{"id":564,"date":"2007-04-09T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=564"},"modified":"2018-09-08T04:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T04:36:47","slug":"song-and-story-fest-focuses-on-eco-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2007\/song-and-story-fest-focuses-on-eco-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Song and Story Fest Focuses on Eco-Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>(April 9, 2007) &#8212; This summer&#8217;s Song and Story Fest, an annual intergenerational camp for all ages co-sponsored by On Earth Peace, will be held at Inspiration Hills Camp and Retreat Center in Burbank, Ohio. The theme for the June 24-30 event is \u201cThe Arc of the Universe: Bending Toward Eco-Justice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fest is scheduled as a pre-Annual Conference event, concluding the morning of the day on which Annual Conference starts in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Kline Smeltzer coordinates the fest, which is in its 11th year. The event features Brethren musicians and storytellers. This year\u2019s leadership includes a number of Brethren speakers, story tellers, and musicians, along with the groups Shen Fine and Mutual Kumquat.<\/p>\n<p>On the schedule are intergenerational gatherings, worship, family time, recreation, story swaps, music-making, evening campfires, concerts, a folk dance, and workshops for adults, children, and youth.<\/p>\n<p>Registration includes meals, and is based on age: adults pay $220; teenagers pay $180; children ages 6-12 pay $150; children five and under are welcome at no charge; maximum fee per family is $660. Daily fees are $40 per person, $100 per family, including meals. Registrations post-marked after June 1 will be charges an additional 10 percent as a late fee.<\/p>\n<p><em>Register at www.brethren.org\/oepa\/programs\/special\/song-story-fest\/index.html. Contact Barb Sayler at On Earth Peace for information about financial help, 502-222-5886 or bsayler_oepa@brethren.org.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\">The Church of the Brethren Newsline is produced by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of news services for the Church of the Brethren General Board. Newsline stories may be reprinted if Newsline is cited as the source. To receive Newsline by e-mail go to http:\/\/listserver.emountain.net\/mailman\/listinfo\/newsline. Submit news to the editor at cobnews@brethren.org. For more Church of the Brethren news and features, subscribe to &#8220;Messenger&#8221; magazine; call 800-323-8039 ext. 247.<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(April 9, 2007) &#8212; This summer&#8217;s Song and Story Fest, an annual intergenerational camp for all ages co-sponsored by On Earth Peace, will be held at Inspiration Hills Camp and Retreat Center in Burbank, Ohio. The theme for the June 24-30 event is \u201cThe Arc of the Universe: Bending Toward Eco-Justice?\u201d The fest is scheduled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,3,103],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brethren-annual-conference","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-on-earth-peace"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3246,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/3246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}