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Praxis Schedule

Date Event Location Time
Sunday 1/20 Koinonia: “Feasting and Fasting” Wesley Chapel 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday 1/21 Chapel: Sarah Derck, Professor of Old Testament, “Food in the Old Testament”
Wesley Chapel
11:30 am – 12:10 pm
Soup Kitchen Meal * Requires advance sign-up and giving up a meal from your meal plan Campus Center 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm 
Environmental Club, Growing greens in the dorm Campus Center Basement 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 1/22 Workshop sessions Alternative chapel credit will be given for each of the following:    
All workshops: 11:00 am – 11:50 am
Panel discussion, “Food from your neighbor”
Lib 303
Mike Walters, “Feasting and Fasting as Spiritual Discipline” Lib 323
Panel discussion, “Intentional Eating: Discussing Vegetarianism” ChC 223
Wednesday 1/23 Chapel: Luis Noda, Global Executive Officer for Food for the Hungry, “Food and Social Justice” 
Wesley Chapel
11:30 am – 12:10 pm
Fasting and prayer over the lunch hour Paine Prayer Chapel 12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Dinner conversation with Luis Noda Alumni Dining Room 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Thursday 1/24 Workshop sessions: Alternative chapel credit will be given for each of the following:   

Panel discussion, “Food for your neighbor”
Lib 303 All workshops: 11:00 am – 11:50 am
Michael Jordan, “Feasting and Fasting in the Christian Year”
Lib 323
Brian Webb, “The Ethical Omnivore”
ChC 223
Wendy Baxter, “Fear of Food: Understanding Eating Disorders”
ChC 224
Potluck supper and communion ChC 123 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Friday 1/25 Chapel: Dr. Norman Wirzba, Research Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life at Duke Divinity School, “Eating as a Christian Act”
Wesley Chapel
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Dinner conversation with Dr. Norman Wirzba Alumni Dining Room 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Tuesday 1/29 Gabe Jacobsen: Cooking Skills Lab * Requires advance sign-up and giving up a meal from your meal plan Dining Hall – south end
6:00 pm – 8:00pm