This week I am out of Walla Walla to places as far flung as Lake Tahoe and Spokane. At Lake Tahoe I am attendin the Western Christian Educators Conference. This is a joint event of the Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Church (pcusa) and is hosted at the marvelous Zephyr Point Conference Center. We also have youth leadership from many of the Province 8 dioceses. This group of Episcopeeps had our own meeting before the conference began in earnest, and it has been a good deal of fun reuniting with old friends and making new companions. A funny moment happened on Monday. I had been sending a friend and fellow youth worker a variety of questions. During a break I checked into my room and discovered not only was this pal on her way to the event, she was my roomie!
The conference itself is centered on the work of John Roberto and meeting the cultural bleswings of the digital revolutions. Can we create a local ecclesia that is a life supporting AND a digital network connected to our physical and spiritual community and tradition?
On Thursday I fly back to Washington and then head north to Spokane for the Youth Leadership Event that coincides with diocesan convention. At the YLe we will be preparing youth to be peer leaders at the upcoming TEC and NEW BEGINNINGS weekends. At convention we will be blessed by the stories of Sarah Miles. She is a leader at St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco. An innovative and challenging congregation whose work is worth exploring. Incedentally I am here at this conference at LakeTahoe with one of the fouding priests and a current priest, both of whom are old friends.
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