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Old Calendar Items and Past Event Announcements

This page is an archive of old Calendar items that are now history: the past is always present! Some may possibly be useful for reference, so we'll keep them around here for a while.

Calendar of Past Events

Note: this calendar is in reverse chronological order: the most recent items are at the top!

March 2002
Friday
29 Mar 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
No Meeting! This is Good Friday.
Wednesday
27 Mar 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
27 Mar 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
22 Mar 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Merritt Maduke (cellular physiology)
Wednesday
20 Mar 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
20 Mar Feb 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
15 Mar 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Gerry Keane (sports medicine)
Wednesday
13 Mar 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: discussion of of Yancey's book, Soul Survivor, Chapter 4
Wednesday
13 Mar Feb 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
8 Mar 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Roland Allen (undergrad admissions)
Wednesday
6 Mar 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
6 Mar Feb 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
1 Mar 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Paul Hensleigh (Ob-Gyn)
February 2002
Wednesday
27 Feb 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
27 Feb 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: Art Boyer leads, reading from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 16
Friday
22 Feb 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Jeff Strnad (law)
Wednesday
20 Feb 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
20 Feb 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
15 Feb 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: John Bravman (materials science, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education)
Wednesday
13 Feb 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: discussion of of Yancey's book, Soul Survivor, Chapter 4
Wednesday
13 Feb 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
8 Feb 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Stephen Bailey (physics)
Wednesday
6 Feb 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Meeting Postponed! (until next week)
Wednesday
6 Feb 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: Hannah Valentine (cardiology) leads in reading from Luke, chapter 13
Friday
1 Feb 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Bill Newsome (neurobiology)
January 2002
Wednesday
30 Jan 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
30 Jan 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: John Dorman leads in reading from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 12
Friday
25 Jan 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Robert Hamerton-Kelly (pastor, Woodside Village Church, and former Dean of MemChu)
Wednesday
23 Jan 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
23 Jan 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from Luke, chapter 11; Dan will lead discussion on the role of miracles in the Christian journey.
Friday
18 Jan 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Paul Hensleigh, ObGyn
Wednesday
16 Jan 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
16 Jan 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
11 Jan 2002
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Mark Graham, history
Wednesday
9 Jan 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: discussion of of Yancey's book, Soul Survivor, Chapter 1
Wednesday
9 Jan 2002
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Wednesday
2 Jan 2002
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
December 2001
Friday
14 Dec 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Hiro Imai (economics)
Wednesday
12 Dec 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
12 Dec 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
7 Dec 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Bill Newsome (neurobiology)
Wednesday
5 Dec 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: discussion of of Yancey's book, Soul Survivor, Chapter 1
Wednesday
5 Dec 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
November 2001
Friday
30 Nov 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Jeff Strnad (law)
Wednesday
28 Nov 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
28 Nov 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
23 Nov 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Thanksgiving holiday: no meeting!
Wednesday
21 Nov 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
21 Nov 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
16 Nov 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Susan Rose (humanities)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
14 Nov 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
14 Nov 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
9 Nov 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Roland Allen (Assistant Dean of Admissions)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
7 Nov 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
7 Nov 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
2 Nov 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: TBA
Discussion: TBA
October 2001
Wednesday
31 Oct 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: discussion of the first chapter of Yancey's book, Soul Survivor
Wednesday
31 Oct 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
26 Oct 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Stephen Bailey (Harvard, SLAC)
Wednesday
24 Oct 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
24 Oct 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
19 Oct 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Gerry Keane (sports medicine)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
17 Oct 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
17 Oct 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
12 Oct 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Gordon Matheson (sports medicine)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
10 Oct 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
10 Oct 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke: chapter 3.
Friday
5 Oct 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitators: Alex and Marta Gorelik, Voice of the Children
Wednesday
3 Oct 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Francis of Assisi, A Day in Your Presence
Wednesday
3 Oct 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
We take a respite from the Gospel of Luke this week to hear from Paul Hensleigh (Ob-Gyn) who spent seven weeks at a hospital in Pakistan this past summer. Paul shared with the Friday faculty fellowship last week, and this is an excellent session you do not want to miss. —Dan
September 2001
Friday
28 Sep 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Bill Newsome (neurobiology).
Wednesday
26 Sep 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: TBA
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
26 Sep 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
21 Sep 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Stephen Bailey (Harvard, SLAC)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
19 Sep 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: lunch (bring your own) plus reading from Henri Nouwen's book, Finding My Way Home. We may actually finish the book this week!
Wednesday
19 Sep 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke
Friday
14 Sep 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Gordon Matheson (sports medicine)
Activity: discussion
Wednesday
12 Sep 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: lunch (bring your own) plus reading from Henri Nouwen's Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
12 Sep 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Activity: reading from the Gospel of Luke.
Friday
7 Sep 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: TBA
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
5 Sep 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: lunch (bring your own) plus reading from Henri Nouwen's Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
5 Sep 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: TBA
Discussion: TBA
August 2001

