Playology Event – Experiencing God through the Art of Play

Playology is an event chock-full of interactive training and practical resources to integrate recreation and play into your ministry context and worship experiences. Seasoned leaders will lead art, worship, and recreation-related workshops. The first day kicks off with a Theme Party and each registered participant will select two (2) workshop options as well. All of the elements are extremely practical by design, so participants can take the experience and apply to their own context immediately. In addition, a round table discussion on the Theology of Recreation will be incorporated around lunch. On the second day, the workshop leaders and participants will lead worship for the seminary community after spending the morning in a creative worship planning workshop together.

This event is a great resource for children and youth leaders, pastors, worship leaders, camp counselors, educators, recreation leaders, volunteers, and more! Whether you come alone or in a group, you will experience creative ways to build community.

Co-led by: Beth Gunn and Deb Guess

About the Leaders:

Beth Gunn lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband, Bruce.  She is the Associate for Youth for the Presbytery of Western North Carolina with a particular emphasis in the field of Recreation Ministry. She is enjoying being “GG” to their 3 granddaughters! Beth spends time hiking these woods, discovering the best trails for wildflowers and bringing people together over meals.

Deb Guess lives in western North Carolina and appreciates all things creative and unique. She spent many years on Presbytery staffs doing youth, collegiate, education, and mission ministries and currently is a full time jewelry and mixed media artist and instructor. Deb enjoys gardening, cooking, traveling, and being a new grandmother.

Dates: March 15 – 16, 2022

Day 1, Tuesday, March 15, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET

Morning Workshop Choices, Day 1, Tuesday, March 15 (participants will select one):

CreArt – Unleash your creativity with a variety of simple and purposeful art activities. Participants will go home with a number of completed projects, instructions, and ideas for use with all ages in VBS, gift-making workshops, service projects, and retreats.

Around the Table – This workshop is designed to teach intergenerational activities that may be played around tables by all ages at gatherings such as family-night suppers, Sunday school classes, retreats, and more.

Afternoon Workshop Choices, Day 1, Tuesday, March 15 (participants will select one):

Creative Bible Study – Looking for creative ways to share God’s WORD? Experience ways to strengthen connections between Scripture and real life through a variety of interactive approaches to reading, hearing, and sharing God’s powerful WORD.

Games Galore – Start to finish, as many games as is humanly possible will be packed into this time! Active games, ‘no-equipment’ games, quiet games, name games–the list goes on and on!

Day 2, Wednesday, March 16, 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET

Creative Worship Planning workshop, where participants will work in teams to create an intergenerational worship experience for the wider seminary community.  The hope is to design non-traditional but meaningful worship that invites participants to use all their senses, engages both the right and left brain, and allows the “Spirit” to appear in surprising ways.

The above morning workshop will be followed by Playology attendees leading Worship for the seminary community.

The full event agenda can be viewed on Registration site, under Agenda tab.

Cost:

$30 per person, includes lunch on Tuesday, if Register by February 15, 2022

$40 per person, includes lunch on Tuesday, if Register after February 15, 2022

Meals: Lunch is included on Tuesday, 3/15. Snacks also included in the cost of registration. When you register you will be asked to indicate any food preferences (gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, etc.). Lunch on Wednesday, 3/16, with the seminary community is optional (for an additional fee).

CEUs: 1.0 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for this event. Note: CEU certificates can be generated upon request at the time of the event.

Campus Housing: 

Housing on campus is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.  You can sign up for housing, for an additional cost, when you register.

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To REGISTER for the event, click here.

The Playology event is jointly sponsored by re:create and Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Glenn Bannerman Fund for Recreational Ministry and endorsed by the Arts, Recreation, and Worship Conference.