Winter Conferences

Columbia and Her Country

Working with the Spirit of the United States of America: A Conference for Young Adults

January 2-5, 2013, Spring Valley, New York  

In today’s political climate, some are inflamed with political fervor, and others have completely turned away. Is it possible to move beyond political debate to have a conversation that encompasses both the roots and the destiny of the United States?

This January we will engage these questions by exploring the spirit that is at the heart of the founding principles of our nation — liberty, justice, and peace. Before “Lady Liberty” there was “Columbia,” the inspiring Spirit that bound the Founders together and gave their individual struggles and ordeals a common purpose. Is she working still?

Come and join us in taking on this mission! Young adults (18-35), priests Richard Dancey, Nora Minassian, and Jonah Evans, and invited guest Rick Spaulding (American historian and prolific scholar), will gather to work with these themes through presentations, discussion groups and artistic activities.

The Conference will be held in the Spring Valley Congregation at 15 Margetts Rd., Spring Valley, NY.

Click here to register online.  Fee: $100.

Information: Contact Rev. Jonah Evans at 845-573-9080.

Impossible?!  The unlimited potential and power of the human spirit

Winter Youth Conference and Martin Luther King Jr. Service Weekend 

January 18 – 21, 2013, Washington, D.C.

Teenagers from Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, New York and Chicago are coming to the D.C. area for our annual Winter Youth Conference over the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend. In addition to getting to know each other and taking up our theme in conversation and presentations there will be games, music and singing, service work, improvisational city actions and participation in this year’s presidential inauguration.

Priests Patrick Kennedy, Carol Kelly, Liza Marcato and Ann Burfeind will lead the weekend’s activities.

For more information contact Rev. Patrick Kennedy at cckennedy2006@gmail.com.

Click here to register online. Registration deadline is January 11th.