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From: Ina Armstrong <ina@firstpresby.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Subject: news for CARLA (KARLA?)
To: Sky Kershner <sky@kpcc.com>
From: Ina Armstrong <ina@firstpresby.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Subject: news for CARLA (KARLA?)
To: Sky Kershner <sky@kpcc.com>
Please see the attachment from Bob Newman.
The Lay Academy of Religion
First Presbyterian Church
16 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston, WV
Invites you to study
Religion & Science
We will launch this series of studies with the book PROOF OF HEAVEN by Eben
Alexander, MD. Dr. Alexander is a prominent neurologist, or brain surgeon, who
contracted meningitis and was in a coma for seven days. While his brain cells were
clinically dead, his consciousness lived. He recovered and reports his Near Death
Experience as his journey out of his body to heaven where he discovers love, beauty, and
life as never before. His knowledge of God, himself, and the meaning of life are forever
changed. As a scientist and doctor of medicine, how does he relate his commitment to
Science with his newly discovered spiritual reality?
To explore these questions with us, Dr. Robert Anderson will be our kick-off speaker on
Sunday, October 6 at 4:00pm, meeting in the Sanctuary. Save this date and plan to join
our new series of programs and studies on Religion and Science. Dr. Anderson brings a
lifetime of service in health care and is imminently qualified to share his knowledge of Near
Death Experiences and what they teach us about both Religion and Science.
To get started, plan to read PROOF OF HEAVEN. This book is available in the church
office ($8.50). You may remember Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross spoke in our sanctuary
some years ago on this same subject, Near Death Experiences, sponsored by the Kanawha
Pastoral Counseling Center. Dr. Kübler-Ross was a pioneer in her research and study of
Near Death Experiences among patients of all ages, including children. It is appropriate
that we continue her legacy and investigate how researchers over the years have labored
to learn how consciousness of spiritual reality and physical, bodily functions are closely
interrelated. As we continue our studies our goal will be to discover for ourselves how
Religion and Science, while sometimes or often in tension, are not enemies but friends and
partners in this creation which the Bible assures us is intrinsically good. Plan to join us.
If you have questions or suggestions to support and promote our study of Religion and
Science, please contact Bob Newman (304-345-0225; robertnewman@suddenlink.net).
Sky Kershner
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV
304-346-9689
