The Rev. Allen Ewing-Merrill is scheduled to be Lewiston/Auburn Senior College’s next Food For Thought speaker, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, via Zoom.

Ewing-Merrill serves as executive director of The BTS Center in Portland which seeks to catalyze spiritual imagination, with enduring wisdom, for transformative faith leadership, according to a news release from the college.

Originally from midcoast Maine, Ewing-Merrill is a graduate of the University of Maine and of Boston University School of Theology, and he is continuing his studies in a Doctor of Ministry program through Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

He has served as a pastor for more than 20 years, and has extended his work to include experience in advocacy, direct action, and faith-based organizing around issues of social justice. A favorite quotation he often uses comes from environmentalist Gus Speth: “The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy.”

Ewing-Merrill will talk about the spiritual roots of the climate crisis and the work The BTS Center is doing to advance a spiritual response.

To attend this free presentation and discussion, email laseniorcollege@gmail.com by noon Thursday, March 10, and include their name and the name of the registered program.

An email with the link will be sent on the morning of the event.

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