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Guest Speaker Series

Each fall, St. Paul congregation hosts a community-wide Guest Speaker Series, bringing persons of national stature to the Quad Cities for learning in the faith. This event reflects St. Paul’s mission to serve as a learning center for our people and the community.

2010 speaker Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the most significant name in America today to speak on environmental issues and shifting populations. He’s coming to St. Paul for the Fall 2010 Guest Speaker Series on Sunday, Oct. 17.

Watch for McKibben’s books on global warming, carbon footprint, and local economies in the Book Corner.

2009 speaker: Mark Allan Powell

In October 2009, Mark Allan Powell joined the people of St. Paul in a learning adventure on spirituality.

Powell is professor of New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, and author of over 25 books — including Loving Jesus, available in the Book Corner.

2008 speaker: Listen to the lecture

In November 2008, St. Paul congregation welcomed Rabbi Brad Hirschfield. He spoke on the theme of his important book: You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith without Fanaticism The book continues to be available in the Book Corner.

Listen to the 2008 Lecture:

An impressive line-up

Over the years, Quad-Citians have met renowned authors through St. Paul’s Guest Speaker Series:

1999: Martin E. Marty
2000: Lewis B. Smedes
2001: Dorothy Bass
2002: Tony Campolo
2003: Gerald Sittser
2004: Ann Weems
2005: Craig Barnes
2006: Greg Jones
2007: Tom Long
2008: Brad Hirschfield
2009: Mark Allan Powell

"The theology of the incarnation mandates that you must place yourself in what you want to redeem." ~Alexie Torres-Fleming