05.31.08
Amagi 2009
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
