Spiritual Life

The Gibson Lecture, 2013

Jun 1st, 2013 | Category: Featured Articles, Spiritual Life

Dr. Henry Perkins

The Gibson Lecture, 2013

Dilemmas and Decisions: Navigating Values Questions in Today’s Medical Care.”

Monday, August 12 through Friday, August 16

Noon till 1:00 p.m.

Assembly Building

All in the community are very welcome to attend any or all of the lectures. There is no fee and no offering will be taken.

The Gibson Lecture Series this summer (2013) will feature Dr. Henry Perkins, Consultant in Bioethics at the Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health and recently retired Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. The title of his lectures will be: “Dilemmas and Decisions: Navigating Values Questions in Today’s Medical Care.”

Dr. Perkins graduated from Kalamazoo College, The University of Michigan Medical School, and Northwestern University’s internal medicine residency. He then completed a two-year fellowship in bioethics at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Perkins has written extensively on ethical issues in actual patient care and maintains a strong commitment to teaching ethics and the humanities at all levels of medical training. Dr. Perkins has also served many years as a medical missionary to Kenya and Mexico.

The lectures will be held at the Assembly Building from Monday through Friday, August 12 -16. Time: noon till 1:00 p.m. You are welcome to bring a sack lunch. No fee is charged for these lectures and no offering will be taken. In addition, Dr. Perkins will be preaching at the Meeting House on Sunday, August 11. The service begins at 11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship at the Meeting House 11:00 a.m.

June 16                        Rev. Robert McQuilken

June 23                        Rev. Homer Nye

June 30                        Rev. Paul Hammer

Baptism of Carter William Cunningham by his grandfather, the Rev. Ronald Marmaduke

July 7               Rev. Christopher Nye

July 14             Rev. Robert Hughes

July 21             Rev. Fred Edmonds

July 28             Rev. Kathy Dwyer

Celebration of Holy Communion

August 4           Rev. Neta Pringle

Citation Sunday

August 11         Dr. Henry Perkins         Gibson Lecturer for 2013

Baptism of Natalie Jane Hutton  by the Rev. Fred Edmonds

August 18         Rev. James Reisner

Celebration of Life Sunday

Vesper Services on Crystal Knoll
Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m.

July 21             Laura Millar

Special Music:  Yet to be determined

August 11         Rev. Pam Pendexter

Special Music:  Ernie Abel on bagpipes

Vesper services overlooking the beauty of Crystal Lake on a Sunday evening are planned on two occasions for this summer.  On July 21 and August 11, they will feature  music, prayer, and a brief meditation. Crystal Knoll is just above the Assembly Building.