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Our Platform Address
From the first Sunday after Labor Day through mid-June, they are held at 11 AM. During the summer, our program is more varied, but we usually start at 10:30 AM. Our thought-provoking platform addresses cover a wide range of subjects relating to ethics in modern life.
Our speakers offer thoughts related to the philosophy of humanism or share their experiences and commitments in the struggle to foster peace, justice, economic fairness and racial and religious harmony.
The Ethical Culture Leader of Bergen County speaks on the first Sunday of each month, occasionally on the differences between Ethical Culture and other religious movements. Sometimes our meetings take the form of interviews or group discussions. Three times a year, special celebrations are held in conjunction with the children of the Sunday School. Babysitting is available for infants and toddlers too young to sample our Sunday School.
Music, small discussions, coffee and socializing are also important elements of our Sunday morning experience.
If you would like to sample our programs before visiting (or if you are too far to visit) you may also choose from a large selection of audio tapes available for a nominal fee. Call (201) 836-5187 for more information or send us an email at [email protected].
The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County welcomes people of all races, ethnic origins, religious backgrounds, and sexual orientations. The Society has a barrier-free front entrance.
Does History Have Any Meaning?
By William C. Heffernan Thank you so much for your kind introduction. And thanks to the Bergen Society for inviting me back. By my calculation, fifteen years have passed since […]
Can Ethical Culture Help You in a Time of Personal Crisis?
By Marc Bernstein Few in this room believe in a God who answers our prayers. Probably no one believes in an afterlife that will redress our suffering here on earth. […]
Free Will: The Last Great Lie
Robert Gulack assembles all the available evidence, which has piled higher and higher in the last 100 years, to refute the notion of free will.
Minister In Chief: George W Bush
By Dr. Joseph Chuman The Evangelization of America In 1962, when organized prayer was banned from the public schools, hordes of clergymen and politicians cursed out the Supreme Court for […]
The Passionate Humanism of Paul Wellstone
As Ethical Culturists we are idealists. We look at the way the world is and imagine how is might be; indeed, how it ought to be. When we apply this […]