| Playback Theatre Real love Exploring Yggdrasil: Winter Solstice 2003 "Dreaming Peace" concert Spiritual Foundations Spiritual Philosophy program Playback Theatre MINNEAPOLIS -- An evening of River's Edge Playback Theatre is based on the life stories audience members choose to share. There is no pre-planned theme for the performance on Saturday, Dec. 6, which is just how Playback Theatre was originally done. So there is no need to prepare! Come as you are and tell the story that surfaces in the moment from hearing others' stories. River's Edge Playback Theatre performs its 'first Saturday of the Month' series at Walker Community Church, 3104 16th Ave. S., in Minneapolis. It is one block east and south of the intersection of Bloomington Avenue and Lake Street. See map at www.riversedgeplayback.org. Admission is $10 per individual, and $15 for two people. Playback theatre originated in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York in 1975. Today it is performed in hundreds of settings in 17 countries on several continents. Although spontaneous and improvisational, Playback is distinctive from most forms of "improv" in that it is not a competition for laughs using audience suggestions, but rather an ensemble effort to convey the essence of a story. Playback is rooted in oral tradition and the natural tendency of human beings to create community by telling and remembering. River's Edge Playback Theatre, the first and only playback theatre in Minnesota, was founded in Minneapolis in September 2000. In addition to its "First Saturday of the Month" public performances, REPT also travels to community, business and educational settings to perform or lead interactive workshops. The company includes a voice/movement therapist, school social worker, doll-making artist, family therapist, organizational development consultant, theatre artist, and teacher/facilitator. Company members are Carolyn Campfield, Charlotte Milstead, Chris Crider, Claire DeCoster, Jay McManus, Harry Greenberg, Susan Holladay, and Rochelle James. Real love GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Dr. Greg Baer, author of the popular book Real Love, will reveal the "truth about finding unconditional love" at Unity Christ Church of Golden Valley on Sunday, December 7 at the 9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services. Dr. Baer also will conduct his workshop "The Healing Power of Real Love" at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The workshop is provided for a $20 suggested love offering. According to Baer, there is no greater joy than feeling unconditionally loved and then sharing that love with those around us. "I never imagined life being this fun and fulfilling," says Baer. "I've learned that it's possible to feel peaceful and happy all the time, and that happens as we learn to love each other unconditionally." During his Sunday message and afternoon workshop, Baer will define Real Love, and share the secret of discovering and giving this love. He will show how Real Love eliminates anger and fear, allowing us to be better spouses, parents, friends, employees and employers. For 20 years Baer was a successful surgeon, teacher, civic and church leader, businessman and entrepreneur who accumulated the wealth and respect of his position; he also acquired a drug addiction and nearly committed suicide. In Baer's subsequent search for genuine happiness, he learned several principles, which transformed his life and set him on a new career path. Retiring from one of the busiest solo ophthalmology practices in the Unites States, he became a writer, teacher and speaker on the topic of "Real Love." Baer since has authored five books about relationships and parenting, appeared on more than 800 radio and television programs nationally, personally counseled hundreds of individuals and couples as well as led a busy seminar and speaking schedule. For more information about Dr. Greg Baer, visit gregbaer.com. Unity Christ Church of Golden Valley accepts and welcomes spiritual seekers of all faiths. The church is located at 4000 Golden Valley Road in Golden Valley. Additional details on Bear's appearance can be obtained by calling the church at (763) 521-4793. Exploring Yggdrasil: Winter Solstice 2003 MINNEAPOLIS -- The Earth has made its circuit around the Sun, the wheel has turned full circle, and the Yule Tide is upon us once more. As we honor the Earth's journey and align ourselves with the power of her cycles, Lake Harriet Spiritual Community is inviting the public to celebrate the Winter Solstice. "During this season when the Spirit of the North engulfs us, we shall immerse ourselves in the Spirit of the Nordic Peoples, drawing from sei_r, (seidr) their old form of shamanism," says Steven Johnson, a ministerial guide at LHSC who is facilitating the Winter Solstice Ritual. "Using ecstatic chants and dance, we shall, as the ancient practitioners of sei_r, enter trance to explore the nine worlds of Yggdrasil, the world tree. So that, like Odin bringing back the Runes, we might bring back visions