do unto others” when others seem so alien to us? What has happened to community? We joined to discuss the "every person for themselves" state of mind."
DIALOGUE
• Courageous Conversations –
Listening to what the Spirit says to the church is a crucial posture for hearing multiple voices and perspectives on tough topics.
• Project: Dialogue – We provide forums that open us to navigating differences and learning from each other.
• R.E.A.D. (Race, Education,
Awareness & Dialogue) – A
Year of Race - A year-long study dedicated to the topic of race. This included a 21day Race Equity Challenge, a webinar series with national scholars and a year-long book study.
• Leadership and Dialogue
Academy (LDA) – offers high school students opportunities to communicate across differences in the interest of empowering leaders to advance reconciliation, to promote intercultural conflict resolution, and to engender bias awareness.
