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R O A D T O 2 0 2 0 | C R E S T O N E J U LY 2 3 – 2 8

– W AY N E T E A S D A L E

“Interspirituality is the foundation that can prepare the way for a planet-wide enlightened culture, and a continuing community among the religions that

is substantial, vital, and creative.

A R R I VA L D AY –S U N D AY, J U LY 2 3

• Fire Ceremony (Optional)

• Check in at 4pm Crestone College, Baca Campus

• Dinner and Welcome by the Crestone Convergence Team

• Assembling Group Altar

D AY O N E – J U LY 2 4 | M O R N I N G

• GROUNDING IN PLACE, GETTING ACQUAINTED

• Morning Transfer to Shumei ~ 20 minutes

• Arrive at Shumei for Tour of Center, Experience Johrei, Garden and Presentation by Matthew Crowley

• Transfer back to Desert Sage with stop by KTTG Stupa, if time [lovely spot for a group photo!]

• Lunch

D AY O N E | A F T E R N O O N / E V E N I N G

• Opening | Lakota Drumming - call to center

• Brief offering by Jeff Vander Clute [a 50,000+ foot view]

• Crestone Spiritual Alliance: World Cafe dialogue to deepen and advance the healing and strengthening of the tribes…

Dinner Break

• Screening of short film A Place in the Heart, with discussion and Q&A with filmmaker, Doug Beechwood, Hanne Strong, Manitou Foundation, and John Milton (Way of Nature)

• ECOLOGY & INTERSPIRITUALITY

• Connecting with pioneering work in Crestone

• Crestone Baca Resiliency Initiative ~ Paradigm Shift/Keepers of the Light will lead the opening and closing for morning session.

D AY T W O – J U LY 2 5

• Opening | Soft Drum Call to the Conference Center with a series of gentle movements and a mindfulness walk led by Keepers of the Light ~ focus Embodied EcoAwareness practice [30 minutes]

• “Convergence of Deep Ecology, Spirituality and Group Consciousness”: a panel and community conversation amongst the tribes gathered in the room

• Reflections from five Convergence attendees who just returned from the Spirituality and Sustainability Conference in Rome/Assisi

• Closing | Keepers of the Light [5 minutes]

Lunch Break

D AY T W O | M O R N I N G

• Opening | Poetry and Art by James O’Dea and Marika Popovits

• Offering by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji

• Voluntary Commitments on the Road to 2020 | Presentations from individuals, groups and organizations in the room

• Visual Recorder | Mapping and Discovering Synergies

• Closing | Music and Silence

Dinner Break

D AY T W O | A F T E R N O O N

• Opening | Inspirational Reading

• Crestone Baca Resiliency Initiatives | Steering Committee and Liaisons from the eight working Teams report on their experiences and the current state of their activities in the post-conference environment

• Mapping and discovering the synergies on the Road to 2020 and areas of convergence and collaboration

• Closing | Music

D AY T W O | E V E N I N G

• DEEPEN, EXPLORE, CELEBRATE!

• Opening | Mindahi Bastida and Geraldine Ann Patrick share updates regarding Sacred Sites, launching the group into creative interactions with one another and the Sacred Site of Crestone.

• The rest of the day is open for inter-network meetings, deepening individual and group exploration, tours of the spiritual centers, yoga, hiking, healing bodywork and rest…

• Evening | Gift of Music to the Community of Crestone – Pato Banton & Antoinette Hall, other musicians/groups being finalized, and jamming with local musicians

D AY T H R E E – J U LY 2 6

M U S I C | PAT O & A N T O I N E T T E

Minister Pato Banton is a Grammy-nominated international recording artist and Reggae legend. Pato was inducted into the Music Hall of Fame for his contributions to the British Music industry, and he received the prestigious BBC Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife Antoinette, Pato delivers positive vibrations that are food for the mind and soul.

Antoinette “Rootsdawtah” Hall is a world-renowned Reggae keyboardist. Antoinette is a leader in Global Outreach Ministry, which includes the Urantia Movement, U-Day Thailand, Parliament of the World’s Religions, 1GOD.com, and Harvard Divinity School.

• AWARENESS & LOVE IN ACTION

• Embodiment, movement, yoga

• Transfer to the River

• Water Talk by Tanja, et al.

• Walk the River | Drummers | Bring gifts and offerings

• Transfer back to the College

Lunch

D AY F O U R – J U LY 2 7 | M O R N I N G

• Opening | Music and Movement

• Insight | Presentation and Discussion with Sarah Hautzinger, Professor of Applied Anthropology with Colorado College, Matthew Crowley, Operations Manager, Shumei and Christian Dillo, Crestone Mountain Zen Center ~ on the past, present and future possibilities around Ecology & Spirituality in the greater Crestone community.

• Making Visible | What is Convergence? Identifying Synergies between the Interspirituality network and the Crestone community. Together, what are our individual, group and organizational commitments on the Road to 2020?

• Closing Drum Circle | Naming and honoring the tribes and their commitments on the Road to 2020…

Dinner and Free Evening

D AY F O U R | A F T E R N O O N

• Check out

• Farewells and informal conversations

• Departure

D AY F I V E – J U LY 2 8 | D E PA R T U R E

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