So, it’s Sunday morning, you’re wide awake, but everyone you know who’s up at this hour is going to church. Why not join me for brunch?
Albert’s Family Restaurant at Bonnie Doon Mall
Sunday, October 23, 2011
9:00am
I’ll have a piece of paper on the table that says “SEA”.
Donna Hunter has been following the news reports and letters about prayer at Sturgeon Heights School since Luke Fevin went on 630 CHED. She’s kindly put together a list of articles for us. So, if you’re interested in how the public discussion has been playing out, read on!
Luke was back on the radio again today, this time with alberta@noon on CBC. The principal of Sturgeon Heights School, Garnet Goertzen, was also part of the interview.
Audio can be found here:
http://www.cbc.ca/albertaatnoon/episode/2011/10/06/thursday-october-06-2011/
One of our members recently attended Friday prayer with a Muslim co-worker. Since many members of the SEA have been to Christian services, but not many other faiths, there was a lot of curiosity. He’s kindly written up his experience for us.
On Friday September 23, 2011 I attended a Jumu’ah at a mosque here in Edmonton. A Jumu’ah is the special prayer that is performed by Muslims in the afternoon on Fridays. I have always had a bit of a fascination with Islam and, now that I have a coworker that is Muslim, I am able to learn much more about the Muslim faith. Continue reading »
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Change of venue. This month only, we will be in the Chariman Room at the Westin Hotel, 10135 100th Street, just south of the Stanley A Milner Library.
This month’s roundtable discussion will feature guest speaker Luke Fevin, discussing his struggles with the Sturgeon School Division over school prayer and his efforts to see that his three children are provided with a secular education free from religion.
Round table discussion at 7:00 pm. The meeting continues informally at Elephant and Castle afterwards at 9:00 pm
All are welcome to both events!
Facebook RSVP here
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| Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:00 PM |
Dentistry-Pharmacy Lecture Theatre, Dentistry Pharmacy Building University of Alberta Edmonton, AB |
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 5:00 PM
Dentistry-Pharmacy Lecture Theatre 2104
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (map)
This is a talk presented by Dr. Denis Lamoureux, a Christian who accepts evolution. He is a professor of theology and biology at St. Joseph’s College at the University of Alberta. Lamoureux is the author of “I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution (2009)”.
Abstract: “Are there only two positions on origins: either “evolution” or “creation”? This lecture is an introduction to professional terminology, science-religion dialogue, and various views on origins (young earth creation, progressive creation, evolutionary creation, deistic evolution, and atheistic evolution). Lecturer also shares his personal voyage in this debate.”
Meetup.com link here:http://www.meetup.com/CFI-Edmonton/events/35304662/
To hear Luke Fevin and afterwards, Paula Simons, discuss the prayer issue at Sturgeon Heights School, you can visit the 630 CHED audio vault. Use September 26, 2011 at 9:00PM, the interview starts after the news/ads.
By Luke Fevin
Note: You can contact Luke through the SEA Facebook group, where this was originally posted.
For those of you interested in how religion impacts our schools and the importance of Alberta adopting a secular school system, I thought that you may be interested in my family’s experience. My wife and I live in St. Albert and have 3 children, two girls now 7 & 5 and a little boy who’s 3. Three years ago in the summer of 2008 we were looking for the right school for our children. Catholic schools, you will appreciate, were not an option for us – but we found a wonderful school on the outskirts of St. Albert in the Sturgeon school district. Not too big, not too small, nice mix of urban and country families, progressive programs and new I.T. tools finding its way into the classrooms. We visited the school and given that ‘no religion’ was one of our key factors, took the time to ensure there were no prominent crosses or other symbols, no religious artwork or any other indications of institutional religion.
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St. Albert:
Luke Fevin is trying to ensure that his children have a secular education. So, when he learned that Sturgeon Heights school, the public, secular school that his children are attending, has the Lord’s Prayer over the intercom every morning, he decided to speak out.
If you live in St. Albert and would like to help Luke with this issue, you can get in touch with him through the Society of Edmonton Atheists Facebook group.
Morinville:
This month marks the first secular classes in Morinville. Right now they’re in temporary spaces, but the fact that the classes exist at all is a demonstration of how a little organization, on the part of interested parents, has made a big change. Right now the school has 66 students – not bad for a small town where the school board said that there wasn’t enough interest.
Date: Monday, Septemeber 26
Time: 7:00 pm
Street: 8712 – 109 Street NW, Edmonton
Political activist Irshad Manji caused waves with her first book, The Trouble with Islam Today. Her new book,Allah, Liberty and Love, strives to reconcile the loving message of Islam with the repression carried out in her name. Manji is a professor at New York University, a columnist for The Globe and Mail and the founder of the diversity-promoting Moral Courage Project.
Ms. Manji comes to Edmonton for an evening of frank discussion and open dialogue with the audience, hosted by the Edmonton Journal’s Sheila Pratt.
Link to event here.