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Finger
Lakes Conference Announces
its Final Conference
June
22 – 27, 2008
Theme: Endings
and Beginnings: All the Ways to Say Good-bye
 Barbara
Cawthorne Crafton, General Lecturer, will lead participants
through the process of celebration, reunion, and closure at the
final presentation and gathering of the wonderful community that,
for the past 70 years, has been known as Finger Lakes Conference.
This retreat is a call
to be of good cheer about the ending of things: a job, a marriage,
a life. The Finger Lakes Conference -- the Finger Lakes themselves.
Our nation will not go on forever. Nothing will.
But all endings plant
beginnings. What seed will each of our endings sow? And what will
bloom?
Barbara is a priest,
author, spiritual director, and the founder of The Geranium Farm.
Conferees
choose one of these five courses:
- A
New Testament Toolbox - The Rev. Heather Benson
Rector, Trinity Church, Canastota NY
- The
Mysteries of the Book of Revelation Clarified!
- The Rev. Dr. Richard A. Henshaw, Professor Emeritus, Bexley
Hall Seminary
- Good
“ ‘Byes”: Some Favorite Fare-Thee-Wells -
Richard Quaintance, Emeritus Professor of English Literature,
Rutgers University
- Everyday
Spirituality - Dr. Anne Winchell Silver, Adjunct
Professor, General Theological Seminary. Spiritual director
and author of books on spiritual direction and grieving
- Recycling
Paper and Stuff -A Hands On Crafting Workshop
- Pat Welti, Basket Maker and Weaving Teacher
Chaplain
- The Rev. Barbara M. Humphrey, St. John's Episcopal Church, Canandaigua,
New York
Music Director - Eric Osborne, Director
of Music Ministries, Trinity Anglican Church, Cambridge, Ontario
Dean - Betty Donahue
A celebration of this
70-year-old ministry is being planned. Much thought and energy
are being given to honoring its traditions while giving attendees
a reason to be hopeful. Hopeful that new ministries may emerge
through the presentations that will take place; and that we will
all depart recognizing that it is time -- to be joyous for the
past, to look forward to the future, to continue spreading the
Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ, through our words and actions
in this rapidly changing world in which we live today.
The Finger Lakes Conference
is held in Geneva, New York on the Campus of William Smith and
Hobart Colleges. The Conference provides a safe and rich environment
where persons who are deeply committed to a spiritual path and
those who are searching for an indefinable “something”
in their lives may learn and explore together. The General Lecture,
small group discussions, courses, daily worship and impromptu
offerings by conference members make each day exciting. But sometimes
rest and quiet are what is needed and attendance at any offering
is optional.
We hope that you will find Finger Lakes Conference just what you
need for relaxation and renewal as you begin your summer.
Finger
Lakes Conference: Sunday June 22 – Friday June 27, 2008
Fee: $480 fee includes lodging, meals and all conference costs.
Scholarships are available.
More information and
registration form available on our Website: FingerLakesConference.org
Or contact the Registrar: Susan Chadwick, 607-741-0175, email:
susiechad1@aol.com
Episcopal Dioceses of Albany, Central
New York, Haiti, Long
Island, Newark,
New Jersey, New
York,
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New York, and the Convocation
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