Playing on the way to church!
SpiritPlay
Betsey Beckman
Seattle, WA
8 Sessions, once a month Second Tuesdays / 9:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Join this playful and spirit-filled group for exploring the tools of InterPlay in liturgy and ministry. Dive into the lectionary, discover your sacred stories, dance the cycle of the seasons, loosen your tongue, sing your soul, let your BodySpirit improvise in prayer. Together, let's open the doors to an embodied church!
Cost: $176 for the series or $25 each month paid in installments.
Registration/Information: Betsey Beckman at BBeckdance@aol.com
Venue
Phinney Neighborhood Center
6532 Phinney Ave. N. ( Room 32 - Brick Bldg.)
Seattle, WA 98103
Phinney Neighborhood Center has two buildings, one is a blue wood building on Phinney Ave. and the other is a Red Brick building on N. 67th St. (east of Phinney Ave. N.) Room 32 is in the Red Brick Building. Enter the parking lot from N. 67th. Choose either door, go up to the 3rd floor and look for Rm. 32.
Leaders
Betsey Beckman
Betsey Beckman, MM travels internationally and brings the tools of InterPlay wherever she goes - as dancer, storyteller, and spiritual director, as well as retreat, workshop and pilgrimage leader. With her extensive background in performance, movement therapy, ministry and InterPlay, she has often been featured as artist/presenter at national conventions as well as local churches. Betsey’s storydance series of DVDs feature riveting performances and include participatory InterPlay workshops to break open the scriptural stories with embodiment. She's become a fabulous video editor with four collections of dance prayer DVDs available through her collaboration with Abbey of the Arts. Betsey's co-authored book, Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction, offers numerous InterPlay exercises for integrating into soul-care ministries. She has been leading SpiritPlay classes in the Seattle community for the past 20 plus years, and has been a member of the local InterPlay Sounding Board for most of those years as well. Betsey offers the gift of playful improvisation whenever possible!