Welcome to the Women’s Conference
The JAPAN WOMEN’S CONFERENCE At AMAGI SANSO
FOLLOWING THE JESUS WAY
JANUARY 22-24, 2010
The 2010 Women’s Conference and Retreat in Izu will be on the 4th weekend which is Friday the 22nd, Saturday the 23rd and Sunday the 24th of January.* The Conference and Retreat will feature speaker, Dr. Diana Butler Bass and is being organized around the theme of ‘Following the Jesus Way: Living the Call to loving God and neighbor, as seen in early, medieval and modern Christianity.” Our aim is to have a reflective retreat-like gathering, where we can contemplate the Great Command (Matthew 22:36-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) emphasizing the experience of Christian women and explore the ways in which Christians lived in the Early, Medieval and Modern eras. We will ask ourselves, how do we then embrace this call and lead a life that reflects the Way of the Great Command in our own time. We also hope to have opportunities to share our experiences of our own calling through the lectures, the Labyrinth and workshops in textiles, painting, walking, writing, dance and storytelling as well as have good times of fellowship and fun throughout!
We look forward to welcoming you to what we hope will be a wonderful meeting. We will have as our facilitator, Dr. Diana Butler Bass. From her website, “I am a teacher and speaker working to educate both people of faith and the general public about the importance, the depth, and the complexity of religion and spirituality in history, culture, and political life. I am a person of faith, a Christian, who attempts to live the generative, inviting, inclusive, and transforming practices at the heart of Christianity that can heal the world.”
http://www.dianabutlerbass.com/
Check out her robust site for podcasts, interviews, links and more!
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.
Teresa Sherrill
On behalf of the 2010 Women’s Conference Organizing Committee
(*Please note that this is NOT the last weekend but the second to last weekend of January.)