Granny’s Box Stories
We welcome back our own Lara Jackson as we celebrate grandmothers during Women’s History Month. We’ll also enjoy the dulcimer music of Mountain Fretters.
Topic: Family
A Season of Loss
Our guest speaker and musician Rob Lytle will discuss our very human emotional reactions to the loss of friends and loved ones and our struggle to find meaning.
Spirit of the Southern Appalachians
Join us as we celebrate the heritage of our Region — the Southern Appalachians and the Great Smoky Mountains — in song and story. We’ll watch two stories from The Appalachian Storyteller and Cira will join us to play mountain music on mandolin, banjo and Appalachian dulcimer. We’ll also have a blessing of the backpacks … Continue reading Spirit of the Southern Appalachians
Wisdom of the Elder
The duo Reckless Saints joins us for message and music — Stories, wisdom and history of Nana, AKA Margarethe Schneider.
Beyond Tradition: Redefining Motherhood and Family
We are thrilled to welcome our speaker, Julie Morey, who will share her inspiring journey of redefining motherhood and celebrating the diversity of family structures in our society.
Summers on West Rogers Street
Trees, roots and ancestors; the seen and unseen connections that nourish our relationships with one another, to the earth, and the world around us.” A resident of Maryland, Annette is no stranger to Franklin. Her PopPop was Forest Ranger John Wasilik Jr. in Macon County. Her dad, Jack Wasilik, graduated from Franklin HS. As a child, Annette and her … Continue reading Summers on West Rogers Street
Father’s Day
Fatherhood from the perspective of a son who is also a father. Rod MacDonald will speak and sing about what he has learned from his father and his children. Listen to I’m your Dad
Yellow and Blue Makes Green
Join us to celebrate both Mother’s Day and AAPI month. What’s it like growing up green in America? Green? Yes, half Asian and half true-blue American. Mix yellow with blue and you get green, the color of aliens. But looking more American than Asian allows one to have a front row seat to racism without … Continue reading Yellow and Blue Makes Green
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Looking into the soul of baseball, and the lessons it can teach us Watch this service: https://youtu.be/2HJDeLWbUnY