Summer School Timetable

Day	Theme	Session
Day	Theme	Focus Session One	Focus Session Two	Focus Session Three	Extra Activity Session	Evening Activity
Saturday	Vision and Hope	Intros + Overview Getting to know one another and the programme	The Vision of Shalom and Hope Exploring the biblical vision of peace		Discussion forum	Pub visit Evening visit to local pub across the valley
Sunday	Communication and Values	Story + language Exploring the communication of truth	Values Based Living Investigating values as the roots of the Tree of Life	Creativity and Play Essential Shalom values	Introduction to Dispersed time activities	Visiting Play? Possible visit from Pointed Arrow Theatre company
Monday	Violence and Oppression	Dynamics of violence What experiences and understandings of violence do we have?	Domination System Looking at the powers and systems of violence and oppression	Free time Afternoon & evening of unscheduled relaxation time
Tuesday	Shalom in Action	Love and Resistance through the telling of one Christian communities story	Message of the Kingdom Then and Now - Jesus and non-violent resistance	Message of the Kingdom Then and Now - Paul and communities of love and resistance	Peace Witness Preparation Information and preparation for a peace witness	Peace Witness An opportunity to join the regular weekly witness at Memwith Hill U.S. spy base
Wednesday	Spirituality and Identity	Shalom Spirituality Journeying towards a spirituality of peace - inwards, outward and upward	Enneagrams Discovering our personality types and motivations		Enneagrams continued	Games and Play An evening of fun, games and playfulness
Thursday	Food and Community	Shalom Community How can we develop and be part of communities for peace?	The Peacemeal The celebration and centrality of food for shalom	Free time Afternoon & evening of unscheduled relaxation time
Friday	Theology and Example	Philosophy of Nonviolence Exploring the thinking of a nonviolent approach	Prophetic Justice Being a prophetic peacemaker	The Spheres Beginning to explore what shalom activism looks like in different spheres	Discussion forum	Film Night An evening of film watching
Saturday	Spheres Explorations	Gentle Living A specific focus on shalom and the environment and ecology	Shalom and Gender A specific focus on peace and gender	Finance + Economics How shalom affects our attitudes to money and wealth	Discussion forum	Party Really no explanation needed!
Sunday	The year ahead	Planning and Preparing Thinking about beginning to apply our learning in our lives	Feedback and Sending-out Feedback time on summer school and group commissioning