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What’s a Housemoot?
House (an abode) : Moot (a gathering)
In partnership with the Rabbit Room (an organization that cultivates and curates story, music, and art to nourish Christ-centered communities for the life of the world), we will host a gathering called Housemoot on the evening of November 22nd and the morning of November 23rd for making, merriment, learning, and lingering around good food, thoughtful presentations, intentional discussions, and creative activities.
What you need to know
Friday, November 22nd, from 7-9pm
Saturday, November 23rd, from 9am to noon
Cost? Free
What do I bring? Come as you are!
Do you offer childcare? We’re not planning to offer childcare, but if this keeps you from coming, let us know!
Session Line-Up
FRIDAY EVENING
LANIER IVESTER
The Joy of Feasting: Celebration as a Means of Grace
Join Lanier Ivester for an inspiring session on the significance of feasting and celebration. Explore the reasons behind a beautifully set table, quality ingredients, and sacrificial effort, all while learning how culinary experiences can commemorate important milestones, foster connections, and create lasting memories. Whether a special occasion or an intimate family dinner, this session will arm you with the spiritual motivation and a few practical tools to help elevate any event from mere entertaining to true, Christ-centered hospitality.
SATURDAY MORNING
JONATHAN ROGERS
Happiness, Goodness, and Making
Thomas Aquinas wrote, "God communicated His goodness to His creatures in such wise that one thing can communicate to another the good it has received.” To be happy is not only to receive the goods that God offers, but also to “communicate” goodness. For St. Thomas, “communication” wasn’t merely a matter of conveying a message to people, but helping the things of earth (both animate and inanimate) to fulfill their purpose. As Ellen Charry says, “The good bestowed by anyone on something else becomes shared property.” In this talk, Jonathan Rogers will discuss the ways that work, and especially creative work, increases happiness.
AMY BAIK LEE
Keepers of Lost Moments and Places: Living Homeward in Time
Many of us carry vivid memories of moments and places that have become lost and forgotten to the world over the years. “I remember,” we say, tasting both a particular goodness we once encountered and the bittersweetness of the fact that we cannot return to it. We know that God remembers these settings and experiences with us, and that He grieves with us on our mortals’ road through time. But could there be more? Retracing her steps through a country she thought she’d left behind, Amy will explore the notion that the past moments and places we hold dear have a role to play in the new creation.
DOUG MCKELVEY & NED BUSTARD
The League of Woe
What happens when companions set out on physical pilgrimage as a means of embodying the grief journey? Ned Bustard (Every Moment Holy illustrator) and Doug McKelvey (Every Moment Holy author) reflect on their recent, shared journey across the Highlands of Scotland to the Isle of Iona—an adventure undertaken with the intention of "walking into their sorrows."
We’re going to try our best to squeeze all these great sessions in our limited time together!