September 4

The Village eView
On-Line News of the Goodenough Community
System:
 The American Association for the Furtherance
of Community
 Convocation: A Church and Ministry
 Mandala Resources, Inc.
 Sahale Learning Center
 The EcoVillage at Sahale
September 4, 2013
Re-commit
As the Labor Day weekend passes we are reminded of our work: Fall schedules, school,
projects, and planning. We feel the need to re-commit to what our lives are about. As you
make this shift, what are you focusing on and to what goals are you re-committing?
Last Saturday, we joined together as a group to help Pam and Elizabeth re-commit to
their original vows and celebrate their legal marriage.
Fall Brings Us to Recommitment
John L. Hoff
During Labor Day weekend, we celebrated the second
marriage of Pam and Elizabeth—they were first married
15 years ago in June. While it was a service of
recommitment, it was occasioned by the state of
Washington recognizing same-sex marriages. This
wedding reminded us that 15 years ago, Elizabeth and
Pam were married as gay women to the consternation
of some of their family members and friends. This was a
lawful marriage, and there was much comment about
Rainbow cake made by Amie Hoff Aylward
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our being proud citizens of this state and friends of Pam and Elizabeth. It was a moving
wedding followed by an evening of celebration. I have warm memories of the many children
who enjoyed the occasion and stayed celebrating with us late into the night.
The wedding was a recommitment ceremony in the sense that any wedding anniversary is, and
it was also an informal recommitment by all of us to the importance of loving relationships and
of the challenge they present to our lives—to keep recommitting to intimate communication
and serious collaboration.
While celebrating, the subject came up that this fall especially highlights the importance of our
recommitting to what our community is about and to its several programs that support our
lives; for instance, the Conscious Couples Network (CCN) that has held and guided not just Pam
and Elizabeth but quite a number of us in committed relationship. The Goodenough
Community did long ago commit to being a “demonstration community”—a community
designed to carrying forward the communitarian tradition. That is, the GEC intends to be a way
of life that models intentional living and life-long learning. The Conscious Couples Network is
an example of a program designed to help couples to keep recommitting, together and singly,
to a way of life and a discipline of communication that represents both ancient wisdom and
the best of contemporary relationship practice.
So I ask you as a friend or member of the GEC to examine your life, to notice to what and to
whom you are recommitting in fall of 2013. For those of you who use this system to guide your
way of life you will notice that the men’s and women’s cultural programs are reconvening with
a monthly meeting and a schedule of workshops. Couples may observe that the first fall
meeting of the Conscious Couples is Friday, October 11. Families should observe the
opportunity provided by the Harvest Festival at Sahale November 1 to 3 and by the Solstice
bus trip Saturday December 21 and the True Holidays event December Saturday December 7.
Third Age will reconvene later this month on Friday September 20 with the women’s Culture
meeting on Saturday September 21.
The fall is a good time to recommit yourself to a way of life that is shaped thoughtfully and
cooperatively. The communitarian tradition offers a way of life to each individual and each
individual community to decide program style and content. However, communitarian tradition
suggests one of the ways in which people can find their community is to agree upon a calendar
of valued events. The Goodenough Community intentionally extends the communitarian
tradition into your life with an invitation to join some or all of the cultural programs. If you
have questions, you might contact Colette Hoff or Hollis Ryan.
(More on the wedding on page 10)
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Recommitting to our vision, mission and goals is a process that requires those interested in
the Goodenough Community to take seriously and discern whether they represent how you
see the community.
A Letter of Invitation
Colette Hoff
The following letter has been sent out to a group of leaders. You are welcome to join them in
shaping the next steps for our organizations.
Dear Friends:
I write to you from a new and as yet undefined role. I am discerning where we are as a
community and have had meetings with John and our two board chairs, Barbara and Kirsten
and a consensus is forming. We have recently returned from an effective Lab and there is much
to do. I honor the work accomplished through the efforts of Project Renaissance yet some of
that work was unfinished and I want to see it completed—it has some to do with our
community’s resistance to leadership. A question we have been asking is: Can we change our
minds and hearts in order to create a space for something new to emerge? Barbara, Kirsten
and I acknowledge that we have worked on something that has not fully manifested.
