You are warmly invited to our Root & Reckon celebration gathering where we will receive the Land Stories that the core teams have been weaving the last 6 months.
As a Rocky Mountain Community of Practice we are unearthing and remembering our relational responsibilities to the Land, original Native nations of Turtle Island, and to the places and Peoples we and our churches are co-sustainers with.
In this 250th and 150th year of colonial narratives of erasure and ongoing genocide that have led to the removal, extermination, assimilation and domination of Land and Peoples, we humbly and courageously choose to tell more truth-full stories of the Land and the lineages we are part of.
Please join us in person or on Zoom to encourage the core teams and to become part of this Root & Reckon Community of Practice.
INVITATION
Saturday, Sept 19th, from 10 am to 2 pm
La Foret Retreat Center 6145 Shoup Road, Colorado Springs, CO, 80908
Zoom option available – please RSVP to receive it
RSVP HERE BY Sept 16th bit.ly/gatheringrootandreckon
HELPFUL INFORMATION
Map to Blue Spruce Cabin La Foret Map to Blue Spruce.pngPlease carpool if you can and park around / near the cabin Enter off of Shoup RoadTake a right at Ponderosa Lodge headed towards the OfficeThen continue west towards Blue Spruce
FLYER: Root & Reckon Gathering Invite 9.19.2026.pdf
AGENDA: Tentative flow for the day and when the churches will be sharing their Land Stories: RR Gathering Agenda
PLEASE BRING:
Food to share for the potluck! Please label the ingredients and let us know if it is gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian or vegan. We have a chocolate, dairy, and wheat allergy, so please make sure to label if your food has these in it. Please no alcoholic beverages.
Accessibility Notes:Hearing / audio: We will use microphones when speakParking directly by the cabin, no steps into the cabin.Unfortunately this location is not ADA accessible. We apologize for not checking this before we booked. Please join us on Zoom! All gender restroomsChildren are welcome if their parent/guardian keeps an eye on themZoom: you can turn on Closed Captions – ask our Zoom host Brenda if you need help
Community Altar and Ritual Invitation
We invite you to bring 2 offerings for our collective practice:
1. Community altar offering: Someone/thing honoring those who have supported this work of reckoning, rooting, and relationship.
This could be an object, photograph, flower, drawing, written word, or anything else that represents a living loved one, ancestor, deity or guide, place, plant or animal relative, cultural practice, or other source of support.
2. Water from, or representing, water that sustains you.
If you gather water, plants, flowers, or other offerings from the Land, please ask permission and receive consent before taking. Remember Robin Wall Kimmerer’s invitations for the Honorable Harvest.
Any questions? Please reach out to Bry at bry@juniperformation.org
We look forward to rooting in Land Stories with you!
Your Root & Reckon Design Team
Bry Brannan, Salix Renan, Paul Michelac
