“Unity within Diversity: Myth or Reality?” with Archbishop Elias Chacour
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center. Please note – the location of this webcast is at the NCRESA building, 4747 W. 48th St., directly across the parking lot from the Dogwood Center.
As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a small Palestinian village in Galilee. The twonspeople were proud of their ancient Christian heritage and lived a peace with their Jewish neighbors. But in 1948 and 1949, their idyllic lifestyle was swept away as tens of thouseands of Palestinians were killed and nearly one million were forced into refugee camps.
As an exile in his native land, Elias began a years-long struggle with his love for the jewish people and the world’s misunderstanding of his own people, the Palestinians. He is convicted by the haunting words of the Man of Galilee: “Blessed are the Peacemakers”.
Father Chacour has become an ambassador for non-violence. He has a vision and passion to build peace through education and is the founder of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions, open to all the children of Israel; Jewish, Christian, and Muslim. He has recieved many international peace awards and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on three occasions. He is the author of Blood Brothers and We Belong to this Land. Father Cacour is the Archbishop of the Melkite Catholic Church in Haifa, Israel.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at NCRESA building from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Foundation at 231.924.5350 at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors open at 12 noon.
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January 19 – January Series of Calvin College – Immaculee Ilibagiza – 12:30 p.m.
“Left to Tell:Â A Story of Forgiveness in Rwanda” with Immaculee Ilibagiza
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center. Please note – the location of this webcast is at the NCRESA building, 4747 W. 48th St., directly across the parking lot from the Dogwood Center. Â
Immaculee is a native of Rwanda and was a college student at the National University of Rwanda in 1994 when her life trasformed dramatically during the Rwanda genocide. She and seven other women huddled silently together in a cramped bathroom of a local pastor’s house for 91 days! During this horrific ordeal Immaculee lost most of her family but survived to share her story and her miraculous transition into forgiveness and a profound relationship with God.
She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Left to Tell and the follow up story Led by Faith. She has appeared on 60 Minutes and has been featured on CNN, EWTN, Aljazeera, and many other domestic and international networks. Immaculee was also recently featured in Michael Collopy’s Architects of Peace, a project which includes Mother Teresa, Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the NCRESA building from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Foundation at 231.924.5350 at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors open at 12 noon.
January 12 – January Series of Calvin College – Burl Cain – 12:30 p.m.
“Moral Rehabilitation in an Immoral Environment” with Burl Cain
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center. Please note – the location of this webcast is at the NCRESA building, 4747 W. 48th St., directly across the parking lot from the Dogwood Center.
Burl Cain is the Prison Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. His steadfast rejection of a “lock’em up and throw away the key” mentality can be seen in the progressive, compassionate programs and sound correctional procedures he has implemented.
The hallmark of his remarkable administration is his relentless efforts to help each inmate discover value and purpose in his life, to experience true freedom of the soul. His story is a story of hope and transformation in America’s bloodiest prison. He is the subject of the book Cain’s Redemption.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the NCRESA building from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Foundation at 231.924.5350 at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors open at 12 noon.
January 25 – January Series of Calvin College – Kimberly Dozier – 12:30 p.m.
“Breathing the Fire:Â Reflections of a Foreign News Correspondent” with Kimberly Dozier
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Kimberly Dozier, a CBS foreign news correspondent and best-selling author, has reported extensively from locations around the world. Her assignements have included the was in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the crisis and refugee exodus in the Balkens, the Northern Ireland peace process, and the Khobar barracks bombing in Dhahran among others.
On Memorial Day 2006 while covering a story in Baghdad, Dozier become a victim of a car bombing. Her fellow reporters, as well as an Army captain and Iraqi translator were killed. The only survivor, Dozier was seriously wounded, recovering only after multiple sugeries and seemingly endless months of physiotherapy. She recounts the journey to full recovery in her powerful, best-selling memoir Breathing Fire: Fighting to Report and Survive the War in Iraq. She currently reports from the White House, delivering the latest news on the Obama administration and new foreign policy developments.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast in the Dogwood Center’s Black Box from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Fremont Area Community Foundation, 231.924.5350, at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors to the Black Box open at 12 noon.
January 22 – January Series of Calvin College – George Ayittey – 12:30 p.m.
“African Solutions for African Problems” with George Ayittey
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Ayittey is a Ghanaian economist at American University, a recognized authority on Africa and Economic Development, and the author of the influential book Africa Unchained. He has coined the term “the Hippo and Cheetah generations” referring to the old and new African elites.
