Greetings!
Welcome Back!
I hope everyones term has been going well! Guess what..... its OCF time again! (insert scream of joy here). And were kicking it off with a bang!
This next week (14-20) we will have a number of events. On Tuesday Feb 16 at 7:00 pm we will be kicking off the year with bowling at Eastview Bowling Alley.(2929 Louise st) we will meet at the OCF room at 6:50 for anyone who needs a ride! The Cost is 3$ per person/game. Come Join us for an evening of fun and excitement. (don't worry, were all begginers, free bowlings lessons on request).
On Thursday we will have the OCF table set up in the hall from 11:30-2:00pm. Feel free to volunteer to sit at the table. This is are main way to reqruit members, so help would be appreciated.
On Friday(jan 19) we will be having a coffee house in the Education Students Lounge at 5:00 pm. This will include such albumed artists as Andrew Machnee, Jim Davis, and Robert Funk, with an open guitar and piano for whoever wants to perform. Free Coffee and Cookies with silver collection. Invite Your friends ! This is an awesome way to introduce them to the group or just have a fun quiet and entertaining evening!
Hope to see everyone there ! We had such a good year last year! May this one be even better.
Meeting Time
7:00 pm Tuesdays Weekly
Campus Group Space Rm 41
Events Next Week
-Tuesday Bowling
-Thursday Table in Riel Tunnel
-Friday Coffee House
Speakers This Term
-Archbishop Lazar Puhalo(Physics and the apparent contradiction of Christianity and Science), Carl Still(history/theology), Lorraine Grier(Music), Yvonne(iconography), Alexis(Early Church History), one other lecturer.
Leisure Events
-bowling
-games night
-barbeque
-coffee
Prayer
-weekly hours
-monthly vespers Jan 25, Feb 22, March 22
-prayer for Christian Unity on Jan 23 at Ambrosa Luthern
Retreat
There will be a pan-Orthodox young adult and youth Retreat at Camp Kadesh Christopher Lake, on the end of february break, keep your calenders free.
Archbishop Lazar Lecture....................................................
This will be are main guest speaker of the year held in conjuction with the physics department.
MODELS OF REALITY AS SOURCES OF CONFLICT: PHYSICS AND SOCIETY.
March 1-8(one of these dates)
Description:
The discussion would focus sources and
causes of the completely unnecessary conflicts that advances in Physics
(and science in general) face in society and religion, and why there is
no actual conflict between religion and physics.
It is my proposal to demonstrate that almost all the apparent conflicts between science and faith arise from models of reality and not from reality itself. The resolution to such conflict may arise from a re-examination of the models of reality we hold which are based on obsolete information. The Church Fathers should perhaps be given credit for having the integrity and intelligence to have restructured their understanding of the history, geography and nature of the earth and the universe, if they had had access to the technology and information which is at hand in our century. The Holy Fathers were open to the learning and experience of the world around them, and utilized that learning themselves.
There is every reason to surmise that they would utilize our own contemporary exploration and learning to reshape many of their own models of reality. The reshaping of our models of reality does not contravene our basic dogmatic understandings
about God as Creator and Redeemer. In fact, the discoveries of the past century only open us up to greater wonder and the beauty of the universe, along with its fragility: this can open to us also a greater appreciation of the presence of God and His role in the sustenance of our universe. We need not limit the role and plan of God by the boundaries of our own finite understanding and wisdom, but can open up our minds to the beauty, the vastness, the fragility and the dimensionality of the universe, as a way of increasing our faith and love-relationship with God.
Biography
Archbishop Lazar Puhalo is the Abbot of the Monastery of All Saints of North American, Dewdney, British Columbia and Civil Liaison for the OCA in Canada. He has lectured widely and is the author of numerous books on theology, the spiritual life, science and faith and on religious and civil tensions in liberal democratic society.
A monk of the great schema, Archbishop Lazar is a frequent lecturer on the philosophy of qauntum physics and Christian theology. He has authored at least 30 books and spoke at hundreds of lectures. He studied physics as the University of British Columbia before entering seminary. He has developed a course in Quantum Physics as Theology, which he teaches and lectures on in various universities in Canada and America.
As for physic lectures, Arhbishop Lazar is a frequent guest lecturer at the Universities of Alberta and BC. He was one of 2 people chosen to personally converse with Stephan Hawking during a conference. His deep experience and personal interest in physics makes him an engaging speaker.
