Rostered Ministers, Lay Mission Developers and Interns:
We look forward to sharing time and stories with you and our presenters at Seabeck Conference Center on beautiful Hood Canal. We will welcome Vance Blackfox, Director of ELCA Indigenous Ministries & Tribal Relations AND local Indigenous Elders and leaders, Jay "Jeremiah" Julius, Kay Knott, and Jay Bowen. (Read about our presenters HERE.)
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Our primary TWO DAY event begins at 11am on MONDAY, April 24 and concludes at 10:30am on Wednesday, April 26.
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We are also offering the opportunity to arrive at 4pm on SUNDAY for a THREE DAY event - there will be no formal programming on Sunday, simply a time for indivuidual quiet refection and rest.
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Schedule:
Sunday
- 4pm – Check-in for three-day event
- 6pm – Dinner 7pm – Evening on your own
- 7pm – Optional Meditation w/ Images & Music
- 7pm – Evening on your own
Monday
- 8am – Breakfast
- 9am – Creation-centered Morning Prayer / morning on your own
- 11am - Check in for two-day event
- 12noon - Lunch
- 1pm - Gathering worship, overview, introductions
- 2-4pm – Session 1: The Blanket Exercise, Vance Blackfox NOTE: due to the nature of this exercise, no late arrivals will be allowed into the space, please be on time!
- 4-6pm - Free time
- 6pm - Dinner
- 7-9pm – Session 2: Vance Blackfox
Tuesday
- 8am – Breakfast
- 9am - Worship
- 9:30am - State of the Synod w/ Bishop
- 10am-12noon – Session 3: Jeremiah Julius & Kay Knott Noon - Lunch 1-3pm – Session 4: Panel Presentation (Vance Blackfox, Jeremiah Julius, Kay Knott, Jay Bowen)
- 3-5pm - Free time
- 5pm - Social hour
- 6pm - Dinner
- 7-9pm – Session 5: Sacred Art - Jay Bowen
Wednesday
- 8am – Breakfast
- 9am – Gathering and Wrap Up
- 9:30am - Closing Worship
- 10:30am - Departure