Schedule of Events

Comfort in the Midst of Discomfort: Grounded, Soft, Upright, Open
Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei

Breakout Sessions

Bones and Seeds, Susannah Crolius

Writing to Heal, Catharine H. Murray

Braiding the Past and Present: Navigating Unfinished Business in Grief
Steven Karaiskos

Yoga for Your Grieving Heart, Susannah SanFillippo

Circle Conversations, Rev. Angie Arndt and Rev Craig Werth

Lunch Conversation Tables

Enjoy casual conversation with new or old friends or join one of the Conversation Tables for focused discussion.

Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) – Rev. Val Lovelace, Maine Death With Dignity

Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSEAD) – Rev. Priscilla Platt

Hospice - Rev. Larry Greer, Hospice of Southern Maine

Relic-Query Installation (Susannah Crolius)
Historically, reliquaries were highly ornate containers for all manner of dead, holy things, often the actual bones, body parts or sacred objects of holy or martyred persons. While most prominent in medieval Catholicism, every religious expression has some form of containing and revering sacred objects.

This portable installation is a different take on the traditional reliquary. It is a contemporary, contemplative, personal interactive refuge for reflecting on and unbinding your dry bones, the places that feel diminished, dusty, tired, frightened, dead in your heart, your body, your spiritual or faith life.