Come enjoy a delicious meal, time with new and old friends, and an opportunity to learn from an expert on a variety of topics! Pre-registration is requested.
No cost to attend, free will donation will be accepted.

COMING UP…

When: Tuesday, November 19
Speaker: Nate Johnson
Topic: Making Your Own Pixie Dust

Hear from our Program Director Nate Johnson and his experiences working in the Disney parks! Nate will present some fun and informative stories from his six years of Disney parks experiences and how he is applying what he learned to Good Earth Village today. Since 1995, Disney has been known for world-class hospitality and has opened seven theme parks across the world. Below are some of the Disney Parks that Nate worked at!

When: Tuesday, December 17
Speaker: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Topic: Christmas Sing-Along Extravaganza

There's nothing quite like singing with people who love to sing. Join music leader Richard Bruxvoort Colligan for this half-hootenanny, half-concert among the beautiful Good Earth winter woods. Richard's lyric voice and acoustic guitar will lead us in singing favorite tunes together plus some songs to just relax and listen to. There's sure to be laughter, stories, and good company. If you love music at Christmastide, this event might be for you!

Richard Bruxvoort Colligan is a touring musician serving Olive Branch Church ELCA in Rochester. His latest recording is "You Were My Midwife," a collection of community songs based on the psalms. Favorites: laughter, naps, autumn, the Beatles, purple, gentle wind, and mango lassi. He lives in Strawberry Point, Iowa with his wife Trish, son Sam, and dog Winnie.

past events…

When: Tuesday, September 10
Speaker: Juli Seyedell Johnson
Topic: There’s a Story in Every Quilt

If we’re lucky, quilts wrap us in warmth throughout our lives.  They also tell our stories and memorialize milestones.  Textile Artist, Juli Seydell Johnson, will share her quilting story which started as a self-challenge to make a quilt for the Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp Quilt Auction in the early 1990’s.  She learned to make that first quilt with help from her Grandmother.  Since then her pieces have evolved from traditional quilts to storytelling quilts that reflect important themes from Juli’s life and career.  The presentation will include a quilt trunk show along with a slide show presentation highlighting the inspiration and process behind many of her pieces. www.buffalograce.com 

When: Thursday, May 16th
Speaker: Teresa Waldof
Topic: Before Oppenheimer, there Was Wilhelm

An expert in building collaborative high-performance teams, Ms. Waldof is a dynamic speaker who brings positive energy to every presentation she gives. A business executive with over 30 years of management experience, her VACIP© and DRIP© methodologies help companies create efficiencies, reduce costs, and increase profits.

Her Minnesota Award Winning book, Wilhelm’s Way: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved the Manhattan Project, recounts the contributions to the war effort of Dr. Harley Wilhelm and the Ames Project division of the Manhattan Project during World War II. His invention to purify uranium, the Ames Process, as well as his mass production method led to the successful, decisive, and swift end to World War II. Remarkably, eighty years later, his methods are still in use today!

When: Tuesday, April 16
Speaker: Mark Swanson
Topic: Growing Hope Globally

Mark Swanson is a Regional Director and Interim CEO for Growing Hope Globally, Growing Hope Globally provides an opportunity for Christians to make a lasting impact on global hunger, linking the grassroots energy and commitment of rural communities in the U.S. with the capability and desire of smallholder farmers in developing countries. 

Previously he was a pastor serving churches in South Dakota and most recently Washington state, where he led a Growing Project with Growing Hope Globally. Mark and his family live in Decorah, Iowa.

When: Tuesday, March 19
Speaker: Al Batt
Topic: Birding with Batt

Al Batt is a writer, speaker, storyteller, author and humorist whose observations about nature and humankind are published in many newspapers and magazines, and heard on many radio stations.

He shares his stories with anyone who will listen. Al received the Thomas Sadler Roberts Award from the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union for birding. His mother thinks he’s a big deal.