My question to you is: Would you consider joining a group of people, at a feeling level, in
order to draw out a higher level of behavior from each other? Rather than just focusing on the
issues in our organizational life, we are suggesting an improvement in open-hearted and
feelingful communication. Extending the conversational approach used at lab, we see our
future to be more about process than content. Can both individuals and the organizations allow
ourselves to be led into a relational change that becomes a new stage in our organizations
moving beyond just a feel-good state such as we achieved at HRL 2013? Roles need clarifying.
Business plans to be developed and marketing strategies initiated. However, what is most on
my mind is the work necessary to restore relationship with our leaders. John has pointed this
out to us and yet behaviors and attitudes continue to show that resistance is present. We have
an opportunity now to create a quality relationship between leaders and organizations.
I will appreciate your talking or writing to me about this focus. Also, would you be willing to
attend a meeting Monday, September 9 at 6:30 with dinner or 7:00 after dinner (RSVP)?
Could you be available on the weekend of Friday, September 13 to Sunday, September 15?
(The October weekend dates we have considered prove difficult for several people.) Please
email me by Sunday September 8 if you are interested and if you are available for the
weekend.
You will notice in the eView this week, our organizational visions and missions. Please review
them and be willing to comment.
Love
Colette
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The following are the visions and missions of our organizations of the Goodenough
Community, The American Association for the Furtherance of Community and Convocation. :
Please send comments to the eView.
The Goodenough Community
We define community as “a comprehensive methodology for personal and social
transformation.” The Goodenough Community has always intended to
be both a caring, healing environment and a learning/
training laboratory. We are about human development with the
intent to develop our members well, then guide and support them in
serving the needs of society.
We are a covenantal community which has researched community lifeways
and practices for 30 years. We find that learning to live by our covenant
continually challenges us to grow.
We are a people in covenant to be our best, while committed to lifelong learning.
As a member of the Goodenough Community, I commit to being the best version of my self:
-By entering fully into life's experiences;
-By giving my self fully to the process of transformation through the expression
of love;
-By trusting the good intentions of each one of us;
-By relating to others with respect and acceptance;
-By making and keeping agreements with great care;
-By being constant through conflict;
-By honoring leadership in others as a method to develop the leader in myself;
-By taking responsibility for my unique and significant role in the world;
-By acknowledging the inner and interconnectedness of all creation, thus
being safe and at home in the universe.
Goodenough Community Covenant, 1984
The Purpose of Our Goodenough Community
Our purpose is to demonstrate the layers of relationship, culture, and organization required
for development of mature human beings over a lifetime, accomplishing this with good
humor by using learning games, behavioral guidelines, and sound practices.
The American Association for the Furtherance of
Community
Statement of Mission:
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The American Association for the Furtherance of Community demonstrates the value of
communities formed for mutual support, peaceable living, and education for all levels of life.
The Association’s mission focuses on participating in and serving relationships within the
communitarian movement. It has encouraged the creation of the Goodenough Community, and
Convocation (a sister organization with its own 501(c)3 status.) The Association is currently
creating the Village without Walls and its web site, www.aboutcommunity.org, which
encourages more collaboration among communities of all kinds
intentional communities; co-housing, cooperatives; communal living groups; as well as
neighborhoods; and learning contexts for social change and more.
The Village without Walls is a real and virtual expression of the Association and a social
context for the Goodenough Community to join with other communities in common goals
and shared learning.
The Association supports the work made available to the public at two campuses: The
Seattle Community Center and Sahale Learning Center. The Association now sponsors the
developmental phase of the Sahale EcoVillage
Convocation: A Church and Ministry
Convocation’s roots are in the traditions of the Perennial Philosophy and
the contemporary wisdom of transpersonal psychology. Our interfaith
perspective honors the common core of wisdom found in the world’s great
religious traditions, studies religions comparatively, and embraces the
work of growing human beings who recognize their true Self and cultivate awareness of
the sacred. We believe that relationship is the basic context in which to develop and
support a full spiritual life. Thus, we offer ourselves as a community of practice.
