02.14.09
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:53 pm by admin
Thanks to all who sent photos from this year’s Women’s Conference. I have made an album and put it on the web.
It is semi-private in that you need a Username and Password to access the page. I thought it best to do it this way in case some people didn’t want their photos loose on the interweb. Please email me (amagi2009@gmail.com) for those details.
The address of the album is: http://gallery.me.com/jdannan#100076
Be patient and let the album load into your web browser - there are quite a few photos (127). If everyone tries to look all at once it might get really slow so please try again later if it seems too slow. Once you have entered the username and password you should be able to view all three pages of pictures, download them individually or download the entire album. I recommend only downloading individual pictures (click on the picture then when it appears, choose the download option) unless you have fast internet connection.
If anyone wants to add any more photos, just send them to me.
On the other hand, if you absolutely hate some picture of you in the album and want me to take it down, let me know the name of the photo and I’ll see what I can do! 
Here are a few teasers:
Hope to see you all next year!
jules
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12.01.08
Posted in General info at 8:09 pm by jules
The provisional schedule for the conference is now online, and we have a page describing the workshops and other activities. You may notice one or two slight differences in the schedule from previous years. The most important to note is that we found out that a significant number of people would prefer a slower end to the conference rather than rush for the bus at 11:15am. Don’t worry - the bus-rush will still be available for those who need to get home, but we hope to have a second option for those who do not wish to leave right away, of staying on for lunch at Amagi Sanso. Lunch will be followed by a quiet Japanese tea ceremony offering by Maya Nagaoka from West Tokyo Union Church. We expect that the later bus will depart Amagi Sanso around 14:15 (in time to catch the later express to the Tokyo region). It is not a commitment but it will help us greatly if, after you register, you would indicate which departure option you will most likely take when our treasurer Sarah Oba emails you to ask.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you all at Amagi Sanso in January and to you all contributing your own stories to the conference. We are very grateful for all the support and offers of help that so many of you have already given us this year.
By the way - I put the “herstory” of the conference on the website too.
Best Wishes,
Julia Hargreaves
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10.06.08
Posted in General info at 8:17 pm by jules
Registration is now open for the Women’s Conference at Amagi Sanso 23-25 January 2009
Navigate the menu on the right of this page to read about the conference and register or read about this year’s conference here, and click here to go to the registration page.
Please feel free to download the flyer or the brochure and print them out and advertise the conference to all your female friends and relations.
See you at Amagi Sanso in January!
Julia Hargreaves amagi2009@gmail.com
(2009 Women’s Conference committee)
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05.31.08
Posted in General info at 7:49 pm by jules
The 2009 Women’s Conference and Retreat in Izu will be going ahead! It will be on the 4th weekend which is Friday the 23rd, Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th of January. Please note that this is NOT the last weekend but the second last weekend of January.
The Conference and Retreat is being organised around the theme of ‘Storytelling: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’. Our aim is to have a more reflective retreat-like gathering, where we can contemplate our ideas of home, journey and exile, with opportunities to share our experiences through drama, painting, ritual, dance and even storytelling.
The focus of our storymaking will be the Exodus from the Jewish Testament. In this story we see a people struggling in exile in a foreign land as slaves; we see them as free people struggling with homelessness and hunger; we see them facing life in the promised land, facing the challenge to do God’s will and live by the promises they have made. Where are you in your life? We hope that the Exodus story can provide us with a metaphor to reflect on our own stories as we struggle with the highs and lows of who we are and what we mean by home.
We look forward to welcoming you to what we hope will be a wonderful meeting. We will have as our facilitator, Megan McKenna who is the author of more than 30 books, many focusing on the stories of women from the Bible. Megan has specialised in leading weekends and is a renouned storyteller. Please see her website for some ideas of who she is; http://www.meganmckenna.org
As speakers or listeners, it is the women who attend this conference who make it such a wonderful and cherished event in our calendars. We hope you will be able to join us.
With blessings and prayers for ( another ) great conference.
Nancy Nakaoka
On behalf of the 2009 Women’s Conference Organising Committee
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09.14.07
Posted in General info at 8:44 am by admin
The JAPAN WOMEN’S CONFERENCE At AMAGI SANSO
JANUARY 25-27, 2008
Friendships for Growth
Finding Spiritual Direction
http://www.heqigallery.com/
This retreat includes worship, teaching, quiet spaces for individual reflection and opportunities for small and large group sharing. Come to savor the gift of friends God has already given you and consider the kinds of friendship which God seems to invite you to now.
Speaker: Jeannette Bakke, PhD
Jeannette A. Bakke, Ph.D., D. Min., Author of Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction, Baker Books 2000, (Chinese translation published in 2005) is a consultant in Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Direction, a retreat leader and spiritual director. She is a graduate of Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Washington, D.C. Jeannette was Professor of Christian Education at Bethel Seminary from l978 to l994 where she is currently a Faculty Associate and teaches a course in Spiritual Direction. She has been part of a team, which developed and taught professional courses for Navy, Marine and Coast Guard chaplains in the areas of Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Development. She recently taught in the Upper Room Academy for Spiritual Formation. Jeannette is on the Editorial Board of Conversations: A Journal for Authentic Transformation.
Jeannette and her husband Stan live in White Bear Lake and attend St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi.
For more information and online registration, click on the links in the sidebar.
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