Do you have a desire to change the world and grow your soul by sharing some of your professional expertise and/or enthusiasm for FSC's tradition of reaching out to our community?

The Duncan Littlefair Great Speakers Series is looking for people who would like to help in creating exciting thought-provoking events here in West Michigan.  We will be hosting an annual series of presentations, including philosophers, performers, artists, and educators, who will offer a spiritual and challenging perspective of the world and our relationship to it.  Not only do we want to share the new ideas of our age, as FSC has done for over a century, but we hope to introduce those outsiders who seek this kind of inquiry and insight to our wonderful church.  We want them to wonder "what is this place all about?" and come back to learn more.  80% of our members came here as a result of events like this.

The DLGSS has some BIG ideas and we're seeking all kinds of expertise.....lawyers to help with contracts, advertising and marketing professionals, fundraisers, and just plain enthusiastic folks who want to help make this and FSC a big part of what makes Grand Rapids and West Michigan the "cool place" that it is!

Stop in and give us your name and tell us of your interest and/or talents.  This is a great way to make new friends and to help the Church.  We look forward to welcoming you! 

Building on the FSC history of bringing thinkers for over 120 years, the DLGSS will continue this tradition and expand its program in the coming years!

Further details on events can be found on our website, www.greatspeakersgr.org, and in future Church publications.

HISTORY OF GREAT SPEAKERS AT FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH

Susan B. Anthony
Winston Churchill
William Jennings Bryan
Eleanor Roosevelt
Clarence Darrow
Helen Keller
Arthur Vandenberg
Linus Pauling
Walter Rauschenbusch
Helen Thomas
Arnold Toynbee
Ralph Bunche
Henry Nelson Wieman
Paul Tillich
Margaret Sanger
Malcom X
Prince William of Sweden
Francis Townsend
Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
Lyman Abbott
Robert M. LaFollette
David Starr Jordan
Senator Carl Levin
Harry Golden
Rev. Sloan Coffin
Bishop James Pike
Rabbi Sherwin Wine
Sidney J. Harris
Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
Robert Bly
Robert Frost
Stokely Carmichael
Paul Erlich
Dale Carnegie
Joseph Campbell
Bayard Ruskin
Gloria Steinem
Amelia Earhart
Norman Vincent Peale
Harry Golden
Gerald R. Ford
Ashley Montagu
J. Herman Randall Sr.
Thomas Moore
Julian Bond
Dick Gregory
Margaret Mead
Lowell Thomas
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Forrest Church
Norman Thomas
Mel Trotter
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Michael Moore
Alan Watts
Molly Ivins
Richard Leakey
Amy Goodman
UN Ambassador George McGovern
Alden Dow
Harlow Shapley
Jim Hightower
Louis Leakey
Kreskin
Wendell Berry
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Eugene O’Neill
Irshad Manji
Kweisi Mfume
Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland
John Hockenberry
Sarah Susanka
Jim Wallis