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~ A Tradition of Gratitude ~ Celebrate the season

~ A Tradition of Gratitude ~

Celebrate the season of generosity by joining us in this simple practice!

Generosity is the natural byproduct of an opened heart. That is why here at Journeymen, we include the act of embodied gratitude in every experience we co-create.

Before a meal. At the end of a circle. As a way to connect 1-1 with a new friend... Gratitude can look many different ways. And sometimes. it lasts quite a while, but usually, it is just a moment to pause, connect, reflect, and celebrate something or someone that matters to us.

Today, we want you to know that as a member of our community, you matter to us. We are grateful that you've chosen to be a part of this growing village that is helping young people thrive through every stage of their lives.

And, as part of our community, we invite you join us in creating (or rebooting) your own simple tradition of gratitude somewhere in your life.

For some easy ideas, you might explore:
- Making a daily entry/note in a journal
- Sharing a round of gratitude before family meals
- Starting a work meeting or personal conversation with gratitude

And if you feel called to express your gratitude in another way that matters to many, this #GivingTuesday we're reminding folks that you can create an easy tradition of giving by making a monthly donation to support our work.

We hear often that small, regular donations is easier on our donors, and it also helps us stay on top of our life-changing work through all the seasons.

This year, all gifts received between now and the end of the year will be matched 1-1, including amounts received next year as part a new monthly donation. Just use the link in our bio, choose an amount that works for you, and the rest is taken care of.

As the nights draw in, this season invites us to t

As the nights draw in, this season invites us to take a good look at ourselves, our lives, what matters and what is calling to be released... So the timing of this evening event where we can join Michael Meade in-person to seek the healing energies of spirit and soul through the pathways of story, poetry and song feels especially timely.

"Finding Spirit, Making Soul: Growing Self and Community in Troubled Times":
Saturday, November 12, 7:00 pm
Vashon United Methodist Church
Tickets: $12/general :: $10/students & seniors
Event info + registration through the link in our bio!

Here's more information about what promises to be a deeply meaningful and nourishing event:

"The growing sense of conflict and anxiety makes it more essential that we find ways of making meaning and bringing healing to both nature and culture. We are in a collective rite of passage that seeks to awaken the heart of humanity. Yet, if we cannot sustain the vitality of our own being we become unable to change the conditions of community and culture.

The heart of the human drama concerns whether we are becoming greater vessels for the flow of life. Spirit calls us to a higher sense of self, while soul would connect us more deeply to the heart of nature and the soul of the world. When in touch with soul’s inner thread we can find the arts and practices that allow our spirits to awaken and our hearts to open. To be fully alive, making more soul and incarnating spirit is the only thing that satisfies the longings seeded in our heart’s inner garden."

📣 Calling on community to join us for this even

📣 Calling on community to join us for this evening dedicated to regenerating cultural practices to support us through these changing times! We want to hear your voice at this special community event. We hope you can make it!

Through stories, song, and sharing, we will come together around these intentions:
🍁 Bring together local and regional groups dedicated to regenerating practices for healing, transformation, and justice (particularly for young people)
🍁 Foster intergenerational culture-building toward healing and transformation, centering youth.
🍁 Listen for how each of us can be part of revitalizing cultural practices for healing and transformation.
🍁 Amplify and celebrate Rites & Responsibilities, a book Darcy Ottey spent the last decade-plus working to bring to physical form
🍁 Mobilize resources for important youth-serving efforts, in the spirit of mutual support, equity, & reparations

Tuesday, November 15th
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, doors @ 5:30
University Friends Center
4001 9th Avenue Northeast Seattle, WA, 98105

5:30pm - 6:00pm: gather, food & beverages, socialize
6:00pm - 8:00pm: presenters, performers, song, and discussion

FAMILY FRIENDLY | LIGHT DINNER PROVIDED | POTLUCK CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME!
Donations invited to cover the cost of the event and support local youth-serving efforts in the spirit of mutual support, equity, and reparations.

ACCESS DETAILS: Wheel-chair accessible, near major bus lines, limited parking, no sign language interpretation available, event in English without translation available, children’s activities available, please be aware of scent sensitivities and arrive fragrance-free, masks encouraged.

Hosted by:
@journeymen
@youth_passageways
@wilderness_awareness
@riteofpassagejourneys
@wildwiseschool

Last week marked the start of our in-school mentor

Last week marked the start of our in-school mentorship groups for students in many of our partner schools! It is such an honor to be in circle with the youth in our community - learning about their lives, hearing about their dreams, their triumphs and challenges, and supporting them along the way.

