Storytelling Our Humanity: Applications of an Ancient Art

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We are what we tell. Story defines us, our identities, our values, our dreams of what we seek. We are homo narrativus – humans that define our experiences and existence through the narratives we tell. So much can and must be said about our stories. While our stories and their act of telling necessary go hand-in-hand, with storytelling the “means” to deliver the story’s “content,” far less attention is paid to the act of storytelling. This service will focus on the act of storytelling, specifically, on orality-based storytelling, its structure and dynamic, and its implications for our communications and for our humanity. This service will be an extended Time for All Ages!

Welcome
Greeting and Announcements
“Precious Land” Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words
Time for All Ages:  The Poor Farmer and Rich Farmer – Inspired by a Japanese Buddhist Narrative; told by Ryan Urie
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
First Reflection

  • Continuation of an Ancient Art; Rodney Frey
  • The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere; Michelle Hazen

Second Reflection

  • Techniques + Orality = Participation In the Story; Rodney Frey
    Salmon Always Goes Upriver – A Colville Indian Narrative; Rodney Frey

Third Reflection

  • Michelle Hazen
  • Sea Shanty; Rob Ely

Fourth Reflection

  • An Application of Orality-Based Storytelling; Rodney Frey
  • Salmon Always Goes Upriver – A Colville Indian Narrative – Continues; Rodney Frey

Musical Benediction:  There Is a Love
Closing Words:  Random Acts of…
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction

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