June 12 – 14, 2025
Thursday, June 12th
9:30 Muffins, Coffee, Tea
10:00 Welcome, Orientation to our time and place, check in and Worship
11:30 Taster Time
Care of Creation in Rural Settings (Marion Lucas-Jeffries)
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Theme Presentation One, Rural Café and Circle Talk
2:45 Free time to walk the labyrinth, explore the prayer practices or book/resource/ market table)
(coffee/tea will be available to pick up before Taster Time)
3:30 – Taster Time
Being Rural: Being Affirming (Kate Jones)
Green Burial (Elisabeth Bachem-Jennings)
Jesus, Glue and Glitter and more (Tori Mullens)
5:30 Supper
Friday, June 13th
9:30 Muffins, Coffee, Tea
10:00 Gathering/Body Prayer
10:15 Taster Time
Pilgrimage Within (Dawn-Lea Greer)
11:00 Theme Presentation Two, Rural Café and Circle Time
12:30 Group photo
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 Two workshops running concurrently (Please see below for descriptions and please make your choices, on the registration form)
3:30 – 4:00 Coffee Break
Time to visit the Maker Market, the prayer space, stretch legs or just keep chatting.
4:00 Taster Time
Labyrinth Under our Feet (Jane Doull) This is about the labyrinth in the floor of Wesley UCC.
Interfaith Chaplaincy (Ellie Hummel)
5:30 Supper
Saturday, June 14th
9:00 Muffins, Coffee, Tea
9:20 Gathering/Morning Body Prayer
9:30 Taster Time:
“Your Personal Scriptorium at Home: writing out the Bible by hand (Martin Dawson)
Coffee, tea refill and stretch
10:30 Final Theme Presentation
12:15 Lunch
12:45 Closing words & Communion
Please leave your feedback sheets in the basket by the door.
Workshop Descriptions
A Pilgrimage on Sackville Trails with Rob Fennell and Shawna Lucas
Getting outside and getting moving are two of the basic needs of human beings. Another need (one that is sometimes neglected) is spiritual awareness in the midst of everyday life. Come with Shawna and Rob for two hours and enjoy some “walking with purpose” – a reflective micro-pilgrimage that will help us attune mind, body, and soul on the trails of Sackville.
The Spirituality of Aging with Catherine Smith
Aging is “a profound opportunity for spiritual growth and wisdom writes gerontologist Robert Atchely – an opportunity. How often do we think of aging in those terms?
Yet, if we hold the days of our aging tenderly, attentively, courageously, they open us to depths of life we might never have imagined. In these depths we may find a holy freedom. The spirituality of aging is as vital to reflect on as the biology of aging. This deepening spirituality is not only vital for our individual lives, it is vital as a gift we may offer to a restive society. How do we recognize and honour the spiritual gifts of aging both in our individual lives and the lives of our faith communities? Through questions, prompts, and practices we’ll consider the space for Spirit in our aging. This workshop welcomes young and old and in-between.
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Table Church Option
On your tables you’ll find a description of Table Church. I’m interested in sharing this resource with people, hearing what was helpful, or not, and thinking about how you or your congregation or a group of folks you know might imagine using this.
If you would like to gather with me to participate in a Table Church worship time over a meal, please talk to me at or before Friday morning coffee. We’ll have the opportunity to participate in Table Church over lunch on Friday. Catherine