Program for Fall 2005
"MYSTICISM AND LIBERAL RELIGION"
Monday, November 28
2:00 to 3:00 P.M. – Arrival Time – Get Settled in Rooms
3:00 Personal Check-In and Sharing with G-Field Group Members
5:00 Happy Hour
5:30 Dinner
7:00 UU’s and the Mystical Path—Sharing Our Personal Mystical Experiences
Dick Fewkes – Mysticism, Dreams and the Spiritual Life – 25 min.
7:45 Panel Presentations (7 to 10 min. a piece) and Discussion
Rosemarie Smurzynski – More on Mysticism and Dreams
Charles Stephens – Mysticism and Pastoral Care
Fred Gillis – Mystical Theology a Critical Response
9:10 Chapel: Tom Wintle
Tuesday, November 29
7:30 A.M. – Chapel: Mary Harrington
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 UU’s and the Mystical Path—Sharing our Personal Mystical Experiences
Greg Chute – A Near-Death Mystical Experience and its Impact – 25 Min.
Martha Niebanck – Mysticism in Nature – 25 min.
10:45 Morning Break
11:00 Panel Presentations (7 to 10 min. a piece) and Discussion
Marta Flanagan – Mysticism in Worship
Jim Sherblom – Mysticism in Men’s Community
Bill Gardner – Mysticism and Social Action
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:00 P.M. Free Time
3:15 Small Groups: Sharing Our Spiritual Journeys
(One Page on Formative Personal Mystical or Religious Experience)
- Make Copies for entire G-Field Group
4:30 Large Group Sharing and Discussion of Spiritual Journeys
5:00 Happy Hour
5:30 Dinner
7:00 Change of Pace – Susan Suchocki
9:00 Chapel: Paul Ratzlaff
Wednesday, November 30
7:30 A.M. - Chapel: Joel Miller
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Large Group Discussion of Topic or Spiritual Journeys
10:00 Anchor Report – Nina Grey
10:30 Business Meeting
11:30 Chapel: John Weston
12 Noon Lunch
Program Committee Members:
Dick Fewkes (Chair), Frank Carpenter, Greg Chute, Fred Gillis,
Martha Niebanck, Charles Stephens, Rosemarie Smurzynski