IFC Events Calendar Fall 2009
Christian History: East and West
Thursday, Ocober 8, 2009 at 7 PM
Father Frederick Watson
Science Auditorium
Sponsored by the Religion and Philosophy Department, the Chaplain's Office, and the Interfaith Council
Wicca: Fact and Fantasy
Monday, November 2 , 2009 at 7 PM
Angela Handley
Interfaith Center
Angela Handley, a 3rd Degree Wiccan High Priestess, will give a presentation surveying a history of Wicca. Her talk will include a discussion of many of the myths and fears about Wiccan practices with factual information to dispel those fantasies. Angela Handley was born and raised in Akron, Ohio and moved to northwest Georgia in 1980. She is a 4th generation hereditary witch, a mother of six, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother.
Cultural Events Credit
Martial Arts as a Way of Life: The Silat Tradition of Indonesia
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 7 PM
Ruddi Nefid
Evans Auditorium
Pencak Silat, Silat, or Silek is a form of martial arts from the Malay archipelago, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. There are many forms of Silat spread throughout the archipelago, all of which are deeply rooted in local cultures and traditions. In this program, Silat exponent and Berry student Ruddi Nefid will discuss the fascinating history of Silat, along with its techniques, styles, weapons, performance, and deeper connections to religion.
Cultural Events Credit
Dances of Universal Peace
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Dr. Ellen Johnson
Interfaith Center
A participatory dance and prayer program led by Dr. Ellen Johnson
A Philosophy, A Faith, A Way of Life
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7 PM
Robbin G. Ruffner
Interfaith Center
We live in a spiritual Universe, governed by spiritual laws, and inhabited by spiritual beings. Everything in the physical world is a logical out-picturing of the spiritual essence that it represents. There is no duality...there is only Oneness and Unity. We create our own reality. God is the Infinite Thinker - thinking all creation into form.
Robbin G. Ruffner, RScP, is a Practitioner of Religious Science and a co-founder of StillPoint Spiritual Center in Atlanta. She has studied with the Reverend Dr. Wm. D. Hornaday and the Reverend Dr. Michael B. Beckwith in Los Angeles. In Atlanta, she has established a successful spiritual counseling practice, led many meditation workshops, taught certified Science of Mind classes and written for Inner Visions Magazine for Agape International and the Science of Mind Magazine for The United Church of Religious Science. She has also served as a practitioner for The World Ministry of Prayer of The United Church of Religious Science.
*Cultural Events Credit
Buddhist Meditation
Thurdays, 7 PM
Interfaith Center
Come experience the ancient Japanese practice of sitting meditation, with alternating periods of walking meditation. For more information contact jdirnberger@berry.edu or nkimbro@berry.edu.
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