2005–06 Church Leaders Forum Series Part 3
	SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY PRESENTS: 2005–06 CHURCH LEADERS FORUM SERIES PART 3 "Attention Spans and Christian Ministry: Reaching iPoders to Baby Boomers" Tues., May 30, 2006 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Upper Gwinn Commons, Seattle Pacific University, 3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle, Washington Traffic advisory regarding the Fremont Bridge					Dr. John J. Medina A developmental molecular biologist with special research interests in the isolation and characterization of genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders, Dr. Medina is the director of the Seattle Pacific University Brain Center for Applied Learning Research. He is also the founder of the Talaris Research Institute, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization that fosters healthy social, emotional, and cognitive development of young children. The Brain Center for Applied Learning Research In 2005, Seattle Pacific University opened the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research and appointed Dr. Medina as director. Through the Brain Center, Dr. Medina and SPU faculty members in education, psychology, and physics are now exploring how the brain learns, and the implications of this research for the classroom. The results will have profound effects for K–12 teacher education, not only at SPU, but also regionally and nationally. “What we are working toward,” says Dr. Medina, “ is the creation of a research environment where educators and brain scientists figure out how to optimize learning environments.”

	Have you ever been speaking to a congregation or class and suddenly realized that the room has become a sea of blank stares? It may not be your fault! Join us for a fascinating and engaging look at the biology of the attention span of the human brain, what our brains pay attention to regardless of our age, and optimal ways of transferring information from one head to another — with featured speaker Dr. John J. Medina, the renowned developmental molecular biologist who directs Seattle Pacific University’s new Brain Center for Applied Learning Research. In a presentation designed particularly for church leaders and youth workers, Dr. Medina brings this groundbreaking discussion to SPU. Following his presentation, Dr. Medina will lead a question- and-answer/reflection-and-response session. Tickets for the May 30 Church Leaders Forum are $12 per person, which includes lunch. Deadline for registration is May 23, 2006. Registration for the May 30, 2006, Church Leaders Forum Deadline for registration: May 23, 2006. Seating is limited. (To request disability accommodations, please call 206.281.2100 two weeks prior to the event date.) Register by Phone: Call 206/281-2100. Please have credit card information ready. Register by Mail: Click here to download the registration form. (PDF)				COMING NEXT YEAR In conjunction with the 2006–07 President’s Symposia for Engaging the Culture and Changing the World Part 1: Week of November 6, 2006 RICHARD B. HAYS Richard Hays is professor of New Testament at Duke University Divinity School. Acclaimed for his work in the fields of New Testament ethics and Pauline theology, Hays is the author of The Conversion of the Imagination, The Moral Vision of the New Testament, and The Faith of Jesus Christ. Part 2: Week of February 26, 2007 GEORGE M. WEIGEL George Weigel is senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. One of America’s leading commentators on issues of religion and public life, Weigel is the author of The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God; Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II; and The Truth of Catholicism. Part 3: Week of April 23, 2007 JOHN M. PERKINS John Perkins is founding partner with SPU President Philip Eaton in the John Perkins Center at Seattle Pacific University, which was founded in 2004 to equip global urban leaders to engage the culture and change the world through reconciliation, leadership training, and Christian community development.

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