Invitation to Meeting of the FSMN (Friends of the SciMedNetwork)
Please feel welcome to attend our upcoming meeting on Thursday 25 February, at 1:30 pm, Trinity-at-Waiake Methodist Church, cnr 864 Beach and Hebron Rds, Waiake.
Our meeting has two topics.
First is a demonstration of how to make DNA using the ordinary kitchen equipment you can find in a church kitchen. While we are making the DNA - it is a fascinating demonstration - we will discuss some of the current ethical issues and concerns around genetic engineering.
The presenter is lay preacher Graeme Finlay. Graeme has a PhD in cell biology. He worked with Auckland Cancer Society Research Laboratory on anticancer drug development for 20 years. He has just retired from lecturing on General Pathology in the Dept of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, Auckland. He also has an interest in theology with a BTh from the University of South Africa.
Second is a short presentation of the A1 and A2 poster prints by David Bell for the upcoming video on Herman Hesse's poem The Glass Bead Game.
You can check the prints with associated overview at the link below
A selection is being prepared for publication in the SMN journal Paradigm Explorer.
Also: a timely background read in our era of the Covid-19 pandemic, attached.
A CRACK IN CREATION
Short discussion document on genetic engineering.
It's a book review by Janine Edge, Chair of Trustees, SMN, first published in Paradigm Explorer, reproduced with permission., You can use for parish discussion groups, etc. We will use it at the upcoming FSMN meeting at Trinity-at-Waiake.
The meeting will conclude by 2:45 pm to avoid school traffic.
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When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height.
Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was.
If the tree grew by five centimetres each year, how much higher would the nail be?
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