The American war in Vietnam ended 38 years ago. For more than 20 of those years Madison Quakers, Inc. has been funding and facilitating humanitarian projects in Quang Ngai province. These projects include micro-credit programs in sixteen villages, including My Lai, which have provided more than 3,000 loans to poor women to start small businesses.
Join us for an open-topic discussion today, with the added facet of dialogue practice. Lake Fellowship member, Laurie Gauer will guide the group in dialoguing practice so that we actively listen, pause to think, and then respond thoughtfully to one another.
The stress of poor communication leads to mistakes, misunderstandings,conflict,  confrontations…all because people think they arecommunicating well when they are not.  Cooperation and teamworkdeteriorate; leadership goes astray, and tension rises.
Join us for a discussion of current events, moderated by Les Kraus. Topics will include the US involvement in Syria, the legalization of same-sex marriage in MN, and any other topics by popular vote if time allows. Study your facts and come prepared to support your opinion, or just come to enjoy a rousing debate.
Alaska may seem far from Minnesota but we are all part of the same ecosystem that makes up our planet.  One example is the migratory birds that travel from Alaska to the rest of the U.S. and beyond.  A second and more dramatic issue is climate change and the fact that the Arctic regions have warmed up twice as fast. Alaska may seem far from Minnesota but we are all part of the same ecosystem that makes up our planet. One example is the migratory birds that travel from Alaska to the rest of the U.S.
Once again Jo and Lee Hermann have graciously opened their beautiful home on Christmas Lake for our Lake Fellowship annual summer extravaganza!
As in past years, there will be plenty of activities: volleyball (land or lake), bocce ball, ping pong, water-skiing, swimming, board games, visiting, resting, eating, etc...
Plan to arrive anytime after 11 a.m.; we'll start the buffet at about noon and snack all day. Please bring a dish to share and your own beverages (coffee and orange juice will be provided).
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The Lake Fellowship congregation will not meet again until the fall. Please visit the Web site (www.lakefellowship.org) for updates and invitations to summer activities.
This marks our final formal gathering of the season. We'll start things off with a play performed by the kids of our religious-education class, then move to a talent show open to anyone and everyone, and we'll conclude with a potluck cookout. Bring your smile, your talent, a dish to share and something to grill.
Many of us work in or with the non-profit sector and struggle with the paradox of raising funds for our causes without spending a lot on "overhead." Today, we'll watch a recently taped TED talk by Dan Pallotta who has been in the trenches of the non-profit world for several decades and has a revolutionary goal to rock how we think of non-profits and charity causes. Matthew Tift and Marnie Karger will introduce the talk and lead a post-talk group discussion.
We all make ethical decisions. But when doing so, what guides our decision-making? Many people think it is the values and formative events that we have experienced in thegeneration in which we grew up. This session will explore how differences in values andformative events of Baby Boomers, GenXers and Millennials affect their ethical decision-making.