ALL EVENTS are in the MAIN BUILDING unless otherwise noted. We encourage you to go at your own pace. Use the weekend as a retreat; take personal time for yourself as needed. Meals are long so that you don’t have to rush to get there; linger over your conversations. Take a nap, or a walk, if you’d rather do that.

 

Friday evening

 

4:00-­6:00 Registration

5:30-­6:45 Dinner

6:45­-7:30 Welcome, Singing, Worship, Slideshow Orientation, Announcements
 

7:30-­10:00 Snack is Available

7:45-­8:45 Worship Sharing 1 (various locations: check your nametag)

9:00 Sacred Circle Dancing (Beit Midrash room, downstairs)

 

Saturday morning
 

7:00-­8:30 Breakfast
 

8:30­-10:15 Songs, Gathering, Plenary Speaker: Erin Doland

 

What matters most in life can sometimes get lost among the clutter. Whether it takes the form of stacks of paper or seemingly endless to­-do lists, the stuff of our work and home lives can become overwhelming, rob us of joy, and impede a rich spiritual life.

 

In this presentation, author Erin Doland introduces us to generations of spiritual writings (including words from well­-known Quakers) on simplicity and the relevance and applicability of these writings to modern life. Additionally, we will learn a handful of strategies for making room for Light in our lives.
 

Erin Doland is Editor-­in-­Chief of Unclutterer.com and author of Unclutter Your Life in One Week and Never Too Busy to Cure Clutter. After years as a pack rat, she now borders on having a fanatical commitment to a more minimalist and simple lifestyle. Erin speaks about simplifying and lightening our loads from a spiritual perspective. Erin also writes on adoptive parenting, living with disability, and she's a Quaker Woman! Did we mention she makes us laugh?
 

10:15-­10:30 Announcements

10:45-­12:15 Workshop 1 (Various locations: check the sign­up sheets)

 

Saturday afternoon

12:15-­1:30 Lunch

1:45­-3:15 Workshop 2 (Various locations: check the sign­up sheets)

3:30­-4:30 Chanting (Beit Midrash room, downstairs)

4:45-­6:00 Dinner

6:00-6:30 Visit the Quaker women vendors! Downstairs in the art room.

6:30-­7:30 Worship Sharing 2 (same as last night; check your nametag)
 

7:30­-10:00 Snack is Available

7:45­-9:30 Coffeehouse (Talent Show)
 

9:30­-10:45 Dance Party; bring your tunes or instruments!
 

Sunday
 

7:00-­8:30 Breakfast

8:30­-9:00 PACK UP, load up your car, and vacate your room

9:15-­10:15 Worship Sharing 3 (same as before; check your handy name tag!)

10:30­-11:00 Hymn Singing, transitioning to a few chants

11:00­-12:00 Meeting for Worship

12-12:15 Reading of the Epistle

12:15-­1:30 Lunch (check your nametag to verify that you chose this option)

1:45 Head home and plan to come back next year!