Platform: German Freethought Communities in Missouri by Dorris Keeven-Franke
With the age of Enlightenment, came reason, spreading across Europe, reaching Germany. With the Napoleonic wars had come oppression, famine, chaos; and when the military campaigns ended, Germans were faced with an even more horrific struggle – for freedom. The Universities were filled with young men engulfed in that battle, where they learned Latin by daylight, yet studied democracy secretly by lamplight. A dream emerged, born of the oppression, fueled by repression, for a place where all Germans could raise families, educate their children, and live a life free from fear. When rationalism arrived in the far western states of North America, those ideals took shape in talks in crude cabins and traveled the countryside on broadsheets and books – and freethought was born on the Missouri frontier.
11 a.m. Auditorium.
Platform Music: Community and Chorus with Marcia Hansen
Colloquy: A guided meditation and discussion on a topic that changes weekly.
9:45 a.m. Boardroom.
Forum: Exploring Ethical Humanism: Liberal Religion. What is liberal religion and how does religious humanism fits into its ongoing development? by Kate Lovelady, Leader
9:45 a.m. Hanke Room.
Sunday School:
10 a.m. until noon
Ethical Mindfulness Meditation:
8 – 9:30 a.m. The Foyer.
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