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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">John Wesley United Methodist Church is hosting a discussion with Dr. Ursula Goodenough, professor emerita of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, on “Finding
the Sacred in Nature.” Dr. Goodenough is author of the book <i>The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved</i>. This event is Saturday, June 8, at 6:30 PM, 270 Gifford Street in Falmouth. Doors open at 6:15. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Ursula Goodenough, best-selling author and professor emerita of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, will present a talk, “Finding the Sacred in Nature,”
on Saturday, June 8, at John Wesley United Methodist Church, 270 Gifford Street in Falmouth. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. and the talk will begin at 6:30, with light refreshments to follow. This event is free and open to the public.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Goodenough completed her Ph.D. in Biology at Harvard University and served as an assistant and associate professor of biology at Harvard from 1971-1978 before moving
to Washington University. She retired to Martha’s Vineyard in 2017. Throughout her career Goodenough investigated the sexual cycle of the green soil alga Chlamydomonas, ciliary motility, and algal biofuel precursors. She is a member of the National Academy
of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Microbiology Society, and served as president of the American Society for Cell Biology. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As a speaker and writer for both the scientific community and the general public, Goodenough authored three editions of a widely adopted textbook, “Genetics,” as
well as a best-selling book about the religious naturalist perspective, “The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For decades, Goodenough has contributed to interdisciplinary conversations about the intersection of science, religion and morality, including participation in the
NPR shows “On Being” and “Cosmos & Culture,” and multiple PBS productions. Her talk at John Wesley UMC will explore how scientific and spiritual thought not only are capable of coexisting but can work together to help us understand our story as human beings
on this planet. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, visit
<a href="http://johnwesleyumc.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">johnwesleyumc.org</span></a> or contact
<a href="mailto:jwumcfalmouth@comcast.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">jwumcfalmouth@comcast.net</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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