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SUMMARY:Virtual 2021 Ministry of Writing Colloquium: Grace\, Play\, Delight
DESCRIPTION:Ft. Carrie Newcomer and Pádraig O’Tuama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrace\, Play\, Delight: If those words were friends\, we’d wonder why they never called anymore. But to cope with an ongoing pandemic and confront our era’s injustices\, we need to hear from them. We could also use a visit from their friends\, joy and beauty. \n\n\n\nDate: Friday\, October 22\, 2021 (8:00PM) & October 23\, 2021 (8:30AM – 7:30PM) \n\n\n\nLocation: This event will be hosted via Zoom and Mandolin \n\n\n\nTicketing: This is an entirely virtual event hosted via online platforms\, a first for the ESR Writing Colloquium! We ask participants to pay what they are able. \n\n\n\nRecommended payment for a single session: $20Recommended payment for the entire event: $50\n\n\n\nAlthough no payment is necessary to attend\, registration is required. \n\n\n\n	\n		Register here	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule (All times are in EST)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, October 22\, 2021 (8:00PM)\n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer \n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 23\, 2021 (8:30AM – 7:30PM)\n\n\n\n(8:30M) – Zoom opens(8:45AM – 8:55AM) – Optional Silent Worship(9:00AM – 10:45AM) – Plenary 1(10:45AM – 11:00AM) – Break(11:00AM – 12:30PM) – Workshop Session 1 (see options below)(12:30PM – 1:45PM) – Lunch /Hang-out (open Zoom session)(1:45PM – 3:15PM) – Workshop Session 2 (see options below)(6:00PM – 7:30PM) – Padraig O’Tuama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSessions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer (Friday\, October 22\, 2021\,8:00PM)\n\n\n\nLivestream performance. Dubbed a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe\, Carrie has 19 albums and three books of poetry to her credit. This fall\, she will release “Until Now” (Available Light). Carrie is a Quaker and well known in the Earlham community. She has performed on campus multiple times and is mother of a 2005 Earlham College graduate. \n\n\n\nPádraig O’Tauma (Saturday\, October 23\, 2021\, 6:00PM – 7:30PM)\n\n\n\nHost of the podcast Poetry Unbound with On Being Media\, Padraig’s work encompasses hosting storytelling events\, peacemaking\, publishing poems\, and co-authoring (with Glenn Jordan) the book Borders & Belonging: The Book of Ruth — A Story for Our Times (Canterbury Press\, 2021). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Sessions \n\n\n\nEach workshop leader will be available for both session 1 & 2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarrie Newcomer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMini-retreat 1: The Beautiful Not Yet: The Practice of Hope In Hard Times\n\n\n\nLiving into a sustainable hope is getting a bead on a true north and then walking toward it\, living into love is a daily practice\, our work for a better\, kinder world is an orientation not a destination. That’s the starting point for this retreat\, which explores how we maintain hope and sustain vision during times of individual and community challenge. In a time of continued uncertainty\, division\, and weariness\, staying present to daily moments of beauty and delight is not a luxury but a necessity. Living into a sustainable kind of hope is not as a destination\, but a daily orientation. Carrie will use music\, poetry\, reflective writing\, and small and large group conversation to explore the personal stories and practices that keeps us resilient and help us to stay centered in daily\, life-giving action. Participants will consider the things that have helped them maintain hope in the past and how to access them\, as well as what new practices might be possible in our present circumstances. Be ready to write\, on paper or on your computer. \n\n\n\nMini-retreat 2: Telling Our Story in Song: An Experiment in Online Community Songwriting\n\n\n\nCan one of Carrie’s favorite workshops come to life online? There’s only one way to find out! Based on Carrie’s fast-paced and playful community songwriting retreat\, participants will partner with Carrie to write a song in real-time. Without requiring any musical experience\, the workshop will move through the songwriting process: choosing a topic\, creating the language\, and moving the language into music form. In person\, the group would sing the song together at the end. On Zoom? We’re still kinda figuring that out. Getting to delight means risking uncertainty; it’s more fun together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Kareen Tayyar – In Praise of Ordinary Things\n\n\n\nFrom the work of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson onward\, the praise poem has been a mainstay of American poetry\, and for good reason: it is a form that lends itself to prioritizing the intimate\, the personal\, and the spiritual in a manner that eschews dogma and sweeping generalizations. This workshop will focus on the necessary components that comprise a good praise poem\, which include an attention to detail\, an original narrative voice\, and an embrace of the transcendent beauty to be found in life’s ordinary experiences. \n\n\n\nPaul Kareem Tayyar’s most recent books are “Let Us Now Praise Ordinary Things” (Arroyo Seco Press\, 2021) and “Immigrant Songs” (WordTech\, 2019). Previous works of his include “The Prince of Orange County” (Pelekinesis\, 2018)\, which received the Eric Hoffer Prize for Young Adult Fiction. His essays\, poetry\, and fiction have been published in a wide variety of journals\, including Alaska Quarterly Review\, Arkansas Review\, Brilliant Corners\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Writer’s Almanac. He is a Professor of English at Golden West College in Huntington Beach\, California\, and he holds a Ph.D. in literature from U.C. Riverside.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Lyles Wilson (M.A.\, M.T.S.) – “Coming Home”\n\n\n\nSometimes we’re so busy listening to what society has in mind for us that we neglect our own journeys. Earning a living\, chasing a dream\, caring for loved ones\, suffering a loss. Any of life’s challenges—and we’ve all got them\, regardless of our station in life—can steer us away from the truest desires of our hearts. Then one day we wake up and discover we’re not where we thought we’d be. How did that happen\, we ask? Please join us for this expressive writing workshop\, where we’ll engage with prompts\, readings\, and reflections designed to help us write our way home: to ourselves\, to God\, to the human condition. You needn’t consider yourself a writer to join us. You just need to honor your voice and follow your heart. \n\n\n\nAmy Lyles Wilson is a writer\, story coach\, and spiritual director who believes it’s the sharing of our stories that saves us. Toward that end\, she encourages and equips people to get to the heart of the matter through a variety of creative and spiritual practices. From writing to SoulCollage®\, art journaling to meditation\, Amy Lyles celebrates the life that can be found at the intersection of creativity and spirituality. She has co-authored or contributed to eight books and various periodicals\, taught writing at the Earlham School of Religion\, and facilitated workshops at the Chautauqua Institution\, St. Mary’s-Sewanee\, and Escape to Create (Seaside\, Florida). Visit Amy’s website. \n\n\n\n\n\nMore workshop sessions to be announced. Follow us on social media to get updates: \n\n\n\nFacebook ESR Page \n\n\n\nInstagram \n\n\n\nTwitter \n\n\n\nLinked-in \n\n\n\nOnline Platforms\n\n\n\nMajority of this event will be hosted via Zoom. You do not need to have an account to access this event. You will receive zoom links from ESR upon registration. \n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer will be hosted via Mandolin. You do not need to have an account to access this event. You will receive information on how to receive this link upon registration. \n\n\n\nInformation \n\n\n\nThe Writing Colloquium is co-sponsored by Bethany Theological Seminary and it supports the writing and work of the joint Master of Arts in Theopoetics and Writing that is offered by both institutions. If you are interested in learning more about this or other ESR programs\, fill our request more information form to get connected with us as a prospective student.
