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Thursday, Sep. 10:
Lou Haveman-
“Challenging Your Comfort Zone!”
From America to Africa; from Africa to the Appalachian Trail; across the USA,
from Sea to Sea, on bicycle; and back to Africa - for the sake of others.
Listen to Lou tell (and show) stories of his adventures and service that will
bring tears to our eyes and joy to our souls, while challenging our own comfort
zones.
(In the Chapel )
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Thursday,
Sep. 24:
Joanne Kuyvenhoven- “Stories from Sierra Leone”
Learning how to read and write in Sierra Leone is a hope challenged by some
tough realities. At the same time, it is supported by rich oral traditions and
many eager, clever and committed learners. In this part travelogue, part
storytelling, part academic presentation, Jo talks about her work for literacy teaching in Sierra Leone.
(In the Chapel Undercroft)
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Thursday, Oct. 8:
Rev. Ed Dobson-
“The Year of Living Like Jesus”
Ed Dobson has been living with ALS since the year 2001. Recently he set out
to try to live like Jesus for a year, including lifestyle as well as teachings,
an experience that affected him in deeply spiritual and unexpected ways. Rev.
Dobson will tell of that experience, an account that will also be available in
book form.
(In the Chapel)
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Thursday, Oct. 22
Jim Botting-
“Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk:
Twenty-five Years in the FBI”
Botting was a hostage negotiator at the Waco, Texas, standoff with David
Koresh; the Randy Weaver barricade in Ruby Ridge, Idaho; the hijacking of
Continental Flight 52; and many more major incidents. He tt hostage
negotiation techniques, SWAT tactics, officer survival, and crisis management
for many years. The title of his talk is also the title of his book.
(In the Chapel)
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Thursday, Nov. 5:
Hank Meijer-
“The Meijer Story: From Twente to
Twenty-Eighth Street"
Hendrik Meijer arrived in Hoboken with radical ideas, all right, but neither
he nor anyone else imagined that the little grocery store he opened in middle
age would beget an enterprise that radically altered the way people shop. This
is the story of one Dutch immigrant's most unlikely life and legacy.
(In the Chapel)
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Thursday, Nov. 19:
Is there still a place for Psalm-singing in worship?
Greg Scheer, Music
Associate at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, will discuss and
demonstrate how Psalm-songs through the ages can be creatively adapted to church
use today. He will lead the audience in singing a sampling of these as well as
his own setting of Psalm 78, "People of the Lord," which recently won the Calvin
09 international hymn contest
(In the Chapel)
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
CALL (THE CALVIN ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING)
AT 977-1792 OR 526-6142.
E-Mail: call@calvin.edu
 Sign language interpretation is available with 48-hour notice.
Please call 526-6142 for reservations.
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