#CircleUp #Mentorship #FromTheHeart #Journeymen #OneVillage

COUNCIL IS FOR EVERYONE Since our founding (almos

COUNCIL IS FOR EVERYONE

Since our founding (almost 6 years ago now) we've regularly been asked about our focus on boys and young men. We're still as clear today as we were then - that there are unique features of being (or being conditioned as) male in our society that require intentional inquiry time and space to unpack, re/claim, and let go of, in order to feel and be whole.

For us, much of that work takes place in an ancient form of group connection and communication we call Council (or circle). And while there are many moments when we might create an exclusive (or affinity) group for safety, effectiveness, or temporary perspective, Council as a form is not specific to any particular identity - gender, or otherwise.

It has always been our hope and vision that the work we do apart from the wider community enables us to move toward integration. Across the gender spectrum, through the generations, and around the world.

Today we're excited to announce our first-ever offering for women, by women - thanks to the emerging opportunity within our One Village Initiative, and through the leadership of Laura, one of our facilitators and guides, and Jacqui, who has served on our Elders Council since our founding.

Women’s Council is a place where you can show up fully, be seen in your wholeness - and your messiness - as you open to the depths of your inner world. This experience invites you to reconnect with your intuitive wisdom through intimate relationship with yourself and a supportive intergenerational community.

Sessions often flow without a set agenda, though themes of relationship, purpose, parenting, aging, and love tend to emerge. Each of us is on our own journey, moving at our own pace. No matter where you are now, you are welcome.

Open to all female-identifying adults - including queer & non-binary.

Fall 2022 series meets for 8 consecutive Wednesdays 6-8pm, starting Oct 12.

Link to sign up in our bio!

Join Journeymen Co-founder Nicky Wilks at the Gend

Join Journeymen Co-founder Nicky Wilks at the Gender Equity and Reconciliation International - GERI (@grworldorg GERI) 30th Anniversary Summit, October 2 - 7.

Nicky will be speaking on a panel: Men and Boys in Gender Equity and Reconciliation along with Carl Murrell, Terry Symens-Bucher, Ray Arata, Mark Greene of @remakingmanhood , Evans Njoki, Julien Devereux, Hugo Sanchez, and Jabu Mashinini. This event is FREE ~ Please join and share with your people!

Register today through the link in our bio!

#WeHealTogether

Yes, YOU As a man or a boy, young, old, and/or so

Yes, YOU

As a man or a boy, young, old, and/or somewhere in between...

You need love.

You need support.

You need connection.

You need a space where you can be seen and heard for exactly who you are, as you are.

Over the next few weeks we're stepping back into our flow of weekly in-person circles for boys and men. On the land, around the fire, or in the schools, we are where you are.

Men's Council Fall cohort runs weekly starting this Thursday, 6-8pm @ the Skylodge. First session is free / no commitment required. Drop in with us tomorrow and feel remember what its like to be. Full stop. Come back next week if it feels like a fit.

School-based circles start in early October with our school partners on Vashon and Tacoma.

And now thanks to our One Village Initiative, we're proud to announce our first ever Women's Council starting October 12th, each Wednesday evening from 6-8pm. This effort comes as a result of our YOUR voice and requests and the leadership of some of our most experienced staff. Stay tuned for more info/registration.

Links for Men's Council and In-school Circles in our bio.

As a team and community we've always been aware of

As a team and community we've always been aware of the importance of meaningful, appropriate and timely #initiation experiences for young people as they approach adolescence and adulthood. This underscores the bulk of our rites of passage offerings at Journeymen, and now, through our One Village Initiative.

However, until recently, we have not provided directed training for young people to learn the art and technical skills of applying initiation practices to their own lives. Not just so they can create rituals or feel belonging within themselves or a group (even though these are vital!), but so they can learn to lead their own lives with courage and #compassion - or as we often say, "From the Heart"

#Leadership is defined by initiation. And despite the growing awareness that we need to turn to our #youth for #inspiration and #creative solutions to seemingly insurmountable problems (both locally and globally) there are very few avenues for young folks today to access these skills and gain real-world experience in their application before adulthood.

In our experience, most "leadership" training for young people does a better job conditioning them to comply with the status quo than prepare them to inherit and work to change a world that desperately needs their creative genius.

So we're building something different.

Starting this fall, we'll welcome in a small group of teens into a fun and engaging process that will help them:

- Understand and refine their unique leadership style
- Build skills in facilitation, mentorship and experiential education, and
- Become a mentor for One Village & Journeymen camps & courses

In addition, every participant will also get paid $100 for completing their training sessions and have an easy path to earn all 25 of their required volunteer hours for VHS graduation at once - just by signing up to volunteer #mentor one of the upcoming camps.