to assist mankind. "At this auspicious moment, when one cycle ends and the new begins, we shall, through Rune-Work, align ourselves with the energies of the great mystery. So that, in the year to come, each of us might more fully 'become who we are.' " Those who attend are encouraged to bring a staff, perhaps a new one just gathered from the woods for initiation at this event. Sei_r-women and sei_r-men did not use drums, but a combination of a staff and ecstatic song as means for the soul to journey. The ritual will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21. The suggested donation is $10-20. Lake Harriet Spiritual Community is located at 44th and Upton Ave. S. in Minneapolis. Call (612) 922-4272 for directions or more information. "Dreaming Peace" concert MINNEAPOLIS -- Lake Harriet Spiritual Community will present "Dreaming Peace," its first Christmas Eve peace concert, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24. The intention is to hold the light and energy of peace and invite all those who are seeking the light to join us. People of all faiths and spiritual paths are invited to attend the event. Together, the gathering will involve bringing together the magic of the times and dream a new reality for our world. Participants will hold the frequency of light and peace with a celebration of what some may call the birth of the Christ Consciousness and others may see as the frequency we call love. We will hold this vibration with music, performance and spoken word. Musicians and performers from the spiritual community will use their talents to express their dream for peace. "We will stand in the place of 'Dreaming Peace,' " said Gina Citoli, a ministerial guide at LHSC, a healer and singer who has written, produced songs and performances for peace with the band Alchemy VII. "For when we dream and use intention, we see the dream manifest in our mind's eye and our heart, which is how we achieve what we desire in the new energy. With this concert our intention is to hold a space for all beliefs to join together and know we are all one seeking love, peace, forgiveness, joy and abundance, though the paths we have chosen may vary. Together we will dream in the peace and welcome the new vibration. Here it will already exist." Lake Harriet Spiritual Community is at 44th and Upton Avenue South, Minneapolis. The performances will be listed at www.lhscweb.org or call (612) 922-4272 for more details. There will be no admission charge but an offering will be taken. Spiritual Foundations ROBBINSDALE, Minn. -- Rev. Ron Moor's Spiritual Foundations program, composed of four highly experiential classes of 11 weeks each, will run January through March, 2004. The 2004 class is "All is Spirit: Claiming Our Shamanic Legacy." This class will explore shamanic spirituality and the origins of ritual and myth, and it examines the Great Mother of the hunter and gather cultures through sacred craft, connecting with our animal powers, and finding our place in the great circle of creation. The model for this course is the ancient mystery school, weaving together lecture, discussion, guided meditation, sacred crafts, multimedia presentations, ritual, dream work, and physical breath and movement exercises. The goal is to gain enough individual insight, strength, substance and awareness to enhance human capacity to do the "Great Work" of personal and planetary transformation, the work many now are called here to do. Classes meet at Spirit United Church, 4139 Regent Ave. N., Robbinsdale, from 7-9:30 p.m. on Monday evenings, for 11 weeks. Fee is $30 per class, total of $330, with a $30 discount if paid in full at the first class. For more information, call (763) 504-4959, or visit www.centerforwholeness.com. Spiritual Philosophy program ROBBINSDALE, Minn. -- Roger Weir, a Hermetic philosopher in the tradition of Pythagoras through Plato and Plotinus, offers a taped two-year sequence of education, now available to the public. His Eightfold Path links Nature, Ritual, Myth, Symbol, Vision, Art, History and Science, demonstrating each as consecutive unfoldings of the human continuum. Education functions as both a spiritual development program and a course in the history of great ideas. Students are introduced to the connections between the Taoist Five-Phase energy cycle, Zuni ceremonialism, perennial wisdom, Hellenistic Judaism, Hermetic tradition, Christian mysticism, the Bhagavad Gita, and visionary expressions in the art, history and science of today. Students are exposed to the ideas of writers as diverse as Giordano Bruno, Benjamin Franklin, Mechtilde of Magdeburg, Hanna Arendt, Thoreau, Steven Hawkins, Virginia Woolf, Yates, William Blake, Chuang Tzu and Rumi in an education designed to yield true spiritual freedom. Rev. Ron Moor studied with Roger Weir for 18 years and will facilitate this taped series, direct from Los Angeles. The next two-year sequence begins in January. For information, call (763) 504-4959, or visit www.centerforwholeness.com. |
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