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Fall Forum:  Engaging Ideas of Consequence

The Fall Forum dinner and speaker event bears the tagline “Engaging Ideas of Consequence,” reflecting our mission to seriously engage important and consequential ideas and issues of the day. A nationally prominent speaker headlines these dinner and speaker events, which are fundraisers for Providence Hall student scholarships, open to the public.

  • 2012 - The speaker will be announced in the spring.
  • 2011 – Louis Zamperini, hero of the best seller Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand. Mr. Zamperini’s inspiring message is a WWII story of survival, resilience, redemption, and forgiveness.

  • 2010 – Dennis Prager, nationally-syndicated radio host and political pundit, on “America at the Crossroads,” a timely topic at the time of a presidential election. 

Providence Presents:  Topics That Matter to Parents

Providence Presents is a series of presentations by local experts for parents of pre-teens and teens, on topics relevant to these important years.

Please join us Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 for Sticky Faith, presented by Dr. Kara Powell of the Fuller Youth Institute. Click here for more information and to RSVP.

Past topics have included:

  • “Tweets, Texts, & Teens” on the challenges of digital media, such as texting and social networks
  • “How to Talk with Your Children about Sex”
  • “How to Guide Your Children Spiritually”
  • “Friends and Frenemies” on supporting youth in their peer relationships
  • “Help! I’m the Parent of a Teenager” on stages of adolescent development
  • “Look before You Leep!” on youth sports
  • “How to Talk with Your Children about Drugs & Alcohol”
  • “Healthy Transitions in Parenting Adolescents”