Lake Fellowship warmly welcomes Jennifer Labadie, Shorewood City Mayor. Jennifer's presentation will be about stress and emotional burnout relating to the political scene of the United States and the upcoming 2024 election. She will talk about how people can alleviate stress and frustration that will surely be felt by all as the November 2024 election draws closer.
Lake Fellowship welcomes Rev. Dr. Qiyamah Rahman, who will be joining us via Zoom for this program.
“If the surviving lions don’t tell the stories, the hunters will get all the credit.” - African Proverb
“Perhaps the biggest challenge we face when accessing information is confronting our biases before we are able to unpack the opinions and insights of other people. Often these biases are unconscious or implicit, meaning we might not even be aware we have them.” --Jacquelyn Whiting
What we remember often differs from what actually happened, but how do we know? Lake Fellowship alum and current Augsburg University student, Leah Tift, will guide a discussion through the example of housing in the United States to reexamine our assumptions of history in order to better serve the present.
In this presentation, Leah will distill ideas about history, memory, and the burden of awareness from from scholarly books such as:
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We live in a time of polarization and social isolation that is both of our own making and exerted upon us by forces outside of our control. Social media has exacerbated this in ways we are struggling to reconcile.
Finding common ground requires openness. Agreeing to be honest and open isn't the same as agreeing on a single topic. Changing someone's mind doesn't happen in real time.
Lake Fellowship member Marnie Karger will lead a program exploring May's theme of The Gift of Pluralism. More information to come.
In this program, Lake Fellowship member Marnie Karger will lead us through an exploration of identity and interdependence -- the three-way intersection of where I stop, where you begin, and where we coexist. We’ll welcome our egos to the conversation as we discover the “we” in you and me.
Join Lake Fellowship member Marnie Karger for a program exploring March's theme of The Gift of Transformation. We'll share stories of transformations in our lives, big and small, unwelcome and long-awaited, one-time and on-going, and focus on how, through change, acceptance, and reflection, we continue to grow as works in progress.
Lake Fellowship member Marnie Karger will lead a program exploring February's theme of The Gift of Justice & Equity. This program will attempt to define and explore these terms in the context of America's ever-widening wealth gap. Marnie promises a spirited and interactive activity, with plenty of time for reflection and discussion. Participants will be invited to place their egos and judgements of one another aside, as dissent and disagreement will be engaged!
Lake Fellowship member Marnie Karger will lead a program exploring January's theme of The Gift of Liberating Love. We'll look at some definitions of "Liberating Love," ask why we need it, discover how we might act with it, and finally, look into what the "Gift" part might mean. This program will invite discussion, and will also include a short video and slideshow.