April

5th - No Adult Forum (Easter Sunday)

12th - Retired professor and pastor Ken Sundet Jones, who is leading a pastor-mentoring program called the Iowa Preachers Project, on how laypeople can more critically assess what they hear in Sunday sermons.

19th - Patrick Minor from the DMARC Food Pantry Network on the story of hunger in Polk County, and how DMARC responds with the help of faith partners and community support

26th - Jenna Schuck of Primary Health Care in Des Moines on the work that organization does to connect unhoused individuals and families with housing resources, benefits, and care.

May

3rd - Retired professor and pastor Gary Kinkel on the meaning of biblical faith and how that relates to the political realm.

10th - TBD

17th - Barbra Jotzke-Torrier from Lutheran Services in Iowa on the challenges and successes of that organization’s refugee resettlement efforts given the current political climate.

Have a suggestion for a speaker or topic? Please contact Jim Blume at jamesdblume@gmail.com or 515-360-8370.