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2004 GTW International Congress Program

Thursday, October 14
9:30 a.m.
Gather the Family Circle
2:00 p.m. Open Circle: Peace X Peace
4:00 p.m Registration Center Opens
8:00 p.m.

Film: Face to Face
Hosted by Linda Gray, United Nations Spokesperson for Women's Issues


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Friday, October 15
6:00 a.m. Registration Center Opens
8:30 a.m. Call to Gather
8:45 a.m.

Opening Ceremonies

Featuring:

  • Donna Collins
  • Kathlyn Schaaf, President GTW
  • Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • Music by Jana Stanfield
  • Susyn Reeve
  • Reflection and Deepening
12 Noon Lunch
1:15 p.m. General Session:
Patricia Smith Melton, Peace X Peace
2:00 p.m. Personal Reflective Time
2:45 p.m.

Workshop Offerings

  • Community: Jean Shinoda Bolen
  • Education: Maria del Ray
  • Peace and Security: Arlene Stepputat
  • Youth: Donna Goodman
  • Business and Economics: Judi Weisbart
  • Governance and Law: Paradox of Power with our Canadian delegates
  • Resonance Project: Lucky Sweeney
  • Creating Ceremony: Lorraine Simone
  • Report from Africa: Joyce Oneko, Bren Stringer
  • Film: Baraka - Hosted by Laura Lewis
6:00 p.m. Personal Reflective Time
7:30 p.m. Gather the Women Banquet
Special Guest: JZ Knight
Young Women and GTW with Ashley Ferranti
Mosaic Song
Music by Maria del Rey
10:00 p.m. Cocoa, Cookies and Bedtime Stories
Sharon McErlane:
The Empowerment of the Grandmothers

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Saturday, October 16
6:00 a.m. Spiritual Yoga – Spoga With Melinda Lee
8:15 a.m. Call to Gather
8:30 a.m.

General Session

Featuring:

  • Setting the Intention for the Day
  • Prayer and Poetry from Ada Aharoni
  • Jane Roberts
  • Barbara Marx Hubbard
  • Music by Jana Stanfield
  • Young Women and GTW with Ashley Ferranti
12:00 Lunch
1:15 p.m.

Health and Healing Panel

  • Dr. Sherri Sellman
  • Dr. Helena Leonetti
  • Dr. Melanie Blumer
2:15 p.m. Personal Reflective Time
2:45 p.m. Workshop Offerings
  • Media: Teresa Ruleas
  • Health and Healing: Barbara Graham
  • The Arts: Penny McManigal
  • Spirituality and Religion: Rosemary Williams
  • Ecology: Mary Thunder
  • Divine Goddess and Leadership: Avril Reed
  • Social Artistry: Martha Murphy Hall
  • BeComing - Women's Circles: Ronita Johnson
  • A String and a Prayer: Elinore Wiley
  • Film: What the #$*! Do We Know? Betsy Chasse
6:00 p.m.

Personal Reflective Time

Dinner in Your Own

8:00 p.m. Jana Stanfield in Concert
Open to the Public
10:30 p.m. Cocoa, Cookies and Bedtime Stories
Martha Murphy Hall
"Singing Over the Bones"

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Sunday, October 17
6:00 a.m. Spiritual Yoga – Spoga With Melinda Lee
8:00 a.m. Interfaith Worship Service – Rev. Ellen Debenport
9:30 Call to Gather

General Session:

Featuring:
  • A Woman's Prayer for Peace: Ellen Debenport Setting the Intention
  • International Panel: Moderated by Linda Gray
12 Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Personal Reflective Time
1:30 p.m.

Closing Ceremonies

  • Music and Musings from Gather the Family
  • Dr. Lillian Carson

Where Do We Go From Here?

  • Jean Shinoda Bolen: 5th Women's World Conference
  • Marilyn Nyborg: International Women's Day 2005
  • Kathe Schaaf: 6 Congresses on 6 Continents in 2006
  • Reflection, Song and Celebration
5:30 p.m. 2004 Congress Adjourns
7:00 p.m. Spiritual Cinema: What the #$*! Do We Know"
Hosted by Betsy Chasse
Producer, Director and Screenwriter

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Monday, October 18
8:00 a.m. Special Offering: Breakfast Workshop
How to Get PR for Your Non-Profit!
Jeff Crilley, FOX TV News Reporter
9:30 a.m. Planning Meeting for 6 Congresses on 6 Continents in 2006
(RSVP only)
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