Download PDF: GOC 2016 Schedule of Events
GOC 2016 Schedule of Events
Theme: Seeds of Innocence
~All Activities will Occur or Begin in the Main Circle~
Wednesday, August 3rd
1:00pm Sweat Lodges Setup
3:00pm Set Up Large Group Canopy
4-5:30pm Welcome Tent Open: Register, Pick up T-shirts, Buy Raffle Tickets, Get Events Guide
6:00pm Opening Circles:
Smudging: You will be smudged (cleansed and blessed) with sage and sweet grass to prepare for a weekend of ceremony.
Blessing from Grandmother Flordemayo
Oneness Blessing: Led by Karen McGinnis and other Blessing Givers
Pipe Ceremony and Explanation: Led by Brett Messer. Brett was passed the GOC Pipe from Pamela Lightsong Scheler in Odessa TX in 2009. Brett is now the Pipe Carrier for the Rainbow Bridge Clan. He creates sacred space through ceremony. He will be assisted by other pipe carriers, as is our tradition to open the weekend ceremonies in this way.
Introductions and Orientation: Led by Brett Messer
Thursday, August 4th
8-9:00am Introductions and Announcements for new arrivals
9-11:00am Guest Speaker: Grandmother Flordemayo
12-2:00pm Lunch Break
2-4:00pm Workshop with Grandmother Flordemayo
4-5:00pm Conversation with Special Guests
5-6:00pm Children’s Sweat Lodge: led by Shawna Mitchell
6-8:00pm Supper
8:00pm Men’s and Women’s Sweat Lodges: Lodge Coordinator – Steve Lake
Friday, August 5th
7:30am Morning Meditation with Bob and Wanda Wade
9-10:45am Workshops (meet your workshop leader(s) in Main Circle):
Mike Andrews and Joyce Anastasia: Beyond Unconditional Love
Bob Wade and Larry Bell: Aikido and Tai Chi, Two Paths, One Truth
Cesar Rosatto: Indigenous Knowledge and Story Telling
11-12:45pm Workshops (meet your workshop leader(s) in Main Circle):
Brett Messer & Natalie B: Holistic Health Experiential Workshop
Kathy TwoHawks: Learning more about wild crafting herbs
Patsy Malin: Change for a New Self – Changing the Habit of Being Yourself
1-2:00pm Pancake Brunch
2-7:00pm Time for Visiting, Supper, and Preparation for Dance
7-11:00pm Sweet Medicine Dance: Time to dance your dance of life and find your own Sweet Medicine. Gather for the processional, which will enter the dance circle from the four cardinal directions. Choose your direction or… let it choose you. Trust in Spirit to guide you this night to find what your soul needs. Dress your best, paint your face, wear your mask… or not, find your center and dance your best.
11:00pm Co-Ed Sweat Lodge: Lodge Coordinator – Steve Lake
Saturday, August 6th
7:30am Morning Meditation with Bob and Wanda Wade
9:00am Raffle: Led by Shawna Mitchell
11:00am Talking Stick & Giveaway: Led by Kathy TwoHawks. Bring a gift wrapped in a paper bag for the “give-a-way.” This should be something of significance (meaningful) to you, which you now want to relinquish your attachment to, and pass on to a new keeper. The size or monetary value of this item is irrelevant but the more significant to you the better. It may be symbolic of something of yourself, which you have or wish to let loose of so that your “hands” are freed up for your present pursuits. Listen to your heart in deciding what to “give-a-way” at this time.
4:00pm Feast: Hosted by June Baldwin. Bring “pot luck” dish and share the fellowship at the Main Circle! Please stay as long as you can to help take down the sweat lodges and police the campsites. Cleaning is a key part of the overall GOC experience. 🙂
6:00pm Take down Canopy
8:00pm Drumming: Led by Cathy Martin and Pete Phillips
Sunday, August 7th
Packing and Goodbyes
Please leave your camp area in its beautifully natural state. Please see one of the coordinators if you lack adequate number of trash bags to complete your clean-up tasks.