Program

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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Time Session
9:00am-4:00pm Pre-Conference educational workshop #1:
From Age-ing to Sage-ing®: The Heart of the Journey (Thursday, October 11, 2012: full-day: 9:00am-4:00pm), with Rosemary Cox, CSL, SCF; Jeanne Marsh, CSL
1:00-4:00pm Pre-Conference educational workshop #2:
Along for the Ride: The Intersection of Life Coaching and Spiritual Direction with the Sage-ing® Experience (Thursday, October 11, 2012: half-day: 1:00-4:00pm), with Rev. Nancy N. DeStefano, CSL; Carol Scott-Kasner, Spiritual Director, CSL
5:30-6:30pm Dinner
7:00-9:00pm Opening Ceremony, Welcoming Elders Home, followed by Welcome Reception with brief Conference Orientation
Friday, October 12, 2012
Time Session
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:45-9:00am Morning Ritual
9:00-10:15am Plenary Session: Elder Years: Transforming or Becoming Our True Selves?, with Connie Goldman and Wendy Lustbader
10:30am-noon
  1. Spiritual Passages of Retirement, with Pat Hoertdoerfer
  2. Beyond the Basics for Certified Sage-ing Leaders: Workshop Ready Resource Sharing, with Sage-ing Guild Education Committee
  3. Playfulness and the Art of Aging, with Gaea Yudron
  4. Sing Your Truth, Dance Your Joy, Experience Lectio Divina (Divine Listening), with Joan Englander
noon-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm FREE TIME: Exhibits, Conversations, Nature Walk, Being Time
2:00-3:30pm
  1. Nature Speaks: The Art of Seasonal Attunement, with Deborah F. Windrum
  2. Storycatching: Creative Space to Listen and Speak, with Christina Baldwin
  3. Sage-ing Service Corps: Putting Elder Altruism to Work In Our Communities and the World, with David Rozell
  4. Sage-ing Discussion Groups: Putting New Life into Sage-ing, with Charles Warren
3:45-4:45pm
  1. Postcards of My Journey: Using Creative Expression as a Contemplative Tool, with Julia Riley and Anne Boynton
  2. Intentional Travel and the Art of Personal Pilgrimage, with Kendall Dudley
  3. Creating a New World through Intergenerational Programming, with Rosemary Cox
  4. Listen Louder: Communication as Energetic Connection, with Ina Albert
4:45-5:30pm FREE TIME: Exhibits, Conversations, Nature Walk, Being Time
5:30-6:30pm Dinner
7:00-9:00pm Plenary Session: Sage-ing® Lineage Story, with Sage-ing Leaders and Christina Baldwin; multi-media conscious aging/sage-ing stories, community participation
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Time Session
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:45-9:00am Morning Ritual
9:00-10:30am Plenary Session: The Positive Aging Rainbow: A Spectrum of Approaches to Paradigm Change, with H.R. (Rick) Moody, Gary Carlson, Ron Pevny, Bob Atchley
11:00am-noon
  1. Touching a Chord: Finding Healing, Comfort and Community at the End-of-Life through Song, with Anne Murray
  2. Relationships, Sexuality and Health, with Lila Terry and Dori Mintzer
  3. Tips for Making Wisdom Speak, with Parker Trostel
  4. The Gifts of Caregiving: Stories of Hardship, Hope and Healing, with Connie Goldman
noon-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:45pm FREE TIME: Exhibits, Conversations, Nature Walk, Being Time
1:45-3:45pm Plenary Session: World Café: Shifting the Aging Paradigm to Sage-ing Opportunity, with Christina Baldwin
4:00-5:00pm
  1. Legacy of Wisdom: Centering Wisdom of the Body, with Jay Goldfarb
  2. Lakeside Stories: the Power of Storytelling, with Ramona Big Eagle and Lisa Michelle Mann
  3. From Theory to Practice: Putting Sage-ing® Work to Work, with Jann Freed
  4. Elder as Sage, Old Age as Spiritual Path: Towards a Transpersonal Gerontology, with Quinton Wacks
5:30-6:30pm Banquet and Celebration of Founders/Pioneers with Reb Zalman Awards and Fund the Vision Stewardship announcement
7:00-9:00pm Open Mic Night, with Bob Atchley
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Time Session
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:45-9:00am Morning Ritual
9:00-10:30am Plenary Session: Spirituality and Wisdom: What is the Relationship?, with Bob Atchley (moderator), Connie Goldman, Wendy Lustbader, & H.R. (Rick) Moody
11:00am-noon Closing Ceremony: Honoring our Elders
noon-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-4:00pm Edible Landscape Service Project, with David Rozell
Monday, October 15, 2012
Time Session
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
9:00am-noon Post-Conference Day, with Carol Scott-Kassner
noon-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-4:00pm Post-Conference Day, with Carol Scott-Kassner
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