Because we have found that mental health is foundational to spiritual development, we
provide education, programs, training, and counseling for individuals and people in
relationships seeking to improve themselves and how they relate.
The Mission of Convocation is to:
 Provide a spiritual home and community context for its members and friends.
 Encourage the development of each person to his or her highest capacity—
excellence—through worship, education, training, pastoral counseling, and spiritual
direction (directed practice).
 Provide sanctuary for the work of human development and inward transformation.
 Support the teaching work of persons having unique gifts of creativity and
presence.
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Postcards form Lab
A Postcard from Barbara Brucker
This year’s lab focused our learning in three areas: 1) stages of human development landmarks on the Road Less Traveled, 2) friendship – conscious relationship with our fellow
travelers and caring about their growth, and 3) freedom. As I started reflecting on lab I was
thinking that the theme that stayed with me the most was friendship but as I think a little
more it’s hard to pick just one.
I had the privilege of being in two groups during lab. The first half of the lab I was in a
group where members were mostly in the same developmental stage. There was a richness of
shared experiences and similarities of concerns that was both reassuring and challenging. The
second half of the week I was part of a group whose members represented many
developmental stages. This provided an opportunity to reflect on how our work through life
evolves. It’s a great chance to look at where I am, where there is unfinished work, and what is
coming up.
Freedom used to mean to me permission to do whatever I wanted. I dreaded days at
lab where we declared freedom because they felt so chaotic to me. This year I observed that I
have a deeper understanding of freedom. I am free and yet at the same time I care about the
impact of my actions on others. This shapes my choices and is grounding. I am free to be true
to myself and can negotiate my freedom in the context of relationships.
The value of friends on the road: Friends are committed to each other’s growth. My
friends heard me say I wanted to smile more. They let me know when my frown was showing
– often by doing something that brought a smile to my face. It wasn’t even painful and I grew!
They gave me an appreciation exercise to help me shift an attitude and then asked me how it
was going. Once in my life I would have felt criticized rather than supported. I am learning
how much friends are needed to help us be the persons we want to be. The ticket is to receive
them not as but as helping us be our best.
Thank you to John and Colette for your leadership in this lab, and each person there – a
friend old or new on the road less traveled.
From Gordon Hogenson:
For me, it worked well to do the short version of Lab, since I was able to save on vacation time,
and it was easier to find someone to take care of things at home. I was interested to see
whether we'd be able to get started right away, or if there would be a clash between
newcomers and people who had been there all week. As it turns out, I felt very much
welcomed as I arrived and handled my logistics. I was assigned to a small group made up
entirely of newcomers, but even so, it didn't take long for my small group became comfortable
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with each other and with the process. Our group benefitted from some of the lessons from the
large group about supporting each other by being good listeners. I found support and
encouragement from my group members in bringing thinking through my challenges with
work and creativity, and I was helped a lot by fellow group members in my quest to find
fulfillment. By the end of Lab, I had clarified the role of work in my life, and rededicated
myself to a creative project.
A Story and A Letter to Dad
Dear John and Colette,
Here’s a story I’ve been working on telling over the past year and have now created a version
for my father, in a letter to him (below). For me this is very much a story of the Road Less
Traveled, and one that is still unfolding for me. One the road, music is something we enjoy,
practice, explore and savor, or not. For many its soundtrack for the road, for others, its central
to their own vocation. For me, I’ve always wanted to be involved more than I was able. And,
it’s our Lab, the Goodenough Communities cornerstone event, that has reconnected me, in a
new more meaningful way, with this long time desire.
Thank you each so much for your passion and craft, again, well applied at this year’s Human
Relations Laboratory. I and many others have once more had the opportunity, in the unique
environment that a learning laboratory is, to connect deeply with sense of purpose and will to
be alive, creatively, making a difference.
Please feel free to use this letter to my father, along with this note to you, in next week’s
eView as a postcard from the RLT, from me.
