VUCA Series -Sunday Morning Adult Education
Crisis and Opportunity in a VUCA World
Adult Forum
Sundays 9-9:45 a.m. beginning September 20
The world is in crisis. The U. S. military describes this state with the acronym VUCA, --Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. The Chinese character for crisis is the same as that for opportunity. So, as ancient Chinese wisdom would have it, we live in a world of opportunity. Jesus expects us to seize this opportunity.
During the fall, parishioners and special guest speakers will share their perspectives on this emerging new world. Together we, as individuals and as a church, will listen, learn, discern, and discuss questions such as: What is happening in the world? What does the future look like? How will our organizations and institutions evolve? What do we need to do to prepare? What does the Church have to learn from the world? What does the Church have to offer the world? What can we do, as people of faith, to make the world a better place?
Childcare is provided in the nursery school wing from 8:45-11:15 a.m.
September 20 The Rev. Peter Walsh –Rector, St. Mark’s Church: “Introduction to the VUCA dialogue”
September 27 Alison Gruseke - Doctoral candidate in Old Testament/Yale: “VUCA in the Old Testament”
October 4 Teresa Ressel - CEO of UBS Securities, LLC.
October 11 The Rev. Peter Walsh – “The VUCA State of Religion in the World Today”
October 18 Stephen Roach - Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific, former Chief Economist: “Post-Crisis World: Angst or Opportunity?"
October 25 Matthew Seiler, CEO Universal McCann
November 1, Jamie Forese, Co-Head of Global Capital Markets for Citigroup, Inc.: "Banking in a VUCA Environment"
November 8 The Rt. Rev. James Curry, Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut
November 15 Jeffrey Fager, Executive Producer of 60 Minutes on CBS
November 22 Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo, Mad Dog Radio/Sirius XM Satellite Radio sports personality
December 6 Brandon Sweitzer, Senior Fellow & Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and former President of Marsh, Inc.
December 13 Dayton Ogden, CEO of Spencer Stuart, Executive Search
December 20 The Reverend Richard F. Grein, XIVth Bishop of New York (retired)
January 3 G. Warfield (Skip) Hobbs, founder and Managing Partner Ammonite Resources, Inc.
January 10 The Rev. Charles Robertson, Canon to the Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church (Presentation)
January 17 Lise Leist, 5th Grade teacher, King Low Heywood Thomas School
January 24 Gwen Reiss, Poet: "The Place of Poetry in a VUCA World"
January 31 Richard Thomas, Senior Director Capital Planning, Cornell Weill Medical Center: "Institutions as Microcosms of a VUCA World"
February 7 Heather Lauver, President and Founder of FutureSpec, "Leadership and Governance in an Era of Climate Change"
February 14 Philip D. Restifo, President and COO of Haveland Estates, LLC, a property investment and management concern presents, "Commercial Property - how the capital markets aided and abetted the greatest crash since the Great Depression."
April 18 Josh Hill, Director of Children's and Youth Ministries: “Easter: The Church’s Response to VUCA.”
April 25 Josh Hill - Part II
May 2 Jeffrey Fager, Executive Producer of 60 Minutes on CBS
May 16 Clif McFeely - Co-founder of FUTURE 5: "A VUCA World Through the Eyes of Low-Income, 'At-Risk' Teenagers."
May 23 Alison Gruseke - Doctoral candidate in Old Testament/Yale:“Disaster Recovery: Some Ancient Judean Strategies for Renewal and Restoration.”
June 6 The Reverend Richard F. Grein, XIVth Bishop of New York (retired) - Ecclesiology
June 13 Father Peter
