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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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DOCUMENTS

LITURGIES

RECORDED SESSIONS

All sessions from the weekend will be recorded and links to view them will be posted here as soon as they become available.

FRIDAY

EVENING (CLICK HERE)

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  • 2:25 – Opening Welcome (some of the recording at the beginning was cut off)
  • 18:14 – Breakout Rooms Introduction
  • 23:32 – Breakout Rooms (not recorded)
  • 25:00 – Return to Plenary – Breakout room debrief (some of the recording at the beginning was cut off)
  • 53:08 – Compline
  • 1:14:15 – Close

SATURDAY

MORNING (CLICK HERE)

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  • Opening
  • Morning Prayer with Daily Obedience
  • Current Climate Crisis – Finn Pond

MID MORNING (CLICK HERE)

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  • The FOUR R’s through Franciscan Lenses – Charlie McCarron
  • Noonday Prayers

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

Renewals

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Led by Provincial Minister Janet Fedders

Night Prayers

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from the New Zealand Book of Common Prayer

SUNDAY

Morning Prayer with Sermon and News/Updates

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  • Sermon from David Rice, Bishop Protector of TSSF
  • News and updatesTSSF

SCHEDULE of EVENTS

All times are PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST)

Friday, August 7

5:45PM Meeting Room open
6:00 Opening Welcome
6:30 First breakout groups for sharing personal stories.
7:15 Return to plenary – report from groups of common themes/issues from our stories.
7:45 Compline
8:00 Community Room open for networking and catching up with old friends, etc. Open during all breaks on Saturday.  

Saturday, August 8

7:45AM Meeting Room open
8:00 Morning Prayer with Daily Obedience 
8:30 First presentation: Current Climate Crisis
– Finn Pond, biologist and deacon
– Plenary Q&A with Finn
9:30 Break for 1 hour  (Community Room open)
10:15 Meeting Room open
10:30 Second Presentation: The Three R’s through Franciscan Lenses
– Charlie McCarron
– Guided meditation
12:00 Noonday Prayers
12:05 Break for 2 hours (Community Room open)
2:00 Choice of  4 workshops on spiritual practices to help us with deeper adaptation in the current crises.  All will be videotaped for the opportunity to future viewing, so attend only one at this time.

  1. Gary Ost –  Brown Robed Buddhist Spiritual Practice
  2. Charlie McCarron – With Nothing of Our Own
  3. Finn Pond – An Opportunity to Share Concerns, Fears, Hopes and Discuss What Our Roles Should Be as the Climate Crisis Intensifies
  4. Peter Stube – Racial Healing 

3:30 Break for I hour (Community Room open)
4:15 Meeting Room open
4:30 Renewals for Professed, Novices and Companions 
– led by Provincial Minister Janet Fedders
5:30 Break for 1½ hours (Community Room open)
6:45 Meeting Room open
7:00 Reflections:  meet in plenary and then breakout groups reconvene for more personal sharing
8:00 Night Prayers from the New Zealand Book of Common Prayer
8:30 Community Room open

Sunday, August 9

8:45AM Meeting Room open
9:00 Morning Prayer with sermon – David Rice
10:00 Plenary: 
– News from around TSSF, SSF, CSF, the Companions and other updates and reports.
– Wrap up, concluding remarks.  What’s next?! 
11:30 Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

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