The Campus and Medical groups will take a summer break during August.
They will resume weekly meetings in early September.


The SLAC group will continue to meet during August as usual. Come join us!
Wednesday
29 Aug 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: reading selections from Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
22 Aug 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: reading selections from Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
15 Aug 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: reading selections from Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
8 Aug 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: reading selections from Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
1 Aug 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: reading selections from Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home.
July 2001
Friday
27 July 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Jeff Strnad
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
25 July 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: group reading of selections from Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
25 July 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Discussion: the book of James.
Friday
20 July 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Bill Newsome
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
18 July 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: reading Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home together.
Wednesday
18 July 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Discussion: the book of James.
Friday
13 July 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Gerry Keane
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
11 July 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Activity: reading Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home together.
Wednesday
11 July 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Discussion: the book of James.
Friday
6 July 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Discussion of Saint Bonaventure's prayer which speaks to combining the life of the mind and the life of the heart.
Wednesday
4 July 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
No meeting: Independence Day holiday!
Wednesday
4 July 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
No meeting: Independence Day holiday!
June 2001
Friday
29 June 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Man-Wah Tan (genetics)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
27 June 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Reading Henri Nouwen's Finding My Way Home
Wednesday
27 June 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Fred Mihm (anesthesiology)
Discussion: Mission slides!
Friday
22 June 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Gordon Matheson emcees; Gerry Keane presents.
Wednesday
20 June 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Dave Bostic leads us in more reading from Henri Nouwen's book Finding My Way Home
Wednesday
20 June 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Art Boyer
Discussion: TBA
Friday
15 June 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Special Friday Breakfast: Edwin Meese will share his Christian story with us, usual time and place: 7:30 A.M., faculty club. Note: for this meeting only PLEASE RSVP (dan2@stanford.edu) so Dan will know how much food/space to secure.

Edwin Meese was President Reagan's chief advisor from 1981–1985, then US Attorney General from 1985–1988. Today, he is a distinguished visiting fellow at Hoover. For a longer bio see www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/meese.html.

