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Your Calendars for the weekend of October 26-27, 2007!
Exploring the Wonder of the Creation
Featured speaker:
Dr. Ursula Goodenough
Spiritual Naturalism: Exploring the Wonder of Science and Evolution
Saturday morning, Oct. 27 - 9 am-12:30 pm
Upstairs Chapel - Southside Baptist Church
Dr. Ursula Goodenough is currently professor of biology at Washington
University in St. Louis. She earned her M.A. in zoology from Columbia
University and in 1969 she completed her Ph.D. at Harvard University.
Goodenough was the assistant and associate professor of biology at Harvard
from 1971-1978 Before moving to Washington University. She wrote three
editions of a widely adopted textbook, Genetics, and has served in numerous capacities in international biomedical arenas.
Goodenough joined the institute on Religion
in an Age of Science (IRAS) in 1989 arid served continuously on it’s
Council and as its president for four years. She has presented papers
and seminars on science and religion to numerous audiences, co-chaired
three IRAS conferences on star island, and serves on the editorial board
of Zygon:Journal of Religion and Science. Her best-selling
book, The
Sacred Depths of Nature, has resulted in her taking this concern
to dozens of college campuses in this country, participating in television
productions including PBS, as well as NPR radio broadcasting. A description
of Dr. Goodenough's biology research can be found here.
The Cosmic Walk
Guest speaker: Eleanor DelBene
Friday evening, October 26 - 7 pm
Fellowship Hall - Southside Baptist Church
Eleanor McKenzie DelBene, D. Min., has been in private practice in spiritual direction in Alabama since 1980.
Dr. DelBene’s work ministers to helping professionals, including pastoral counselors, educators, business persons,
full-time homemakers, artists, medical professionals, clergy, and therapists. Eleanor has an extensive background
in holistic health care education, and holds Doctor of Ministry degrees in Spiritual Direction and in
Creation Spirituality.
Eleanor will share The Cosmic Walk, a meditative reflection representing the proportionate story of the
14 billion year unfolding Universe. Eleanor has shared The Cosmic Walk in various settings throughout
the Southeast, in California, and in Ireland. She developed and facilitates Sacred Matters,
a nine-session journey into The Cosmic Story and the 14-billion-year evolutionary dynamics of the Universe.
Place (all events): Southside
Baptist Church ,
1016 19th St S., Birmingham, Alabama 35205, near Five Points
South in Birmingham. - To see a map locating the church, click here.
For out-of-towners, the Doubletree
Hotel on the corner of 8th Avenue
S. and 20th Street S. is within walking distance of Southside Baptist
Church.
Lectures:
~Lecture One (Friday, Oct.
26, 7:00 pm). The Cosmic Walk - Dr. DelBene
~ Lecture Two (Saturday, Oct. 27, 9:00 am). Spiritual
Naturalism: Exploring the Wonder of Science and Evolution - Dr.
Goodenough
~ Lecture Three (Saturday, Oct. 27, 11:00 am
- 12:30 pm): Spiritual Naturalism: Exploring the Wonder
of Science and Evolution - Dr.
Goodenough
As part of a celebration of seven years of operation
of SPAFER, and as a way of saying thanks to its members and
supporters, all three lectures will be free and open to the public!
Please note! Because the
lectures are free, we are asking attendees to bring canned goods
that will be donated to instituions serving the inner-city poor
in Birmingham.
So that we may plan for the reception to follow on Friday
evening, please register for the event by sending mail to the address
below stating which lectures you will attend and how many guests
you will bring.
Send mail here to register for the conference.
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