Honoring Our Sacred Gifts: Agenda

🌿 Honoring Our Sacred Gifts: Conversations with Robin Wall Kimmerer  

Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026

Location:  St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Liverpool (click here for directions on Google Maps)

Keynote Speaker: Robin Wall Kimmerer

-Schedule of Events-

8:15 - 9:00 AM | Arrival & Registration

  • Check-in: Attendees sign in and receive name tags, programs, and lunch tickets.

  • Hospitality: Light refreshments (coffee, tea, fruit, pastries).

  • Table: Staff and volunteers available to assist with accessibility needs and directions.

9:00 - 9:45 AM | Morning Prayer & Thanksgiving Service

9:45 –10:30 AM | Keynote Presentation: “Honoring Our Sacred Gifts”

  • Speaker:Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Overview: A reflection on reciprocity, gratitude, and stewardship of the Earth through the lens of Indigenous wisdom and ecological science.

10:30 - 10:50 AM | Conversation & Q&A with Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Facilitator: Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe

    • Attendees are invited to submit written questions at registration or via ushers during the session.

10:50 - 11:00 AM | Break

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Book Signing & Educational Materials

  • Books by Robin Wall Kimmerer will be available to purchase onsite 

  • Attendees can also visit tables hosted by Creation Care Partners

  • Attendees can collect seed packets

12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch

  • Bag lunch - can be taken with you to your afternoon breakout activity

1:00 - 3:00 PM | Breakout Activities

Note:  Registration required for afternoon activities, some of limited capacity.

  • Small Group Discussions - facilitated conversations on how to integrate ecological and spiritual care into daily life.

    • Themes from the Serviceberry such as how to promote a regenerative culture and/or economy.

    • Empowering local creation care work.                                         

    • Ways to increase alliances with local indigenous peoples.                                  

    • Addressing food justice Issues.

  • Sacred Walk in Nature at Onondaga Lake -.  This meditative walk, led by Luanne DeFelice, is an invitation to allow you to increase your awareness of our connection with all elements of nature with respect and gratitude. (suitable for teens and adults)

  • Visit Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center - Guided tour of Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center

    • Led by the director, Emerson Shenandoah. The Peace Center is a Haudensaunee (Iroquois) Cultural Center focused on telling the story of the native peoples of central New York.  Please note that there is a $7 fee for each person who wishes to participate in this event that will be collected at the time of the tour.

  • Community Garden Work - Preparing the community garden at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Liverpool.

Honoring Our Sacred Gifts ends for you when your Breakout Activity concludes.