This course will be led by Journeymen and One Village staff leads with dozens of years of experience leading transformational camps, courses and events for youth and adults - all sharing the same passion for providing young people with the tools they need to thrive, today and tomorrow.

HARVESTING OUR GOLD Each year we offer dozens of

HARVESTING OUR GOLD

Each year we offer dozens of unique experiences for #youth and adults to grow in their connection to self, #community, and the more-than-human world. And here in the #PNW, the most active season for our camps, quests and courses is during the summer months.

Since time immemorial, people from around the globe have honored the shift from summer to #autumn with #rituals and celebrations that honor the fruits of the Earth - often, ones that ripen during or just after the summertime. Some of our favorite local examples include picking and pressing apples, storing and pickling vegetables, or even chopping and stacking firewood.

At Journeymen, and with the spirit of our first One Village offerings alongside us, we invite all past participants, families and supporters to join us for one last big circle around the fire before we turn inward this fall.

Harvest Gathering is this Sunday, Sep 25 from 5-8pm at the Journeymen Skylodge (generously hosted at Open Space for Arts and Community).

Join us and our staff, #elders and wider community for a gentle evening together enjoying a #potluck style meal, stories from our shared experiences together, and a #meaningful closure to what has been our most active camp season ever.

Bring a dish to share and a blanket and/or camp chairs for you and your crew - of course, stories are always welcome!

PLUS - All participants who join will have a chance to head home with a snazzy Journeymen / One Village hoodie.. word on the street is they are the best yet 😀

RSVP link in our bio or events.journeymen.us

Wednesday Wonderings: What have you witnessed that

Wednesday Wonderings: What have you witnessed that has strengthened your faith in humanity?

Comment below and perhaps help inspire hope for someone else on this beautiful day!

#WednesdayWonderings #CircleUp #Community #OneVillage

Over the past 3 years Journeymen has been fortunat

Over the past 3 years Journeymen has been fortunate enough to partner with @seattleschoolforboys to support their students through various camp experiences and whole school impact days.

This summer we got to celebrate the achievements of their 8th grade class as they approach the next big chapter - high school! This end of year campout was a powerful way to acknowledge and honor these young men for all their efforts at Seattle School for Boys - you gentleman make us proud!

#SeattleSchoolforBoys #Journeymen #ritesofpassage #circleup #greatoutdoors #outdooreducation #sacred #nature #village #community #relationship #Seattle #OutdoorSchool

CT-1 is offered to adults wishing to advance their

CT-1 is offered to adults wishing to advance their skills in circle facilitation and youth group leadership. Your experience will prepare you to serve as a mentor in one of Journeymen’s school-based mentoring groups (CIRCLES) and is the first step toward becoming a volunteer mentor, paid staff or lead facilitator with Journeymen and One Village.

In addition, this training is often attended by teachers, coaches, therapists and others in the helping professions who wish to build skills in mentorship and create stronger a community at work and at home.

Active mentors will be supported in their own personal and professional development through apprenticeship with lead facilitators and ongoing training opportunities.

Click in the link in our bio to register today!

"It is good to be seen." - Jim Burke, Journeymen E

"It is good to be seen." - Jim Burke, Journeymen Elder

One of the more common ways folks today acknowledge each other in public is to say, "It is good to see you!". To us, it is preferable to asking, "How is it going?", primarily because there is rarely the time, space or genuine interest in a proper response.

Years ago, and before we hosted any camps or events, we assembled a group of folks who embodied elder-like qualities with the intention of creating an Elders Council. Today and ever since then we have gathered with them regularly to provide a sort of "spiritual backbone" to our work, address impossible questions, and tend to the shadowy aspects of human development.

Jim, quoted above, is one of our original members. He has plenty of other bits of wisdom that come through, but this one really matters right now. Coming off several years of mandatory masking and honest attempts at digitizing human connection, it is truly good to be seen. Especially in the flesh.

This evening we host our last drop-in Men's Council session of the season. Each summer we host a series of free drop in circles for men to reconnect with self, circle and community. We often have guys from all walks and stages of life, and it is the perfect space to be fully seen (especially if that doesn't happen often in your life). It is also a great way to get a taste of this work before committing to a regular cohort, which start in the Fall and run each season.

RSVP or learn more at the links in our bio - or tag a buddy and join us tonight at the Journeymen Skylodge for some good medicine.

#MensWork #CircleProcess #Council #Elders #Community #CircleUp #Compassion #MentalHealth #Integrity #Accountability #Men #Dads

The power of one caring adult in a child's life is

The power of one caring adult in a child's life is often overlooked in our culture, and yet we see through our work how deeply important it is for us to show up as caring, compassionate people in the lives of our young.

