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Community Gathering in Minneapolis, weekend of July 7th to 9th 2006.
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Suddenly it's only a few days away! We'll be meeting over the weekend of 7th and 8th July. Here's the schedule as it stands presently:

9:45 am - Coffee and refreshments

10:00 am Welcome - Morning office

10:45 am -11:45 am Roy Searle - Story of the Northumbria Community, history and origins - the story so far!

11:45 am - 11:55 am Break

11:55 am - 12:45 pm What does this mean for the Northumbria Community in the USA ? An exploration of what it means to build a dispersed community in the context of USA.

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Lunchbreak on site

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm - Discussion Panel and Q & A - a chance to hear from a number of people in the USA who have been inspired by the community. How it shapes our lives today..

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Workshops/breakouts:
Landscape of the heart (contemplative prayer);
Unpacking the Rule;
Building Community - challenges of being dispersered;
telling the story (a creative, hands on way to participate in the Celtic Fire meeting in the eve)

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Closing time - collective time together- creative use of the Office

Sat eve- 7-9 pm
Celtic Fire - Cuthbert's Story - telling about the life of Saint Cuthbert with stories and songs

Sunday morning is very informal, but there will be time to meet with some of the team from UK to share Morning Office and chat together from 10am on Sunday.

The event will be held at the Source Community's space...the Fallout Urban Art Center. Some directions are here.

Source ministries have created a website for the event where we will be posting more information and registration details as they are available. There's as much here as we know, so keep checking back.

If you would like any further or more specific information about the Gathering, then send us an email and we'll do what we can to answer your questions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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