This Sunday’s speaker explores the case for optimism and its relationship to Unitarian Universalist principles.

Hal Midgette is a long-time member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbus. He is retired from two careers—the first as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and the second as a high school science teacher in Columbus. In his presentation he’ll describe evidence for the case that there is a “positive direction” in the evolution of humanity. He’ll also explore how the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism align well with that positive direction. “I’m an optimist,” he says.

It promises to be a lively talk, followed by an even livelier question-and-answer session.

Here are the rest of Sunday’s activities:

9:30 a.m. Adult Religious Education: “How Did Jesus Become God?” A continuing series led by Rick Spradlin.
9:30 a.m. UU Singers practice. (Join us. It’s fun.)
10:30 a.m. Coffee and conversation before the service. (And after!)
10:45 a.m. Sunday Service. This week’s talk: “The UU Path: Fireflies in the Dark.” (See above.)
10:50 a.m. The kids join us for the first few minutes of the service, which usually includes a children’s story. Then they adjourn to a classroom for their own activities. This Sunday it will be a class on “Science and Religion” led by Emily Jones.

Childcare is available from 9:30 a.m. until noon.