Our guest speaker this week is Judy Hoffhein. She's an active member in the Mennonite Church of Houston and on the Board of Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit sponsored by her church. Additionally, she's working on The Decade for Non-Violence and is also on the Board of The Houston Peace & Justice Center. Judy is a member of WILPF (Women's International League for Peace & Freedom) and was the Program Director of the annual Peace Camp for Children held in Houston for the ninth year this summer.

She will be speaking to us about "The Mennonite Church & Its Work in the
World."

Many thanks to Debbie Antoon for coordinating this opportunity for us!

Be Well,
Susanna Hooper

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Dear Folks-

This Sunday Dr. Bill Kerley arranged for us to hear from one of the
associate pastors at St. Paul's UMC. Rev. Emily Chapman will speaking
about the prophet Jonah and "the offensive mercy of God". Emily
currently works with Outreach Ministries and Young Adults at St. Paul's.

Be Well,
Susanna

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Dear Folks -

This week class member, Tom Oldham brought Dr. Harvey Aronson to
class. Dr. Aronson has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University
of Wisconsin (1975). He has taught at both the University of Virginia
and Stanford. He completed his clinical education at Boston
University's School of Social Work (1984). Dr. Aronson is author of
Buddhist Practice on Western Ground (2004) with the research being
supported by a Ford Foundation grant. He is also the founding
Co-Director of Dawn Mountain - Tibetan Temple, Community Center, and
Research Institute (since 1996) right here in Houston.

Here's a link to the website: http://www.dawnmountain.org

This week he discussed meditation, the present moment, in
the context of our spiritual and relational life. He draws
from the Judeo-Christian tradition of dialogue, as embodied by Martin
Buber, some of the recent work by psychoanalyst Daniel Stern, and his
own background as a psychotherapist and teacher of Buddhist meditation.

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