The Rev. Mihee Kim-Kort will be our guest preacher and lead a conversation time after worship on Sunday, December 8. She is a Presbyterian minister, agitator, speaker, writer, and slinger of hopeful stories about faith and church. Her writing and commentary can be found at TIME, BBC World Service, USA Today, Huffington Post, Christian Century, On Being, Sojourners, and Faith […]
On Tuesday, November 19, we will welcome Mark Reasoner, Ph.D. to our next meeting of Doubters & Skeptics. Reasoner was born in Tokyo, Japan, where he lived through high school. He taught biblical studies and humanities at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN from 1988 until 2010. Since 2010 he has been teaching Scripture courses at Marian University in Indianapolis. […]
Dr. Scott Shoemaker will be our speaker at Pub Theology on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 p.m. at Green Street Pub in Brownsburg. All are warmly welcome! A member of the Miami Nation of Indiana, Shoemaker is a leading figure in the study and recovery of the Miami language and preservation of the traditional art of Miami ribbon work. He […]
Hello, Village People! This November, Good Sam’s is celebrating all that we, by the grace of God, accomplished in 2019, and we are preparing for even more ministry in 2020. Our celebration theme this year is: It Takes a Village! Building on the wisdom of the African proverb, we believe that It Takes A Village to raise a child, to […]
Ready to take the next step in our Growing Courageous Neighbors work? We invite you to our Implicit Bias Training on Saturday, November 9 at Harris Academy from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Implicit bias is something we all have. This workshop examines what it is, how it differs from overt bias, how to recognize our own, and how we […]
Share your bounty by bringing a fresh or frozen ham or a frozen turkey to church for our partners at the Brownsburg Community School Corporation Food Pantry to distribute for Thanksgiving. We will be collecting the turkeys and hams from Sunday, November 3 to Sunday, November 17. We have a goal of 50 to reach! If you have questions, please […]
A place where there is a lot of freedom to ask difficult questions about faith without judgement, our Doubters and Skeptics group is a time for conversation and exploration. Stump the Professor: “Everything you ever wanted to ask a scholar about the New Testament but never had the chance!” Our next Doubters & Skeptics gathering will be from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on […]
Good Sam’s is hosting a Multicultural Music Workshop featuring Ana Hernandez on Saturday, November 2 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Harris Academy in Brownsburg. In this workshop, we will practice deep listening to facilitate relationships across lines of difference, find/build our collective voice, and enable us to step into the flow of the larger community. Learn to play together and […]
We’re preparing a book of Advent and Christmas meditations written by and for Good Samaritans, and we want to include your favorite holiday short story! Join us for a writer’s workshop with lunch at 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 13, where you will be able to brainstorm and write your short story all in just over an hour. So we […]
Pub Theology meets on Tuesday, October 15 at 6:00 p.m. at Green Street Pub in Brownsburg (911 N. Green Street). The Rev. Winterbourne LaPucelle Harrison-Jones will be our guest this month. Harrison-Jones is a scholar, author, ecclesial leader, and distinguished churchman out of the lineage of Dr. William Augustus Jones, Dr. James Forbes, Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson and Dr. Howard […]