It is this truth that has us excited to invite each of you into exploring the role of 'Mentor'.

For adults with a clear interest in working with youth, becoming a Mentor means directly impacting the lives of the generations after you while cultivating your own authentic gifts. Perfect mentors need not apply – we walk the path of growth together.

Our next One Village mentor training, Circle Tending I, will be hosted in the evening of October 3rd & 4th on Vashon Island.

CT-1 is offered to adults of all genders wishing to advance their skills in circle facilitation and youth group leadership. Your experience will prepare you to serve as a mentor in one of Journeymen’s school-based mentoring groups (CIRCLES) and is the first step toward becoming a volunteer mentor, paid staff or lead facilitator with Journeymen and One Village.

We would love for you to join us! Learn more about this offering and register using the link in our bio.

#OneVillage
#Journeymen
#CircleUp
#mentorship
#mentors
#mentoring
#youth
#family
#community
#nature
#healthyrelationships
#relationships
#emotionalwellness

Journeymen co-founders spent the past week on the

Journeymen co-founders spent the past week on the east coast leading a rite of passage training followed by a rite of passage experience for teen boys in the DC / Virginia area - testing their physical and emotional edges as they explored what no longer serves them in this next chapter of life, cultivated visions for their future, and were honored for their unique gifts in life.

Fortunately there is a growing awareness for the need of this critical work, supporting youth as they strive to find their place and purpose in the world, and we are honored to be a part of this movement to uplift and inspire the next generation.

#CircleUp #RitesOfPassage #Mentor #Village #Youth #Family #Community #Nature #Outdoors #Camp #Mentoring

Many years ago one of our mentors, Dr. Arne Rubins

Many years ago one of our mentors, Dr. Arne Rubinstein of @ropinstitute , shared with us that one of his greatest indicators for a successful and meaningful experience for a young person was whether or not they choose to return.

The above quote is from one of our returning staff, who started with Journeymen as a student in one of our high school mentoring groups and more recently returned to help staff on this year's 10 day Quest experience.

It is a beautiful thing to witness these young men step more fully into their gifts and choose to show up for their community in service for the next generation.

To all the young men who have said 'Yes' to supporting this work as mentors - We see you and respect your heart and willingness to show up for the youth. Our community wouldn't be the same without you!

Sending out a huge 'Thank You' to all our voluntee

Sending out a huge 'Thank You' to all our volunteers and supporters over this past festival weekend!

From helping with festival setup and takedown, to handling recycling/garbage for the weekend, and running the Journeymen booth, it was a weekend full of heart-centered connection, community, and play. We are so grateful to be in community with all of you and appreciate all the ways each of you showed up this past weekend!

#Journeymen #OneVillage #CircleUp

** LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS ** Journeymen + One Vil

** LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS **

Journeymen + One Village will be helping as volunteers at this year's Strawberry Festival on Vashon Island and we are still in need of some additional volunteers!

We still have needs for support on Friday eve, Saturday, and Sunday. Please help us spread the word and if you're interested in getting involved and/or helping out for a couple hours this weekend - please comment below or email us directly at info@journeymen.us.

Thanks you all to those of you who have already committed to supporting!

Ahhh summertime… seemingly endless daylight beck

Ahhh summertime… seemingly endless daylight beckons us into an easy-going rhythm where we’re invited to appreciate the refreshment of a cool glass of water on a hot day, saying ‘yes’ to staying even longer at the beach or exploring further into the deep, cool green of a woodland hike.

Davis, one of our new Camp Co-Leads, brought this joyful expansiveness to the folks who took part in our first One Village offering: Kindle Campout. Having participated in rites of passage experiences as a youth, Davis very much wants ALL youth to have rites of passage experiences.

It’s been a busy year for Davis — as well as being a key team member for Kindle Campout — she got engaged (congratulations!) and went on a six month road trip with her fiance, Duncan Ende, and beloved cat, Cleo in their trusty 1998 Ford Econoline, traveling all the way to Oregon, California, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and back home to Washington.

Davis brings her keen intellect, irreverent playfulness, and love of nature to everything she’s a part of — no wonder she’s a firm favorite with both our campers and our crew. Welcome to the team, Davis! We’re so blessed to have you on board.

#OneVillage #KindleCampout #summercamp #ritesofpassage #journeymen #familytime #playonvashon #vashon #vashonisland #youthprogram #kidscamps #kidsclasses #outdooreducation #childrenactivities #activities #summercamp2022 #bestsummerever #kidscamp #summercamp #thatvashonlife #seattlelocal #pnwescapes #pnwcrew #pnwdiscovered #wanderwashington #pnw #washingtontrailassociation

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