[Jubilee] October "Symplaysium" in Boston, October 2-5

[Chris Steinbeisser-Fitz]

Here is yet another exciting-sounding event planned for October in 
Boston, a gathering of InterPlay and Christian practitioners.  In fact 
it's just two weeks after the Moving Stories Retreat.  If anyone's 
interested, feel to free to contact me to see if we could arrange 
carpools.  peace!  -chris

(posted by Judith Reichsman)

*A Symplaysium on Worship and InterPlay
The Church Embodied
*with Robin Lunn and Randy Newswanger
Newton Centre, MA
October 2-5, 2006

Have you been creating with InterPlay in Christian Worship, Ritual, and
Life? Would you like to play with others, experiment with forms,
discuss your experiences and exform your life while also claiming the
language of Christianity? Come Play in Boston!

In many InterPlay contexts we intentionally focus on language and
philosophy of the spirit without addressing the specific language of a
particular religious tradition. However some of us play daily and
weekly with Christian practice, language and forms. We create a tasty
fusion cuisine of InterPlay in Christian context. Robin and Randy
believe there is much to learn from telling our stories and
experiences, as well as demonstrating and practicing the forms we have
created specifically for Christian contexts.

We envision a midweek retreat from Monday evening, October 2 through
Thursday noon, October 5 at Andover Newton Theological School in
Boston. We expect to play together using InterPlay forms, demonstrate
specific forms we've created for Christian contexts, and improvise
worship and Christian ritual together.

Robin Lunn is a dancer, an American Baptist pastor, and InterPlayer
living in Vermont who seeks to bring radical embodiment back to the
church. She has used InterPlay forms in various worship settings, led
InterPlay workshops at the VT Annual Conference of the UCC, and begun
the Experiment in Improvisational Worship at Andover Newton Theological
School.

Randy Newswanger is active in lay leadership at First Mennonite Church
of San Francisco, and Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco.
He has taught InterPlay at church retreats, danced big body stories as
sermons, and asked many people to take a deep breath.

If you are excited and enthused by this idea, if you have questions,
if you want more information contact Robin or Randy.

Venue:
Andover Newton Theological School
210 Herrick Rd.
Newton Centre,  MA 02459
www.ants.edu/about/directions.htm

October 2 - 5: Monday evening through Thursday noon
To Register: Call Robin: lunazoon at adelphia.net Randy: randnews at aol.com