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We gather at our Environmental Cottage on Grand Island, New York. The Cottage sits on several undeveloped acres. -- Photo by Jon Rieley-Goddard |
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Riverside-Salem Program Schedule [All
Sunday programs from 4-6 p.m. at the Cottage, 3449 West River Rd.,
Grand Island; “Foodie Wednesdays” (6 pm potluck, 6:30
discussion, same place); other events of interest in italics.] January 6 “Food Wednesday” – Workshop on Cravings & the Circle of Life January 10 Co-Pastor Jon Rieley-Goddard and member Mike Ziolkowski, a professor at SUNY Brockport, will present brief book reviews of two books concerning FDR and the New Deal. We will discuss issues that arise from the reviews and their application to recent events such as passage of the health care reform bill. The books? The woman behind the New Deal: The life of Francis Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kirstin Downey (Mike) and Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands (Jon). January 17 “Conversations for the Future:” Report/Wrap-Up by Jon & Cathy. January 20 “Food Wednesday: “The World According to Monsanto” (DVD). Filmmaker Marie Monique Robin on the troubling past of one of the world biggest agricultural companies that Americans won’t ever see. The gigantic bio-tech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy agricultural biodiversity. January 24 Roger Cook, Holy Ground I: Reflections from various traditions on our relationship to the space we occupy, our responsibility to caring for it and those non-human and human creatures that inhabit it. Speakers will be invited to discuss the Framework for Regional Growth. January 31 Roger Cook, Holy Ground II: Grand Island, the Greenway, and the Great Lakes Watershed. Greenway Commission speakers will be invited. February 3 “Food Wednesday” – Workshop on Lifestyle and Nurturing the Self February 7 BUSINESS/ANNUAL MEETING (Election of Officers, Adoption of Annual Budget) February 14 [Valentine’s Day] – Love Earth? Seek Peace? Join the Peace on Earth Week celebrations (April 17-25)! February 17 “Food Wednesday” – “Two Angry Moms” (DVD). February 21 Georgia Whitney, “Write for Your Life.” You don’t have to be an author to write your life story—do it with Guided Autobiography, a program designed to help people organize their life stories. Guided by a trained instructor, participants are led through themes and priming questions that evoke memories of events once known but filed away and seemingly forgotten. Writing and sharing life stories with others is an ideal way to find new meaning in life as the Here are some old calendar entries, to give a sense of what we do: |
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