The Queer Family Retreat

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Learn More About the Weekend Programs:

Yoga Chapel

Program Leader: Nichole (Niki) Angela Karmali
Ages: 12+
Time: Friday & Saturday, 9:45 am – 11:15 am

Yoga Chapel was founded by Rev Bethel Lee and interweaves the scriptures with yoga for both a physical and spiritual experience. Each session begins and ends with a biblical reading followed by a reflection relative to our lives now.

All experience levels are welcome. The sessions would include both a Hatha flow and yin sequence with modifications and adjustments as required by the participants.

Come for one session or come for both.

Connecting with Self and Nature through Clay

Program Leader: Nancy Shadlock
Ages: 18+
Time: Friday & Saturday, 9:45 am – 11:15 am

This program is recommended for those looking to dig deep within themselves using the medium of clay. It will be a space to get clear on where you are currently stuck and help create a vision for your next chapter in life. Clay will be the medium to express your findings. Be ready to venture into your darkside knowing it will be the path to seeing your incredible light! We will go deep, have fun, be creative and build connections all at once.

No clay experience is necessary.

Come for one session or come for both.

A Queer Path to Writing: Imagining the Poem Within

Program Leader: Ray McGinnis
Ages: 18+
Time: Friday & Saturday, 11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Find what you didn’t lose, as you tap into your own inner creative self, giving voice to your own truth. Come play with words and make spiritual connections with your queer friends.

All Music – All Singing

Program Leader: Curt Allison
Ages: 12+
Time: Friday & Saturday, 11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Love to sing? Then join this impromptu, sing-a-long session that incorporates a wide genre of music including gospel, pop, folk, and country. I’ll play the piano, you bring the music, and we all sing!
Play an instrument? Bring it and join us as well.

Afternoon Art

Program Leader: Sam Welsh
Ages: All Ages
Time: Friday & Saturday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join Sam for a variety of easy art activities. These are created for everyone to participate, all levels of experience welcome (especially for you if you just said “oh, I’m not an artist”). Each activity welcomes you to come by and make something unique, creative, and fun. These have been planned specifically as drop-in activities, come by anytime during the times noted (stay for ten minutes or the whole time) and you can complete an activity.

Learn to Play Ukulele

Program Leader: Yanti
Ages: All ages
Time: Friday & Saturday 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

This power-packed beginner ukulele is designed to be an efficient way of launching yourself into the world of ukulele playing. Perfect for teachers, parents, teens, kids, grandparents, and anyone else interested in learning to accompany you on the ukulele. Yanti’s group ukulele classes are designed to connect to creativity, discipline, and fine motor skills. Yanti devotes a portion of almost every class to memory work, stretching, and body mechanics. Her music selection reflects the interests of her students and her teaching style involves the memorization and application of ukulele chords through practice tools and music.

Ukulele’s provided, but if you have your own, bring it!

Youth Connection

Program Leader: TBD
Ages: 12-17
Time: Friday & Saturday 9:45 am – 12:45 pm

Build new friendships at the Youth Connection Club. Share together, and laugh together – This is your time, so leave any negative pressures behind, bring your ideas and come have fun in an inclusive community that values all that you are.

Children’s Clubhouse

Program Leader: Nancy Walker
Ages: 5-11
Time: Friday & Saturday 9:45 am – 12:45 pm

The children’s clubhouse welcomes and celebrates children for exactly who they are. Program leaders nurture children’s spirits through creative and imaginative play, storytelling, songs, games, and more. Enroll your children to be together in community learning how to sow the seeds of lasting friendships.