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SUMMARY:2021 Fall Virtual Visit Week
DESCRIPTION:In Conjunction with the ESR Writing for Ministry Colloquium \n\n\n\nThe Virtual ESR Visit Week\, October 22-28\, will include a professor discussion\, class visits or sample classes\, information sessions\, student & alumni panels\, and more. \n\n\n\nAttendees are also invited to join Quaker singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer and poet-peacemaker Pádraig Ó Tuama on Oct. 22-23 for an entirely online Ministry of Writing Colloquium. \n\n\n\nLearn more about ESR’s programs and community\, with a focus on the MA in Theopoetics & Writing Program. All are welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVirtual Visit Week Schedule\n\n\n\nTimes are Eastern Daylight Savings Time \n\n\n\nFriday\, October 22\n\n\n\n11:00 am – MA Theopoetics & Writing Student/Alumni Panel – Meet students and alumni of the MATW program to learn more about the courses at Earlham School of Religion and Bethany Theological Seminary. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87660419596 \n\n\n\n1:00 pm – MATW Professor Discussion with Scott Holland (Bethany Seminary) and Ben Brazil (Earlham School of Religion) – Meet Scott Holland\, Bethany Theological Seminary’s Theopoetics Professor\, and Ben Brazil\, Earlham School of Religion’s Writing Professor\, and hear about the MA in Theopetics & Writing\, a program of both seminaries. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82277937691 \n\n\n\n2:30 pm – ESR Information Session – Learn about Earlham School of Religion programs and community. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85294176441 \n\n\n\n8:00 pm – Kick off the Ministry of Writing Colloquium with a concert by Carrie Newcomer – Register for the Colloquium or see a full schedule here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-esr-2021-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight-tickets-170286145445 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 23\n\n\n\nAll Day – Writing Colloquium Workshops – go here for a full schedule and to register for the Colloquium- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-esr-2021-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight-tickets-170286145445 \n\n\n\n6:00 pm – Closing Plenary with Pádraig Ó Tuama\, Host of Poetry Unbound with NPR’s On Being – For full schedule and to register for the Colloquium – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-esr-2021-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight-tickets-170286145445 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 26\n\n\n\n1:20-2:30 pm – Sample Class: Exploring Jewish Mystical Texts with Michael Birkel\, who teaches courses in spirituality and in interfaith studies at ESR\, invites visitors to join him in reading together some passages from the Zohar\, the most influential of Jewish mystical texts. Come and expand your notion of how the universe works!  (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n6:10-9:00 pm – Class Visit: Applied Storytelling with Ben Brazil – Stories entertain\, but they also do work. For individuals\, stories give shape to identity\, meaning\, and values. In communities\, stories knit people together and offer bridges across barriers of differences. In nonprofit and justice work\, stories frame problems\, galva-nize responses\, and illuminate the on-the-ground meaning of orienting values. This course offers instruction and practice in some of the ways story can serve ministry and other values-driven work.  (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, October 27\n\n\n\n1:20 pm -4:00 pm – Class Visit: Pastoral Spirituality with Phil Baisley – This course emphasizes the personal side of pastoring. Topics will include maintaining one’s overall health and spiritual focus\, be-ing part of a pastoral family\, building healthy relationships with a congregation\, and identifying one’s philosophy of ministry. While designed for new pastors or those planning to become pastors\, this course will also be helpful to students who have been working in congregations for some time.  (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, October 28\n\n\n\n6:10-9:00 pm – Class Visit: Intro to Quakerism with Steve Angell – This course provides a practical guide to Quaker history\, theology\, outreach\, faith and practice. It considers the historical and theo-logical origins of Quakerism and its relationships to politics and governance. It provides a guide to Quaker business prac-tice\, in-cluding clerking. It considers relationships of Quakers to outward culture\, including education and service\, in their English\, North American\, and global South contexts. While grounded in in-depth consideration of Quakers’ past\, it imaginatively considers new or continuing roles that Quakers may play in coming generations   (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nMeet your ESR Admissions Team\n\n\n\nJulie Dishman\n\n\n\nDirector of Recruitment and Admissions\ndishmju@earlham.edu \n(765) 983-1523
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