Opening Weekend Program
Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, 2012
Theme:
"Spiritually Integrated Self-Care for
Those Who Care For and About Others"
Presenter: Rev. Dr. F. Gardiner Perry
1st Saturday session: 3:00-5:00
2nd Saturday session: 7:00-8:30
1st Sunday session: 11:00-12:15
2nd Sunday session: 3:00-4:00
Objective:
Participants in this workshop will integrate their own unique spirituality into a self-care plan to enhance their capacity to care for others and to optimize their own well-being.
Rationale:
While our need to love and care for others is universally recognized, and while we know we also need to love and care for ourselves, the way these two processes synchronize warrants further exploration. In this workshop, will look at the paradox that tells us we can develop only to the extent that we care for others, and we can care for others only to the degree we develop healthful habits of self-care.
Method:
Beginning with a definition of "empathic understanding of the other", participants will: A) ground themselves in their own experience of empathy; B) engage the Lord's command to love one's neighbor as oneself; C) explore Swedenborg's Doctrine of Charity; and D) build their own self-care plan within the context of caring for and about others.
This program is open to adults 18 and up. It is part of the regular FNCA schedule; there is no extra charge for it. Childcare is available if arranged in advance. Children and teens of attendees are welcome to participate in all other FNCA activities. Local attendees not staying overnight at camp are welcome to join us for meals at the standard meal rates: breakfast $5, lunch $7, dinner $9.