Greetings Friends, Our Pilgrims need your help! This summer our Pilgrims will be heading to South Dakota. For centuries this diverse land has been home to the Yankton and Lakota Sioux tribes and their forebears. During this time we seek to experience the presence of the Holy One in both the vast landscape and the faces of God’s people. Our week will be spent in the western part of the state, where mountains rise up to meet the prairie in beautiful contrast. We’ll make our home base at a sixty acre camp nestled in a pine forest near Rapid City. From the Badlands to Custer State Park to the Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore we’ll worship, hike, explore, and learn from each other and all we encounter. There will be times for prayer and contemplation as we walk the labyrinth.  There will be times of play and meal prep, hiking and games. And lots of time traveling in the van! In many instances the purpose of pilgrimage is to encounter God in “thin” places. Thin places are where the earthly world seems so thin that it almost touches heaven. For some people those places are found in ancient holy sites like cathedrals. For others, however, the thinnest spaces are where the beauty of creation elicits a sense of breathtaking wonder. We will be on the lookout for those ‘thin’ places. Our time together will most certainly include lessons of community, understanding, and gratitude.Your donation will help us:<ul><li>Rent a van so we can travel together as one group. Conversations along the way are some of the most profound!</li><li>Take care of our meals – whether when on the road or at the camp we’ve got to eat!</li><li>Explore our surroundings!</li></ul>

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Greetings Friends, Our Pilgrims need your help! This summer our Pilgrims will be heading to South Dakota. For centuries this diverse land has been home to the Yankton and Lakota Sioux tribes and their forebears. During this time we seek to experience the presence of the Holy One in both the vast landscape and the faces of God’s people. Our week will be spent in the western part of the state, where mountains rise up to meet the prairie in beautiful contrast. We’ll make our home base at a sixty acre camp nestled in a pine forest near Rapid City. From the Badlands to Custer State Park to the Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore we’ll worship, hike, explore, and learn from each other and all we encounter. There will be times for prayer and contemplation as we walk the labyrinth.  There will be times of play and meal prep, hiking and games. And lots of time traveling in the van! In many instances the purpose of pilgrimage is to encounter God in “thin” places. Thin places are where the earthly world seems so thin that it almost touches heaven. For some people those places are found in ancient holy sites like cathedrals. For others, however, the thinnest spaces are where the beauty of creation elicits a sense of breathtaking wonder. We will be on the lookout for those ‘thin’ places. Our time together will most certainly include lessons of community, understanding, and gratitude.Your donation will help us:<ul><li>Rent a van so we can travel together as one group. Conversations along the way are some of the most profound!</li><li>Take care of our meals – whether when on the road or at the camp we’ve got to eat!</li><li>Explore our surroundings!</li></ul>

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