Friend,
Bruce
Dear Dad,
The story I’ve not told you, one you already know some, is the one about young Bruce who
grew up with three practicing musicians but, didn’t get out of beginner level himself. I’d say I
envied you, Mom and Doug for your ability with music and more than that, wanted to join in
but couldn’t. That was not your doing. It was my own. After tries with piano lessons, baritone
horn in school, harmonica later, hand drums after that; all instruments I’ve developed a little
proficiency with but not gotten out of beginner level. I will say, after a few years of summer
time playing at it, I’m pretty good with the washtub bass and get good reviews from my friends
and audience in the summer camp band. I think that’s where the story turned.
Last Fall, after last year’s summer camp, and after telling this story to a few close friends, I
asked a couple of my pro-level musician friends what instrument they thought I might try, one
I’d choose to move beyond beginner with, one that I’d learn to use, to play and jam with
others. Independently each Joe and Dyanne suggested upright bass. I wrestled mightily with
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their suggestion. After all, who’d want to take on such a challenging and cumbersome
instrument.
Joe and Dyanne’s (the tall one in back) suggestion started me on this leg of the journey. And
now, after nearly a year of renting and a dozen or so lessons, I’m finding I’ve got real passion
to go on and am already finding some of that fun of playing with others, as well as my own
love of music coming alive in a new way.
Back on Kootnai Drive, it was sitting on the brown couch in the family room with you, singing
along to Grandfather’s Clock, that started the whole thing. As a youngster, I’d be listening to
your noodling away at your guitar, playing songs you knew and new ones you were learning.
I’d sometimes wake up late at night and find you playing in the family room. Other times it was
you and Rhoda working on some sweet folk tunes. Doug and Mom would practice in the living
room, getting ready for a contest. Our family really had something I wanted more of. More
than my own, underdeveloped ability to take on a practice would allow, till now.
Thank you so much for bringing your love of music into my life, our family! It’s something that
has made a huge difference to me. And I’m looking forward to so much more with friends,
family and you.
Love,
Bruce
Reflections of a Retiring Man
John L. Hoff
For those of you who know me some you understand that I began quite young to be interested
in the process of living a life. I was curious about my own development in an academic era that
was popularizing human development. And now this habit of reflecting on my experience has
me examining the process of aging and dying. It is no less fascinating than other periods of
development. Nowadays if I obey the edict to act my age I have an option in what I call
reveries. Some people speak of them as “zoning out,” “lost,” “spaced out,” and others, a little
more respectfully, as “daydreaming” or “meditation.” My appreciation for Buddhism taught
me to meditate. I am now a better meditator than I was because I am freer.
I notice one feature of my mentation is that I am disappointed in how we live our lives as
human beings. This disappointment starts with being critical of something and then realizing
that what I am unhappy about is just the natural way of doing things. Customary! And as I
realize that as human beings we don’t do better than we know, I feel the full weight of
disappointment. To an elderly person who no longer needs to lie about things or defend
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against the ugliness of truth it is important to accept one’s disappointment. It is a glimpse of
reality that youth will not have and middle-agers should avoid. I find myself ready now for just
exactly this kind of disappointment. I feel the same disappointment when I watch politics on
television and when I reflect on how our governments, countries, and leadership are
destroying the planet with apparent indifference. I’m telling you I am not disappointed in
disappointment, and this disappointment increases my caring, deepens my feeling, and may
turn me into a noisy activist.
I feel deeply for the foreseeable destiny of human beings. They are like small children who
blithely play amidst impending destruction. I am awakened by my disappointment within the
crises I see in every direction and at all levels. And it belongs to my age to know that these
crises are opportunities, learningful moments, and potential transformations. It is, of course,
unwise to give in to immobilizing fear. At this we elders choose to hope, a hope that is not
“denial.” This kind of hope has been tempered as steel is tempered. This hope is much like a
weapon and a method for doing impossible tasks. Have I not overcome impossible adversities?
Have I not outlived my worst fears? This hope that I feel is my own consciousness choosing to
go on by seeing a way through. I’m reminded of the saying, “When you come to the Great
Abyss and have nowhere else to go, throw yourself into it. You will find that either your arms
become wings for you to fly or that you are caught by the gentle hands of the Divine.”