He focuses on bottom-up economics through “Cheetah Enterprises” – projects starting at the grassroots level that enable Africans to improve their quality of life. Ayittey speaks passionately about empowering Africans to take back Africa.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast in the Dogwood Center’s Black Box from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Fremont Area Community Foundation, 231.924.5350, at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors to the Black Box open at 12 noon.
January 21 – January Series of Calvin College – Max McLean – 12:30 p.m.
“From Screwtape to the Gospels:Â A Life of Faith in the Theatre” with Max McLean
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
McLean’s one-man dramatic production of C.S. Lewis’ classic The Screwtape Letters has been sold out to audiences over the last year and wowed critics in New York, Washington D.C., and most recently in Chicago. The National Review said McLean was “both charming and gruesome… an outstanding piece of work.”
He has recorded three audio versions of the Listener’s Bible. He also host the daily radio program Listen to the Bible, which airs on over 670 affiliates worldwide. McLean is the founder of Fellowship for the Performing Arts. For this presentation he will perform sections of Genesis, Mark’s Gospel and The Screwtape Letters.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast in the Dogwood Center’s Black Box from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Fremont Area Community Foundation, 231.924.5350, at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors to the Black Box open at 12 noon.
January 20 – January Series of Calvin College – Richard De Vos, Sr. – 12:30 p.m.
“Ten Phrases” with Richard De Vos, Sr.
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
A renowned speaker, Rich De Vos has appeared before hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. His recorded talk, “Selling America”, recieved the Alexander Hamilton Award for Economic Education from the Freedom’s Foundation.
De Vos has written four books: BELIEVE!, Compassionate Capitalism, Hope From My Heart: Ten Lessons for Life and most recently Ten Powerful Phrases for Powerful People. He is the co-founder of Amway Corporation and chairman of the NBA Orlando Magic.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast in the Dogwood Center’s Black Box from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Fremont Area Community Foundation, 231.924.5350, at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors to the Black Box open at 12 noon.
January 18 – January Series of Calvin College – Soong Chan Rah – 12:30 p.m.
“The Next Evangelicalism & the Changing Face of American Christians” with Soong Chan Rah
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Soong Chan Rah is the Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. He is the author of The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity (IVP, 2009).Â
Rah served as the founding senior pastor of the Cambridge Community Fellowship Church, a multi-ethnic, urban, post-modern generation church in the Central Square neighborhood of Cambridge, MA. He currently serves on the boards of Sojourners and the Catalyst Leadership Center. In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. day, he will be speaking on the vision for the multi-cultural church.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast in the Dogwood Center’s Black Box from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Fremont Area Community Foundation, 231.924.5350, at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors to the Black Box open at 12 noon.
January 8 – January Series of Calvin College – Harvey Carey- 12:30 p.m.
“Green Prosperity” with Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins regrettfully had to cancel to due illness.
“Against All Odds” with Harvey Carey
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Carey is the founder and senior pastor of Citadel of Faith Covenant Church, a congregation of 800 in Detroit. Located in one of the poorest zip codes in America, Citadel of Faith is committed to providing real solutions for people and communities in distress.
Pastor Carey serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit providing social services, housing, and enrichment activities for youth and children.
Carey, who grew up in the projects of southside Chicago, is an exceptional communicator, widely known for his ability to communicate the transforming truth of God’s word.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast in the Dogwood Center’s Black Box from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Fremont Area Community Foundation at 231.924.5350 at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors to the Black Box open at 12 noon.
January 15 – January Series of Calvin College – Jimmy Wales – 12:30 p.m.
“Democracy and the Internet” with Jimmy Wales
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Wales is the founder of Wikipedia, one of the most ten most visited web sites in the world. He is a U.S. internet entrepreneur and wiki pioneer, was ranked 12th by the Forbes Magazine in their first annual “Web Celeb 25” list and named on of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”. In 2007, the World Economic Forum recognized Wales as one of its “Young Global Leaders”.Â
Wales predicts that the internet will democratize developing countries by making the world “flat”, opening markets, promoting cultural understanding, and giving developing nations the resources they need to compete in the 21st century.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast in the Dogwood Center’s Black Box from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. A free lunch is available to those who RSVP the Fremont Area Community Foundation, 231.924.5350, at least 24 hours ahead.
Admission is free. Doors to the Black Box open at 12 noon.