On April 8, 2011, ten members of the eighth-grade class of Merritt Academy in Fairfax, VA, traveled with their principal Linda Potts to Osprey Point for a leadership workshop led by Daniel Allen and the other Fellows of Trinity Forum Academy. The students participated in several sessions that addressed the meaning of leadership with a focus on how true leaders serve a purpose larger than themselves by serving others. Daniel Levi Goans led a songwriting session, Sarah Coffin demonstrated how to...
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Week 30:Os Guinness and Gary Haugen on Evil and Justice Readings: "And Justice for All" Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros (Foreign Affairs, 2010); Movie: The Redemption of General Butt Naked; Acts 4, 7, 10, 13-17 Throughout the week Fellows worked to complete their Fellowship Theses. Tuesday: Fellow Julia Thompson led the class through a discussion on the relation of justice and freedom, both personally and internationally; she reviewed the article written by Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros, on...
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Week 29: Templeton Weekend, Project Focus Week, Fellow Teaching Reading: Luke 24, Jn 1-4, 20, Acts 2 Over the weekend of 4/2 the Fellows participated in a symposium with Dr. Jack Templeton, each composing essays in response to Adam Bellow's recent New Threats to Freedom. This week was primarily dedicated to work on Fellowship theses. Two Fellows led class, Rebeckah Groves on improvisation and Daniel Allen on a redeeming vision of the sports culture.
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Photo Captions TFA alumni panelists Brooks Lumpkin (2004), Katie Roland (2003), Amin Aminfar (2003), Matthew McGowen (2005), Laura Ruth Venable (2010), and Adam Lockridge (2006). Alumni panelists with Dr. John Templeton and Dr. William Edgar. Board member Harty Gardner, Ed Meese, and Ursula Meese with Sarah Coffin (2011) before the main event. Julia Thompson (2011) meets alumnus Matthew McGowen (2005). TFA Director Grady Powell addresses the assembly to kick off the dinner and panel discussion....
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