Fellows’ Activities 2006–2007
Fellows participated in the following events during the 2006-2007 term:
September
5th: Guest Speaker: Dr. Os Guinness, author of The American Hour and The Call
10th: Kickoff Dinner for Fellows, parents, staff, board members, mentors, host families, and area alumni
24th: Guest Speaker: Dr. Andrzej Turkanik, executive director of Schloss Mittersill, a Christian conference and study center in Austria
October
4th: Fellows event: Dinner cruise on the historic Eleanor from Oxford, MD
6th: Academy event: Dinner with Trinity Forum Academy board members
6th: Guest speaker: Douglas Forrester, President, BeneCard Services, Inc., and Academy board member
8th: Academy event: Boat trip and outdoor dinner at the home of Paul and Terry Klaassen, Co-founders, Sunrise Senior Living
16th: Guest Speaker: Connally Gilliam, author of Revelations of a Single Woman: loving the life I didn’t expect
20th: Academy event: Several Fellows attended N. T. Wright’s lecture on his recent book, Simply Christian, at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC
November
1st-7th: Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. William Kirwan, licensed psychologist, ordained minister, and author of Biblical Concepts for Christian Counseling: A Case for Integrating Psychology and Theology
11th: Academy Event: Fellows and staff attended a screening of the movie Amazing Grace with the Clapham Institute in Easton, MD
15th: Guest Speaker: Dr. James Skillen, President, Center for Public Justice
29th: Patristics Seminar with the Rt. Rev. Joel Marcus Johnson, Bishop of the Chesapeake
December
3rd: Fellows helped lead an Advent service at St. Andrews Anglican Church in Easton, MD
6th: Patristics Seminar with the Rt. Rev. Joel Marcus Johnson, Bishop of the Chesapeake
7th-8th: Guest Speaker: Pat Nolan, President of Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice reform arm of Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship Ministries.
11th: Guest Speaker: Dr. Os Guinness
January
18th: Academy Event: Friends of the Academy dinner with Micheal Flaherty, President of Walden Media
19th-21st: Academy Event: Wilberforce Weekend: A Look at World-Changing Faith, with Guest speakers: Micheal Flaherty, Walden Media; Hon. J. Douglas Holladay, Park Avenue Equity Partners; Chuck Stetson, The Wilberforce Project; Jeff Hunt, The Clapham Group; Paul McCusker, Focus on the Family
20th: Panel Discussion, moderated by Peter Edman, The Trinity Forum and Guest speakers: Ann Holladay, Children in Slavery; Kimberly Smith, Make Way Partners; Jody Hassett Sanchez, Pointy Shoe Productions; Bethany Hoang, International Justice Mission
February
2nd-4th: Academy Event: Alumni Weekend, a reunion hosted by the Fellows
5th-11th: Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. Nigel Cameron, Director of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and President of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future.
16th: Fellows Event: Several Fellows attended a conference hosted by the Institute of Biotechnology and the Human Future and chaired by Dr. Nigel Cameron, entitled A Spotless Mind? Policy, Ethics, and the Future of Human Intelligence, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
20th: Fellows Event: Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at St. Andrews’ Anglican Church in Easton, MD
21st: Fellows Event: Ash Wednesday Service at St. Andrews’ Anglican Church in Easton, MD
23rd: Fellows attended an opening weekend showing of the movie Amazing Grace, about the life and work of William Wilberforce
March
1st: Guest Speaker: Dr. James Skillen, President, Center for Public Justice
2nd–4th: Academy Event: Fellows Conference in Charlottesville, VA; Guest Speaker: Dr. Amy Sherman of the Center on Faith in Communities
5th–10th: Scholar-in-Residence: Carlos Delgado, University of Pittsburgh, MFA Candidate in Fiction
7th: Guest Speakers: James Duncan, President of Navtrak, Inc., and Rick Faint, CEO of the Cornerstone Professional Group, and Chief Operating Officer of Galaxy Technology
15th: Guest Speaker: Dr. Terry Colvin of Success Markets, Inc., founder of Synergy, Inc., and formerly of the Commerce and Defense Departments
16th: Guest Speaker: Sonya Smith, Campus Coordinator for Westminster Seminary, Texas campus, and adolescent and family counselor
19th: Guest Speaker: Jerry Eisley, owner and director of Foxhall Gallery in Washington, D.C., and member of the Washington Arts Group
20th: Academy Event: Tour of National Gallery of Art and Foxhill Gallery with Edward Knippers and Jerry Eisley, Washington Arts Group
23rd–25th: Guest Speaker: Dr. David Powlison, editor of The Journal of Biblical Counseling, and counselor and faculty member for the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation
26th: Guest Speaker: Bob Kramer, President, Kramer & Associates; Chairman, TFA Board; former Maryland state legislator
28th: Guest Speaker: Joe Waters, M.Div. student at Duke Divinity School
April
12th-13th: Guest Speaker: Dr. J.P. Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology; philosopher, theologian, apologist, and author
14th: Academy Event: Friends of the Academy dessert reception with Dr. J.P. Moreland
16th -18th: Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. Charles Thaxton, Fellow of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, co-author of The Soul of Science with Nancy Pearcey
18th: Guest Speaker: Mark Potter, Director of GreenTree Campus Ministries at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges
18th-21st: Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. William Isley, former missionary, pastor and professor of theology
28th: Guest Speaker: Dr. Larry Duggan, Professor of History at the University of Delaware
May
7th: Guest Speaker: Dr. Os Guinness
18th-20th: Fellows’ Activity: Assisting with “Jumping out of the Self-Referential Box,” an arts conference put on by the Washington Arts Group
21st: Guest Speaker: Senator Rick Santorum, Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, former Pennsylvania Senator, and author of It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good
