Our class meets in room 235 in the Education wing of Evangel Temple.


Fall Session 2023

This season, we will explore a variety of topics. Doug Olena will introduce the January and February 2024 reading of That Hideous Strength and AI and the Church. And then the class will be reading Cheryl Bridges Johns book, Re-Enchanting the Text. Finally during Advent we will read, Advent: The Season of Hope (The Fullness of Time: A Journey Through the Church Year) by Trish Harrison Warren.

Date Instructor Topic
September 3 Party at Panera 9 am, Panera on Battlefield across from the mall.
September 10 Doug Olena Introduction to reading C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength for January.
Wikipedia This has Weston’s speech and Ransom’s translation to the Oyarsa.
Notes
September 17 Doug Olena Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and the Church for February.
Handout 1Handout 2
Presentation
September 24 Don Tosh Science and Faith
Slides
October 1 Marty Mittelstadt Introducing Re-Enchanting the Text by Cheryl Bridges Johns
October 8 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
October 15 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
October 22 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
October 29 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
November 5 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
November 12 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
November 19 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
November 26 Volunteer Re-Enchanting the Text
December 3 Marty Mittelstadt Advent: The Season of Hope (The Fullness of Time: A Journey Through the Church Year) by Trish Harrison Warren.
December 10 Marty Mittelstadt Advent: The Season of Hope
December 17 Marty Mittelstadt Advent: The Season of Hope
December 24 Marty Mittelstadt Advent: The Season of Hope
December 31 Party at Panera Panera on Battlefield across from the mall, 9 am.

Winter Session 2024

This January, we will look at one book in C. S. Lewis' space trilogy. Doug Olena will hold a conversation about the story and implications of That Hideous Strength. In February, Doug Olena will guide us through an introduction to Artificial Intelligence, the next revolution and how it relates to the Church and us as individual believers.

Date Instructor Topic
January 7 Doug Olena That Hideous Strength
January 14 Doug Olena That Hideous Strength
January 21 Doug Olena That Hideous Strength
January 28 Doug Olena That Hideous Strength
February 4 Doug Olena Artificial Intelligence and the Church, the future is upon us.
February 11 Doug Olena Artificial Intelligence and the Church, the future is upon us.
February 18 Doug Olena Artificial Intelligence and the Church, the future is upon us.
February 25 Doug Olena Artificial Intelligence and the Church, the future is upon us.