As I become better aware of the emotional life of elderly and dying people, I notice first a
critical attitude that gives way to disappointment and then snaps back as hope. And the thing
about being my age is that this makes sense to me. This is a natural process of my meditation.
When I relax into who I am now, I discover that I care a lot about the world that goes on, and
on.
Sometimes when I let my reverie go into flights of fancy I can imagine that all of us who are
elderly and dying might join together in the following manifesto: “To all you who think you will
neither age nor die, we say, ‘You must be tougher in your criticism of what does not work. Be
brave in this and expose the truth of what does not work and commit yourself all the more to
do it right. There are no shortcuts. There is no easy way that is a good way also. Transcend
your suffering and be energized by your disappointments. Decide to shine with hopefulness.
Keep life alive. The power of death is in our fear of it and the hope in life is that life is truly
unending for it is not stopped by fear. This is the wisdom in aging and dying—that life
generates life and that all generations are gathered together in each generation that is passed
forward. The power in this transfer comes from the truth that passes between those who
know they are dying and those who think they are not.’”
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Our Love and Gratitude
Elizabeth and Pamela Jarrett-Jefferson
Even though our words may fall short, our hearts are full and we want to express our
gratitude, love and appreciation.
To each and all who attended our “legal“ wedding,
Saturday, August 31, we offer our heart-felt thank
you for your support of our relationship, for your
hard work on the wedding weekend, and for your
love and good wishes for us. To those who wished
they could have come and could not, thank you for
your best wishes as well. We felt you with us,
cheering us on!
Because of the time parameters set forth by our
marriage license, we know we put our community
Elizabeth and Pam wrapped in a blanket
friends to the test by planning our wedding in the
gifted by the Community
two weeks following Lab. What an amazing effort!
We are so appreciative. Below are those who
contributed to this blessed event. Elizabeth and I know that behind each individual there are
several more who helped all succeed at the tasks at hand. We appreciate each and every one
of you.
To John and Colette Hoff, our Pastors: Thank you for
saying yes to marrying us again! Having you bless our
union with yours is a unique and rare privilege. Thank
you for the beautiful ceremony and for keeping us at
the work between the first wedding and this one. You
each and together demonstrate the priceless value of
relationship and for that there isn’t enough time and
space here to honor you. Thank you again and again!
To Colette, our wedding coordinator: You set the tone
of preparation by demonstrating how one can carry out tasks with ease and aplomb. Your “of
course” attitude made it easier for us to ask for what we
"Gratitude is when memory
wanted. Handling most everything, you are a study in
is stored in the heart and
managerial grace & capacity. We are pleased you had such a
not in the mind."
~Lionel Hampton
great team of people to both draw upon and work with - blessed are they who said yes at the last minute.
Thanks ever so much to:
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 Our attendants: Larry, Rachel, Sophie, and Lili Hoff; David Hoff and Kim Hart; and Paul,
Carla, Tanner and Reidar Geraci;
 Krissy Oliver, our Lady-in-Waiting, Flower Goddess and Beauty/Fashion Consultant;
 Amie Hoff, Cake Artist and Maker; Flower Goddess; Bridal bouquet creator and artist;
 Pedge Hopkins, Calling the Directions; facilitator-of-the facility take down (Swamp);
 Barbara Brucker, Culinary & Banquet Goddess;
 Tod Ransdell, BBQ King [“This is the best Pork
Roast I have ever tasted,” said Joy Kang, EJ coworker and guest]
 Jim Tocher Bruce Perler, Norm Peck, Mike
DeAnguera, Hal Smith: the Heavy-lifting and
manifesters of the physical environment as
well as
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transporting;
Bruce Perler, AV facilitator for Movie night on
Sunday;
Jodine Hatfield and Leslie Norman: videotaping
and bartending [so we didn’t have to!]
Irene Perler, Marjorie Gray, Theresa Jacobsen for
flowers, food and helping wherever you were
needed.
Serena Davidson, for a full weekend of
photographs.
Kirsten Rohde, for creating and bringing forth our Wedding Book;
Colin Alyward, for creating some of the best jello shots ever.