Wednesday
13 June 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
This week we start a new activity: reading (as a group) sections of Henri Nouwen's Finding My Way Home.
Wednesday
13 June 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Dan leads, in meditation and discussion.
Friday evening
8 June 2001
6:30 P.M.
Annual Spring Banquet!
Speaker: Mark Labberton (Ph.D., Cambridge U.), Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley. You can use this form to sign up!
Friday
8 June 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Bill Newsome (neurobiology)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
6 June 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Open (Want to facilitate this week? You can signup online!)
Discussion: The last chapter of What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
6 June 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Open (Want to facilitate this week? You can signup online!)
Discussion: TBA
Friday
1 June 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Charles McLure (Hoover, economics)
Discussion: TBA
May 2001
Wednesday
30 May 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Ray Cowan
Discussion: Chapter 19, What's So Amazing About Grace?, plus discussion of what to do after we finish this book!
Wednesday
30 May 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
We have a special treat: John Kilner, director of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity (Chicago), will lead us. John earned his BA at Yale, then did an MA and PhD at Harvard. The Center seeks to bring a Christian perspective to bear on the many bioethical issues that challenge us today.
Friday
25 May 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Jeff Strnad (Law)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
23 May 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Dave Bostic
Discussion: Chapter 18, “Serpent Wisdom”, from What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
23 May 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Pat Fobair
Discussion: TBA
Friday
18 May 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Paul Hensleigh (Ob-Gyn)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
16 May 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Dave Bostic
Discussion: Chapter 18, “Serpent Wisdom”, from Yancey's What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
16 May 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: John Dorman (Cowell Student Health)
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 28
Friday
11 May 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Gordon Matheson
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
9 May 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Dave Bostic
Discussion: Chapter 17 of What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
9 May 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Chris Dueker (Anesthesiology)
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 27
Friday
4 May 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Marga Jann (Architecture)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
2 May 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Dave Bostic
Discussion: Chapter 16 of What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
2 May 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Hannah Valantine (Cardiology)
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 26
April 2001
Friday
27 April 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Fred Mihm
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
25 April 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Ray Cowan
Discussion: we continue in Chapter 15, “Grace Avoidance”, in Philip Yancey's What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
25 April 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Marga Jann (architecture)
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 25.
Friday
20 April 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Bill Newsome (Neurobiology)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
18 April 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Ray Cowan
Discussion: Chapter 15 of What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
18 April 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Dan Clendenin
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 24.
Friday
13 April 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group

This is Good Friday!

Facilitator: Ed Yamauchi, Professor of History, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)

Ed has participated in the Dead Sea Scrolls research, and is currently editing his 16th book, Africa and Africans in Antiquity, due out this year by Michigan State University Press.

Wednesday
11 April 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Ray Larsen
Discussion: "Loopholes"—Week Nine of Philip Yancey's Study Guide for What's So Amazing About Grace?

This section of the study guide covers chapter 14 in Part 3, A Scent of Scandal, from the main book.

Wednesday
11 April 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Art Boyer (radiation physics)
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 23.
Friday
6 April 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Man-Wah Tan (Genetics)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
4 April 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Karen Fant (NLC, SLAC)
Discussion: We continue (for the third week!) in "Oddballs, Jesus, and Me"—Week Eight of Philip Yancey's Study Guide for What's So Amazing About Grace?.

We'll focus on the challenging account in Chapter 13, Grace-Filled Eyes, of the main book.

Wednesday
4 April 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: John Dorman (Cowell Student Health)
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 22.
March 2001
Friday
30 March 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Jeff Strnad (Law School)
Discussion: TBA
Wednesday
28 March 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Karen Fant (NLC, SLAC)
Discussion: We look again at "Oddballs, Jesus, and Me"—Week Eight of Philip Yancey's Study Guide for What's So Amazing About Grace?.

This section of the study guide covers chapters 11–13 in Part 3, A Scent of Scandal, from the main book. This is a continuation from last week: this topic seemed to suit us well!

Wednesday
28 March 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Dan Clendenin
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles, chapter 21.
Friday
23 March 2001
7:30 A.M.
Campus
Group
Facilitator: Dan Clendenin

Dan says: “You are in luck....I hope. Tomorrow I will lead us in a meditation as we gather for our weekly oasis. Come for refreshment, friendship, dialogue about important matters. And food. Who can beat that?”

Wednesday
21 March 2001
12:00 noon
SLAC
Group
Facilitator: Karen Fant (NLC at SLAC)
Discussion: "Oddballs, Jesus, and Me"—Week Eight of Philip Yancey's Study Guide for What's So Amazing About Grace?
Wednesday
21 March 2001
7:00 A.M.
Medical
Group
Facilitator: Paul Hensleigh (just back from Macedonia)
Discussion: Acts of the Apostles

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