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THE PHOEBE NEEDLES CENTER presents...
SATURDAYS @ PHOEBE NEEDLES
June 13th, 2015
“Are You a Wizard?
The Everyday Magic of Harry Potter”
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While much of the Harry Potter series concerns Harry’s
extraordinary magical abilities and his uniqueness as “the Chosen
One,” his creator, J. K. Rowling, makes very clear that Harry’s truly
remarkable abilities involve choices and decisions available to all of
us: how we treat our friends and family, how we manage human
differences, how we deal with fear, and how we confront our own
mortality and the mortality of
those closest to us. As the wise
mentor Albus Dumbledore reminds The Boy Who Lived, “It is our
choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” Through examination of what the Sorting Hat would do with us
and how we would cope in the Hogwarts environment, participants will
explore our own wizardry.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR...
Lana A. Whited is editor of The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon (Missouri, 2002) and co-editor,
with M. Katherine Grimes, of Critical Insights: Harry Potter (Salem
Press, 2015). She is currently working on a Critical Insights volume
on the Hunger Games series. Dr. Whited is professor of English and
director of the Boone Honors Program at Ferrum College in Virginia
(USA). She earned degrees at Emory & Henry College (B.A.), The
College of William & Mary (M.A.), Hollins College (M.A.), and The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Ph.D.).
Begun in the fall of 2014, Saturdays @ Phoebe Needles are seminar programs designed to discuss
everyday practical life issues from a faith perspective. In addition to a presentation from each speaker,
there will be questions and conversation, lunch, and time for Christian fellowship, all in the beautiful surroundings of the Phoebe Needles Center.
You are invited to arrive beginning at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and refreshments. The program will begin
at 10:00 a.m., lunch will be served at Noon, and the seminar will conclude by 3:00 p.m. The cost of
each program including lunch is $25.00.
The programs focus on the practice of faith. Where is the living God today in the midst of these issues
and in our lives? How does our faith influence our understanding and actions? Each presenter is well
qualified and sensitive to how our faith in God comes to bear on how we think and respond to the decisions we face each day.
Advance registration is required (on or before Noon on the Monday before each program). You may
pay online using PayPal, or mail a check in advance of the program along with your registration. For
more information, contact the Phoebe Needles Center at 540-483-1518 or 800-848-1677. Information is also available on our web site: www.PhoebeNeedles.org.
**There is a $25 scholarship available for this program. Please let us know when signing up if you will be using it.**
SATURDAYS @ PHOEBE NEEDLES
REGISTRATION FORM
Program Title:
“Are You a Wizard? The Everyday Magic of Harry Potter”
Date:
May 13th, 2015
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