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The Journey's the Thing
A PILGRIM'S PATH
» Thursday 12 November 2009 | 5 pm
» The Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue
An informal afternoon hour showcasing ideas
and people in the Okanagan creative economy. Join us for an insightful exploration of "walking spirituality" featuring Jonathan Greenhalgh and Wayne Emde, who have plumbed the depths of the pilgrim's journey in both Japan and Europe.
» $2 at the door. Refreshments are available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
EXPRESS SPEAKERS OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR PATH TO PILGRIMAGE
It was Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu who once said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. And so it is, that for many spiritual people, the physical journey of a pilgrimage is yet another way of making that commitment to take the journey within.
Next year, more than 100,000 people from around the world are expected to descend on one place - the famed Cathedral de Santiago in Spain - to mark the end of their pilgrimage by walking through the ancient pathways to the place where the bones of St James the Apostle are reputed to be buried. In modern day parlance, this journey has become known simply as The Camino.
While the Camino typically attracts Christians, the practice of pilgrimage is common to many faiths. Buddhists have four sites for pilgrimage, and the Holy Land is a focal point for pilgrimages of the Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Bahai. Even people with no religious affiliation are now adding pilgrimage to their spiritual practice.
 On Thursday, November 12th at 5 pm the ongoing weekly Okanagan Institute Express series at the Bohemian Café presents The Journey's the Thing: A Pilgrim's Path. Join us for an insightful exploration of "walking spirituality" featuring Jonathan Greenhalgh and Wayne Emde, who have plumbed the depths of the pilgrim's journey in both Japan and Europe.
The event features images collected by the travellers, along with a frank discussion about their personal insights into an experience that many describe as both profound and transformative.
Jonathan (Jack) Greenhalgh (right) is an ordained Anglican priest who served 18 years as first dean of the St. Michael and All Angels Church. Prior to that he served in parishes in both Vernon and Revelstoke. Following retirement, he followed his passion for photography and travel, and completed the 800-km trek to the Camino this past May.
Wayne Emde (left) took up pilgrimage after spending more than three decades teaching English, journalism and photographer in Cranbrook and Vernon. Last year he walked the 1200 kilometer Buddhist pilgrimage around the island of Shikoku in Japan with his oldest son Jason. This spring he joined Jack Greenhalgh on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK HERE
Musical performances and readings honouring our loved ones and caregivers.
Saturday November 21, 7 pm - Okanagan College Theatre, KLO Campus, Kelowna
For more information, and to register, click HERE.
 GEORGE RYGA WEEK
NOVEMBER 1-7 2009
George Ryga Week has been proclaimed by the Provincial Government and the Office
of the Lieutenant Governor to honour the contribution Ryga made to the creative
community.
A gala celebration will be held Saturday
November 7 at 7pm in the Okanagan College Theatre in Vernon.
Ken Smedley of the George Ryga Centre in Summerland will present the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. Sponsored by The George Ryga Society, BC Bookworld, CBC Radio (Kelowna) and Okanagan College, this annual literary prize is awarded to a BC writer who has achieved an outstanding degree of social awareness in a new book. Excerpts are aired on CBC Radio One's Daybreak Program.
» More information is available HERE.
The Journey's the Thing takes place at the Bohemian Café. This marks the 115th event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007.
Express has played host to many Okanagan luminaries, including former deputy secretary general of Amnesty International Derek Evans, artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, distinguished editor and author Jim Taylor, poet and professor John Lent, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, community activist Don Elzer, dancer David LaHay, architect Jim Meiklejohn, culinary artist and writer Heidi Noble, broadcaster Marion Barschel and others from a wide range of creative fields.
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that has gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
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