To our Beloved Community, who has blessed this Union for so long and has stood by us
during the good times and bad.
Thanks to everyone who attended or wrote us emails and notes – your energy made the
difference.
It took a village (and the Great Spirit) to get us married. We’ll be forever grateful.
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The deAnguera Blog: Pam and Elizabeth’s Wedding
Getting married again! The second time is a charmer, especially since gay marriage is
now legal in the State of Washington. I was not at Pam and Elizabeth’s first wedding which
occurred over 15 years ago just before my first Lab. But I was at this one so now I can be
included as a witness to the marriage of these two fine women. I am reminded of all that they
have done for us. The amount of time spent on putting up the Swamp as well as operating it is
a labor of love they share with all of us at every Lab.
The wedding was held of course in the Swamp. It is the first time I have attended a
wedding in a drinking establishment. Even a place like the Swamp can be a sacred space. It
reflects what is important to us and to Pam and Elizabeth.
When I was in high school, the idea of two women or two men getting married to each
other was impossible to conceive. When my niece, Alice married another woman, nobody had
a problem with it. This is a momentous change. It shows that people can decide for
themselves how they wish to be married. I have always felt that to force all of us to follow one
plan for our lives made life itself feel like a prison. It would be like going into a shoe store
where only one size was sold. The shoe would fit some of us but not others. It almost makes
me think of Chinese mothers binding the feet of their daughters just to make them more
desirable to their husbands.
What do we really know about how people come together? I suspect very little.
Humans are capable of many choices. Choice lies at the base of our being. It is what makes us
different from other animals. That’s why infants are so helpless. Very few of their skills are
developed because they are awaiting the growth of the brain allowing them to make choices,
even as to who they wish to spend their lives with. It is almost as if every human lifetime is a
question mark. We can become many things. We don’t have to follow any plan.
Most of the boundaries we draw around what genders should do are mainly cultural.
In some very important ways we are a mystery. A lot of research has been done to figure out
why homosexuals are the way they are. I feel that is not respecting the sacred mystery
present in each of us. We don’t have to know.
Each lifetime is a work of art. Picasso said that his life was his finest art work. And so is
how people fit together. The different ways in which we fit together are what make life
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exciting. Imagine going into an art gallery where every picture was the same style, no other
being permitted. That would not only be dull but a suppression of what lies in every one of us.
Instead of forcing us all into a cultural mold we should be encouraging people along
their road of self discovery. I am convinced each of us is a Divine experiment which in most
cases will unfortunately be snuffed out before it has a chance to grow.
Hats off to the Kitchen Crew! Let’s
not forget all the work we all did to
pull this wedding off for Pam and
Elizabeth. All the dishes got cleaned
and put away. It’s amazing what we
can do when we put our minds to is
as a group.
More pictures next week!
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The Goodenough Community
For the Goodenough Community, cultural life is an arena for creative expression.
All programs and events are open to the public. We welcome your interest and participation.
Programs & Events in 2013
Third Age Gatherings
The Conscious Couples Network
Harvest Weekend
The Men’s Culture
The Winter Solstice Bus Trip
Women’s Culture
Tent Take Down
True Holidays Celebration
Family Enrichment Network
New Year’s Eve Weekend at Sahale
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Third Age Gatherings, Fridays (9/20, 11/16
Joan Valles
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
~Betty Friedan
The Third Age group is for older adults, approximately age 60 and up, who
are interested in exploring the issues of aging, living well, and supporting
each other in this “third stage” of life. In 2013, the Third Age will meet on
Friday, September 20 and Friday, November 15. Call Joan Valles for more
information at 206 763 2258.
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Women’s Culture
The next gathering of the women’s culture will be
Saturday, September 21 from 10:00 to 2:00 at the
Community Center and November 16.
In September we begin a new year in the women’s culture, a year of exploring our journeys as
women along “the road less traveled.”
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As is our custom when we gather as women, we will take time for inward reflection, we will
share stories, we will give nurture and receive comfort. We will sing and stretch and share
lunch. Our gatherings are informal and welcoming. Over the programmatic year, each
gathering builds on the preceding ones yet each is discrete. We encourage you to attend as
many as you can, but it is not necessary to attend them all.
