Schedule
5 pm - 8:30 pm
Opening Circle & Sacred Setting: 5 - 5:30 pm
Gathering/Welcome
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Why are we here?
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Overview of Retreat
Dinner with Storytelling (approximately 5:45 pm)
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Food & Getting to Know You activities
Conversation with "Master Teacher", followed by Q&A (approximately 7 - 8:15 pm)
Thank You to Speaker + Announcements
Close by 8:30 pm
The following schedule shows the basic structure for each retreat.
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend each day and session in their entirety.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your ability to stay for the entire gathering, please contact the event organizers.
Day 1
Day 2
9 am - 6:30 pm
*Continental breakfast will be available from 8:30 - 9:30 am
Opening Session: 9 - 11:45 am
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"Warm up" exercises
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Arch and scope of retreat
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Community Covenants
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Activities, Reflections, and Sharing
Lunch with "Dispatches from the Field" (approximately 12 - 1:30 pm)
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Food & Conversations + Q&A with faith-based activists and community leaders
Afternoon Sessions: 1:45 - 5 pm (with breaks)
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Activities, Reflections, and Sharing
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Skills Building and Moving to Practical Applications
Dinner (approximately 5:30 - 6:30 pm)
Optional Evening Activity in Nashville - Time TBD
Day 3
9 am - 1 pm
*Continental breakfast will be available from 8:30 - 9:30 am
Opening Ritual: 9 - 9:30 am
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Sacred Setting
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Announcements
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Intentions for the Day
Action Planning: 9:30 - 11 am
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Dreaming, strategizing, and next steps
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Practical applications of storytelling as a strategy for social change
Closing Story Circle: 11:15 am - 12 pm
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Blessing and Commissioning
Lunch (approximately 12 - 1 pm)