Running for Renewal 2020
RUNNING FOR RENEWAL
RUNNING FOR RENEWAL
Sponsor world-class resources and events that bring new life to our culture.
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An ambitious goal.
A team of Eighth Day Institute supporters have their sights set upon a $50k fundraising goal this summer as they train to run the Chicago Half Marathon/5k on September 29th. Director Erin Doom is inviting supporters from Wichita and throughout the country to join our team through donations/sponsorships, as well as by meeting up with us on the date of the event.
If you have benefited from the work of the Eighth Day Institute, would you partner with us as we work to revive our culture through faith and learning?
Erin's Story
For the last several years my wife and eldest son have been pushing me to get into shape. After living a sedentary lifestyle for over two decades, my weight had ballooned to 219 lbs. That’s more than sixty pounds over the ideal weight for a male my height. On multiple occasions since then, I’ve tried to heed their exhortations to lose weight through both exercise and diet. But they were always short-lived efforts that ended in failure. Until a year ago.
01 The Details
On October 11, Anno Domini 2020, Team EDI will run the Fall Prairie Fire races in Wichita, KS.
02 The Cause
The Eighth Day running team will be raising funds to support the Institute's various efforts to renew culture through faith and learning: Inklings Festival, Eighth Day Symposium, Florovsky-Newman Week, Eighth Day Moot, Word from the Fathers, Hall of Men, Sisters of Sophia, et al.
03 The Course
This scenic half marathon course starts in Historic Jackson Park, site of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, and winds through the beautiful Hyde Park neighborhood and University of Chicago campus. The course then takes runners along Chicago’s south Lake Shore Drive, taking in the views of Lake Michigan, Chicago skyline and the Science and Industry Museum campus before a triumphant finish at the golden Statue of the Republic.
"I am so grateful for EDI. I really do believe that this is a holy work, anointed by God."
Dr. Matthew Umbarger
Catholic
"[EDI] is a place to join others in dialogue and study in the worthy cause to renewing culture."
Ellen Awe
Protestant
Protestant
"Thank you for always facilitating the important things in life: community, intellectual challenge, and longing for Christ's presence in the world."
Nick Polenz
Orthodox
Orthodox
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Peter LeithartTheopolis Institute
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James K. A. SmithCalvin College
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Hans BoersmaNashotah House
"...The work of Eighth Day Institute is indispensable."