\n9:00 am – The Hidden World of Mt. St. Helens<\/p>\n
WHERE:<\/strong> Greater Portland Bible Church CONTACT:<\/strong> Marianne Schecklman Dr. Keith Swenson will give a new power point presentation detailing several little known vignettes of recovery in the blast zone. Through this program, he will explore the apparent design in the Mount St. Helens ecosystem and also relate the observed recovery to global restoration following Noah\u2019s Flood.<\/p>","excerpt":" Creation Presentation with Dr. Keith Swenson at Design Science Association in Portland, OR.<\/p>","slug":"design-science-association-portland-or-21","image":{"url":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Design-Science-Association-Logo.jpg","id":151280,"extension":"jpg","width":100,"height":124},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2020-04-18 09:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"04","day":"18","hour":"09","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2020-04-18 11:30:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"04","day":"18","hour":"11","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2020-04-18 14:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"04","day":"18","hour":"14","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2020-04-18 16:30:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2020","month":"04","day":"18","hour":"16","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Chicago","timezone_abbr":"CDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_position":"","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Creation Presentations","slug":"creation-presentations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":242,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":1334,"filter":"raw","id":242,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/242","collection":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[{"name":"Keith Swenson","slug":"keith-swenson","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":471,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":16,"filter":"raw","id":471,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/tags\/471","collection":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/tags"}}],"venue":{"id":163827,"author":"4","status":"publish","date":"2015-06-15 12:23:07","date_utc":"2015-06-15 17:23:07","modified":"2015-06-15 12:23:07","modified_utc":"2015-06-15 17:23:07","url":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/venue\/greater-portland-bible-portland-or\/","venue":"Greater Portland Bible – Portland, OR","slug":"greater-portland-bible-portland-or","address":"2374 SW Vermont St","city":"Portland","country":"United States","state":"OR","zip":"97219","stateprovince":"OR","geo_lat":45.4758551,"geo_lng":-122.700671,"json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Greater Portland Bible – Portland, OR","description":"","url":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/venue\/greater-portland-bible-portland-or\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"2374 SW Vermont St","addressLocality":"Portland","addressRegion":"OR","postalCode":"97219","addressCountry":"United States"},"geo":{"@type":"GeoCoordinates","latitude":45.4758551,"longitude":-122.700671},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"creationevents.org?id=163827","global_id_lineage":["creationevents.org?id=163827"]},"organizer":[{"id":66221,"author":"4","status":"publish","date":"2014-12-08 23:47:42","date_utc":"2014-12-09 05:47:42","modified":"2017-04-12 13:10:33","modified_utc":"2017-04-12 18:10:33","url":"https:\/\/creationevents.org\/organizer\/design-science-association\/","organizer":"Design Science Association","description":" The Design Science Association meets the third Saturday of each month from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. Please join us for refreshments and intellectual stimulation.<\/p>\n We also have a\u00a0Creation Book and Video table at every meeting, with a wide\u00a0selection and discounted prices, including DVDs of past meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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May 18, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. This catastrophic event, in a matter of minutes, produced a 230-square-mile area of destruction, which became known as the \u2018blast zone.\u2019 Within its confines, forests, meadows, wetlands, streams, and lakes were severely cataclysmed. Initial predictions from scientists called for a very prolonged and difficult recovery period . However, four decades have now passed and the return of plants and animals to the Mount St. Helens landscape has far exceeded expectations. How has this happened? What behind-the-scenes organisms and processes have produced the healing we observe at the mountain?<\/p>\n