[Jubilee] after the Moving Stories retreat -- what's next?

[Christopher Fitz]

Dear friends and family of the Jubilee,

Exactly one week has passed since the Jubilee Troupe's Moving Stories, 
Healing Stories retreat weekend.  It was an intense weekend by all 
accounts and a welcomed meeting of both new and old friends.  Sixteen of 
us gathered for the weekend, with ages ranging from 14 months to over 
seventy years!  Five more friends also joined us for the opening night's 
Healing Stories playback theater performance.

Highlights of the weekend included story-sharing and group listening 
techniques, playing with lively InterPlay babbling, singing and moving 
forms, a rousing group sing and jam time and an intense Sunday morning 
story-sharing worship circle.  And if even if you didn't get to join us 
in person, we welcomed you -- the wider body of the Jubilee -- in spirit.

And we -- troupe advisors and members in attendance -- decided on a few 
BIG CHANGES that should know about:

1.) We decided to formally disband the Jubilee Troupe as such.  The 
reality of a traveling group (whose members were in California, 
Tennessee, Pennsylvania and DC) is not feasible or sustainable.  
Furthermore, my own leadership is drawn first to my family right now, 
then to local work and finally to anything bigger and more logistically 
ambitious;

2.) The consensus among all troupe members was the need to work and play 
more locally right now.  There was still a perceived need for sharing 
with each other the fruits of our work and cross-fertilizing that in a 
wider network;

3.) We decided to try to meet next fall, perhaps in conjunction with A 
Place Apart, and to see where we are as a movement at that time;

4.) We decided to formalize a loosely-knit network with the name 
"Jubilee Arts" that would serve to connect and cross-fertilize a wider 
membership of artists, seekers and activists eager to explore the 
liberating arts, especially though not exclusively out of a peace church 
context.  This network would be primarily made up of a LISTSERV (this 
list) and a WEBSITE: www.jubileearts.net (not yet online).

5.) THIS LISTSERV as it was started, was originally for announcements 
from the Jubilee Troupe.  Rather than start an entirely new list and 
kick this one into the e-dustbin, I have made an executive operational 
decision to OFFICIALLY CHANGE THIS LIST TO A DISCUSSION FORMAT, open for 
all subscribers to post, send announcements, share ideas, ask questions 
and solicit feedback on the topic of "liberating arts."

I INVITE YOU TO STAY and at the same time, i understand that many of us 
are over-e-loaded and can't take any more in their inbox.  So please 
feel free to unsubscribe with the directions below.  You can also always 
unsubscribe at a later point when it actually gets to be too much.

6.) FINALLY, we welcome your assistance with this transition, especially 
you tech and web-savvy Jubilee friends -- finding new ecumenical and 
arts-oriented sponsors, sharing ideas on what could be next, finding 
appropriate web hosting and helping to build a simple new website.  OR 
just stay tuned for updates on the transition and ways to connect to 
others in this network.

Feel free to respond directly to me or to the entire list if your ideas 
concern us all.  I look forward to the widening of this movement for 
embodied liberation!

peace now,
 chris


chris fitz
york, pa