February 16:

Devine Carama, director of One Lexington, will talk about the group’s new initiatives to forward its mission of reducing youth gun violence in our city. Recently, featured on Good Morning American and the Jennifer Hudson Show, Carama is a nationally renowned and Emmy Award-winning hip-hop artist, motivational speaker, author, activist, and founder and director of a youth-focused nonprofit called Believing in Forever, Inc.

February 23: No Forum

March 2:

Second’s own Robert Chirwa is recently back from a Pretoria, South Africa, where he was a Fulbright scholar teaching a yearlong course on machine learning at Tshwane University of Technology. Chirwa, who serves as a Deacon at Second, is a computer science professor at Bluegrass Community and Technical College. He will talk about his experience there.

March 9:

Second’s Tom Harris, who is on the board of the 250Lex commission, will talk about the city’s celebration of the 250th year of its founding. Harris is vice president for university relations at UK and a was recently acting vice president of philanthropy and alumni engagement.

March 16:

Bluegrass Greensource Home Energy Efficiency Workshop. Join us in exploring the current energy landscape, gain practical experience with a home energy audit kit, and discover easy DIY improvements that can help you decrease energy usage and lower utility bills.

March 23:

“And Still We Rise: Women’s Suffrage and Beyond. On this last Sunday in Women’s History Month, please join us in a presentation and discuss led by Second Presbyterian member Linda Levstik of the historical challenges facing women who fought for the vote and beyond.

March 30: No Forum (Youth Sunday, One Service at 11:00 am)

April 6:

Will Powers is currently the policy director for the Kentucky Student Voice team helping lead the Rose Revival campaign. Citing what it calls “Kentucky’s rapidly declining standard of education,” Student Voice is suing the state for failing to provide “an adequate and equitable education.” Powers is a graduate of Occidental College, where he studied diplomacy and world affairs and graduated as an Obama Scholar. He has worked for the Brookings Institution, Blue Haven Initiative, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee advancing social impact through policy making.

April 13: No Forum (Palm Sunday, One Service at 11:00 am)

April 20: No Forum (Easter Sunday)

April 27:

Dr. Mary L. Witt, who was instrumental in the founding of the Lexington Arboretum, served as its interim director for two years and remains very active with it. Dr. Witt was the first woman hired as a cooperative extension specialist in the UK College of Agriculture in Horticulture. She and husband Bill were the 2020 recipients of the William E. Lyons Award, given by UK’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and the Dept. of Political Science, for outstanding service to UK, the community or the state. Mary will talk about the arboretum’s mission and news.

May 4:

(Last day of children’s Sunday School) – Readers’ Theatre with Angene Wilson.