2006 Gulf States Colloquium on Faith and Scholarship

Knowing God, Knowing Creation: 
Science and Art in Christian Perspective

with Ken Myers

Sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Gulf States Graduate & Faculty Ministries
In partnership with the Christian Study Center of Gainesville

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Date & Time:  

Saturday, March 4, 2006
9:00 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.

Location: The Christian Study Center of Gainesville, 112 NW 16th Street, Gainesville, FL (directions available via MapQuest)

Program Purpose and Summary:

The modern research university often casts the search for knowledge in terms of effectiveness.  Knowledge increasingly is measured in terms of the usefulness it brings, or the power it bestow.  Our theme, Knowing God, Knowing Creation assumes the Christian scholar cannot be content with that.

Our theme also assumes that there is no ultimate knowledge or creativity without the knowledge of God, and a principle way we know Him is in what He has made.  We also reflect His image in what we make. This conference is for graduate students and faculty who want to explore this theme and how it might apply to their own discipline.

Ken Myers will sound out the theme in two plenary addresses. Faculty and graduate student panelists will then reflect on and develop the theme and interact with attendees in an open question and answer format.       

Between and after these sessions Interdisciplinary small groups will discuss the biblical foundations and practical implications of our theme, while fostering community among our participants. Finally, this colloquium is a great opportunity to meet Christian colleagues.

Program Schedule:

PLENARY SPEAKER: Ken Myers – President, Mars Hill Audio

Ken Myers is president and executive producer at Mars Hill Audio, a nonprofit organization devoted to helping Christians think wisely about modern culture through a variety of audio resources. He was formerly the editor of This World (forerunner of the monthly journal First Things). Prior to his tenure at This World, he was executive editor of Eternity, the evangelical monthly magazine.

For eight years he was a producer and editor for National Public Radio (NPR), working for much of that time as arts and humanities editor for the two news programs, Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Mr. Myers is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he studied film theory and criticism, and of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is married and has two children, and lives in central Virginia.

Registration:

Click here to register online.

Registration deadline: March 1, 2006.

Cost:  

$25.00 per attendee, payable during the Reception period the day of the Colloquium. Make checks payable to: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. 

Directions and Contact Info:

From I-75, exit at the Gainesville Newberry Rd Exit (Exit #387). Go east for approximately 4 miles, at which time the road turns into University Avenue.

Stay on University Ave. until you come to the University of Florida campus. Look for the Ben Hill Griffin football stadium on the right and proceed about a half-mile to 16th Street. Turn left onto 16th Street. Go two blocks, and the Christian Study Center will be on your left (Call 352-379-7375 or 352-871-1661 if you get lost).(Directions available via MapQuest)

Limited parking is available in the side lot of the Study Center. Additional parking is available on the streets and in the lot to the south of the building. (DO NOT PARK IN THE LOT BEHIND THE STUDY CENTER, AS YOU MAY BE TOWED.)

IVCF'S GRADUATE & FACULTY MINISTRIES-GULF STATES
1329 Burgess Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32304
Phone: (850) 575-9395 or (352) 375-6144 
E-mail
Web site: http://www.gfmse.org

CHRISTIAN STUDY CENTER OF GAINESVILLE
112 NW 16th Street, Gainesville, FL
Phone: 352-379-7375
E-mail
Web site: http://christianstudycenter.org

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In cooperation with UF's Graduate Christian Fellowship the Christian Graduate Roundtable, FSU’s Graduate Christian Fellowship, and the Graduate Fellowships at FIU and UM.