We invite all women who enjoy the company of women to join us as we learn, practice, and
grow in our journey.
The location:
2007 33rd Avenue South, Seattle
206 323 6782
We always appreciate an RSVP, but please feel free to drop in. To RSVP, call
206 323 4653, or send an e-mail to [email protected]
We suggest a donation of $20, and encourage you simply to gift according to your means.
For more information, for driving directions, or to let us know you’re coming, please call: 206
323 4653.
The Women’s Leadership Team:
Hollis Guill Ryan
Colette Hoff
Elizabeth Jarrett
Rose Buchmeier
Joan Valles
Marjorie Gray
Please come!
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What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Can you help take down the white tent?
September 27 to 29
Please email Jim Tocher
[email protected] and
Colette Hoff [email protected]
While Jim will need a crew, there will be tasks for all abilities!
And of course, good meals to support the effort. RSVP is important as always.
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The Conscious Couples Network presents:
An evening for Couples, October 11
We will explore the joys, challenges, and effective
processes of committed relationship and offer the kind
of support that can only come from a network of
couples
7:30 p.m.
At the Community Center
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A Fall Harvest Weekend
Join the men, women and families of the Goodenough Community for a
weekend in processing apples. We’ll make cider and applesauce and all
participants will come away with some products. November 1 to 3 at
Sahale Learning Center. Donation for food is appreciated!
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Men’s Program
Theme: Friendship among Men
The men of the Goodenough Community will be meeting for a weekend
this fall. Any man is welcome to attend. Watch for dates.
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Family Enrichment Network Parent Group
If you are interested in developing a supportive parent circle for study and conversation about
family life, to begin this fall, please contact Irene Perler at 206-419-3477 or email
[email protected]. Topics could include: simplifying and organizing life, creating a
family culture, development stages and sibling dynamics, understanding roles within the
family.
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True Holidays Celebration
Will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013
This event has more than 25 years of history and is set early in the
holiday season in order to deepen and enrich the winter holidays for
people of all faith traditions. This inter-faith celebration will again be at the Mercer Island
Congregational Church and commences at 7:30 p.m.
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The Winter Solstice Bus Trip Saturday December 21, 2013
Old Fashioned Fun For All Ages!
A daylong journey embracing the longest night of the year with your friends and family.
We board a heated, chartered bus travel, over Snoqualmie and Blewett Passes to the
beautiful Bavarian Christmas village—Leavenworth. Then we go to Eagle Creek Ranch,
just outside of Leavenworth, we take a horse-drawn sleigh ride, followed by a buffet
dinner and return to Seatttle.
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New Year’s Eve Weekend at Sahale!
This year New Year’s Eve is on Tuesday night.. We plan to have our usual times in
good conversation, winter walks, hot tubbing, making meals together and
celebrating the change of year. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. on New Year’s
Eve. Of course, we will have our 7th annual Train Dominoes Tournament. Time will also be
given for serious reflection and joyful celebration. Email Kirsten at [email protected] to
RSVP.
For more information on any of these events and programs, go to
www.goodenough.org
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This week, Russ Pogemiller brought the following sad news to our attention:
Minietta, Frances, 82, Boise, died August 17, 2013 at a local care home. Arrangements by Boise
Aclesa Funeral Home.
Fran was very active in the development of the community for many years. As a mental health
counselor, she provided support and guidance for many people. She will be missed for her
wonderful sense of humor and southern charm.
Free: HP PhotoSmart C3180 all-in-one (printer, copier scanner)
A hardly used smaller printer that works well.
Futon maple wood double frame, double futon (both from Soaring Heart Natural Bed
Company in Fremont). The frame is in great shape, the futon is 5 years old. Make an offer.
[email protected]
Kirsten Rohde
206 719-5364
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth! September 6
Krissey Oliver September 6
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Barbara Brucker, September 9
Phil Stark, September 9
Claudia Fitch, September 11
Happy Anniversary, Eric and Samantha Seiverling
Congratulations to each!
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