Program

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Our topic to consider and discuss this week will be a continuation of our topic for the last few weeks regarding our openess (or lack thereof) to those with strong religious beliefs. We'll continue to work toward forming a program to present to the larger group on February 22nd.

We'll share our thoughts, and figure out what our next topic will be after this. As always, come with an open mind, and an open heart.

Lake Fellowship welcomes back, speaker J. Drake Hamilton. J. Drake Hamilton is the Science Policy Director at the nonprofit organization Fresh Energy Minnesota is on a clean energy path that is creating thousands of jobs and protecting human health and natural resources while cutting carbon pollution that causes global warming. But our work is not done. Join J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director at Fresh Energy, to learn more about historic opportunities Minnesota has to make big strides in clean energy in 2015.

Our speaker today is Molly Friedenfeld. Her topic today is titled Goodness, Honor, Love & the Golden Rule: Creating Your Project of Light

Our speaker today will be Alberto Monserrate, CEO and Co-founder of NewPublica. Alberto will speak to us today about immigration policy, how it impacts Minnesota and how people can get involved.

Our guest speaker today will be David Jones. The topic of his program is "Prohibition: A Grand Misadventure"

Our guest speaker today is Terry Forliti. She'll be speaking with us about her work with the group Breaking Free. Breaking Free was established in October 1996, by Vednita Carter, Founder and Executive Director, as a non-profit organization serving women and girls involved in systems of abuse, exploitation, and prostitution/sex trafficking.

For more information about this group, visit their web site at: www.breakingfree.net.

Dr. Gina Moseley will present to us the scope and purpose of her upcoming project to collect samples from caves in Northeast Greenland.

Gina Mosely is a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Gina studies important periods in our Earth’s climate history, such as the melting of the last ice age. Understanding these past periods of rapid climate change is important because it helps us better predict future climate change.

We invite you (and those you know) to join us this Sunday for another discussion.

Dan Larson will present a TED Talk video, and moderate a discussion afterward. The talk we'll see is given by journalist, Glenn Greenwald, titled "Why Privacy Matters." You may watch the video ahead of time if you like via the following link:

https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters#t-992305

This Sunday, we invite everyone to share their passions with the group in an informal show and tell discussion. What's a passion? Anything you do, or have done in the past that adds good to the world, even in the smallest of ways. From raking yards for neighbors, to calling local representatives to promote social justice; from volunteering at a school, to tending a garden that brings smiles to passersby; from devoting your career to helping those who cannot help themselves, to holding a door for a stranger. These are all good things that are worthy of sharing.