1:00: “Vote Smart:” Voter Defense Project

Pete Silveston, Spokesman for the Voter Defense Project

The Voter Defense Project sponsors “Vote Smart.” Its purpose is to educate voters, especially with regard to attack ads and other manipulative practices.

2:30: Don’t Believe Every Story

Jim Lundy, Writer, Poet, Musician

Jim will be playing songs from his CD as well as new songs written for the February Album Writing Month (FAWM) competition. In that competition, participants write 14 songs during the 28 days in February. He was one of 2 South Carolinians who won the challenge this year, and this is the third year he has completed the challenge.

Study group for October  8, 15, 22, 29, 2014
Wednesdays  1:30- 3:30
Sherman House Activity Room- 1635 Wallenberg Rd.

Science and Religion – DVD Series of 12 lectures led by Professor Lawrence M Principe,  professor of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology and Professor of Chemistry at The Johns Hopkins University.   He will describe how science and religion are different and how are they similar in terms of questions, methods and sources of knowledge.   And reveal they have more in common than is generally believed.    Famous cases of Galileo and Darwin are examined as well as recent documents and events bring our discussions down to the present day.

Oct. 8
Science and Religion
The Warfare Thesis
Faith and Reason – Scripture and Nature

Oct. 15
God and Nature – Miracles and Demons
Church, Copernicus, and Galileo
Galileo’s Trial

Oct. 22
God the Watchmaker
Natural Theology and Arguments from Design
Geology, Cosmology, and Biblical Chronology

Oct. 29
Darwin and Responses to Evolution
Fundamentalism and Creationism
Past, Present and Future

September 16

Welcome Back!

1:00: What’s New in Wine?

Mike van Beyer and Brent Beam of Bottles Beverage Store, Mt. Pleasant

We will kick off the CCR season with something special!

The first hour will be a lecture on wine – what’s new in the wine world. This informative presentation will be given by Mike van Beyer, owner, and Brent Beam, manager, of Bottles Beverage in Mount Pleasant.

2:00: Wine Tasting, CCR Overview and Welcome Back Social

The 1:00 program will be followed by a wine tasting where you will be able to sample small amounts of the wines discussed during the lecture. Both Mike and Brent are extremely knowledgeable about wines and are available to answer all your questions. You will also have an opportunity to place case-lot orders for wines that you will then pick up at the Mount Pleasant store.

To help all of us learn about the exciting year we have planned for CCR, tables will be set up around the rooms with information about the CCR Fall line-up of Field Trips; Study Groups and Book Discussions. CCR’s Historian will also have a table displaying photographs, documents and memorabilia from our organization’s 21-year history.

For those of you who have not already registered, you will have the opportunity to register and pay for your membership at this time.