Pam Wood facilitates workshops and retreats for faith communities, activists, and concerned citizens to deepen our connection with the Earth, foster a journey of Active Hope, and support each of our unique role in the Great Turning. Her workshops draw in large part from Joanna Macy’s “Work That Reconnects,” using experiential and interactive processes, reflection, ritual, art and music. She is an art therapist, school counselor, and the co-author of “Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of Earth” (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2008).
Audiences I work with
Faith communities
Teens/tweens
Activists
Experience facilitating other events & workshops
What year did you begin facilitating the Work That Reconnects?
11/3/18: Active Hope: Franciscan Contemplation in Troubled Times, 5 hour WTR workshop, Franciscan Spiritual Center, Milwaukie, OR
7/26/18: Cosmic Walk, Camino del Rio, Manzanita, OR
7/2016: Cosmic Walk, Camino del Rio, Hood River, OR
4/17/16: Active Hope: Earth Day and Every Day (5 hour workshop for Earth Day), St. Ignatius Church, Portland OR
1/31/16: Active Hope: Compassion, Solidarity & Concern for the Common Good, Earth Care Summit: Renewing Creation from the Ground Up, University of Portland, Portland, OR
4/22/15: See with New Eyes: A Covenant with Earth, 2 hour workshop for Earth Day, St. Ignatius Church, Portland, OR
10/18/25: Catholics and the Climate Crisis, Going Forth, 2 hour follow-up event for One Spirit One Call, Portland, OR
9/20/15: Catholics and the Climate Crisis, Creation and the Common Good, 3 hour workshop for One Spirit One Call, Portland, OR
9/26/15: Lunada – Going Forth, 3 hour workshop for teens about climate action, St Andrew Youth Groups (Caucasian and Latino communities)
6/14/15: Summer Solstice Council of All Beings (for families), Center for Earth Leadership, Jean’s Urban Forest Farm
5/27/15: Voices of the Earth, musician for dramatic production based on previous teen youth group retreat experience of Council of All Beings, St. Andrew Catholic Church, Portland, OR
2/14-2/15/15: Climate Justice: What Would Francis Do?, middle school/high school youth group weekend retreat, St. Andrew Catholic Church, Portland, OR (co-facilitator Heather Moline)
10/26/13: Exploring Earth-Centered Spirituality, 3 hour workshop for Center for Earth Leadership, Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, OR
7/20/13: St. Francis and the Hospitality of Creation, 5 day outdoor summer day camp for tweens, St. Andrew Catholic Church, Portland, OR (cofacilitator Angela Kremer)
5/15/11: Care for Creation: Spirituality and Sustainability, weekend WTR retreat for teens in Gray’s Harbor, WA youth group
4/1/11: Care for Creation: Spirituality and Sustainability, St. Anthony’s Tigard, Parish and School Staff Retreat, Tigard, OR
3/11-3/12/11: Coming Home To Earth: An experiential workshop based on work of Joanna Macy, West Hills Unitarian Fellowship, Portland, OR (cofacilitator Becky Kraeg)
1/29/11: Cultivating Compassion: Creativity and Empowerment in Troubled Times, all day workshop at Nalanda West, Seattle, WA (cofacilitator Belinda Griswold)
11/2010: Who’s Under Your Carbon Footprint? - teen workshop for Seattle Catholic Youth Convention, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
7/17-7/19/2010: Creation as the Body of God, Cosmic Walk and 3 hour WTR workshop for conference at Center for Action and Contemplation, NM (copresiders: Richard Rohr and Ilia Delio)
4/2010: Art and Ecospirituality, 3 hour workshop, Spiritual Directors International Conference, San Francisco, CA
10/23-10/25/09: Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth, full weekend retreat for the Franciscan Spiritual Center, Aston, PA
10/26-10/27/09: “The Council of the Voiceless: Seeking Climate Justice”
guest lecturer for college students, Neumann University, Aston PA
10/4/09: Creation as Family: Listening to the Voices of our Brother/Sister Beings, Adult Education workshop and sermon for Central Lutheran Church, Portland, OR
6/2009: Summer Solstice Labyrinth Ritual, NWEI National Gathering, Corbett, OR
04/25/09: Voices of the Future Ones: Responding to our Climate Crisis, group activity at the Cool Congregations: An Impassioned Response
Catholic Climate Change Conference, Portland, OR
04/2009 Franciscan Ecological Spirituality; panel conversation and
3 hour workshop at “Being Present” Spiritual Directors International Conference, Houston TX
10/08: Systems Thinking and the Way Forward, group activity sequence for the NWEI Fall Volunteer Retreat, Neskowin, OR
04/09: Franciscan Ecological Spirituality, 3 hour WTR workshop at “Being Present”, Spiritual Directors International Conference, Houston, TX
9/14/08: Listening to the Plight of our Brother/Sister Beings, group WTR sequence for The Earth Cries Out for Peace : Franciscan Spirituality of Peace, Justice and Integrity of all Creation, at The Hearth, Portland, OR
8/10-8 R/14/08: CRS Global Peacebuilding Youth Retreat (5 day/teens), Catholic Relief Services and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (cofacilitators: CRS Pennsylvania staff Hedley Abernethy & Dennis Fisher and Burcu Munyas and Ghaida Rahil from West Bank/Gaza)
6/20-6/22/08: Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth
Nestucca Sanctuary, weekend WTR retreat, Pacific City, OR
6/6-6/8/08: Ecological Justice/Social Justice weekend retreat, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Portland, OR (young adults, cofacilitator: JVC staff Chris Peraro)
10/07, 3/08: Working with our Despair for the World: the Truth Mandala,
Foundations of Ecopsychology class, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR (Professor Thomas Doherty PsyD)
8/12-8/16/07: Called to Be Peacemaker, 5 day teen youth Retreat with Catholic Relief Services and the Archdiocese of Seattle, Tacoma, WA (co-facilitators CRS Philadelphia staff Hedley Abernethy, and Burcu Munyas from West Bank/Gaza)
06/07: “Embracing Our Grief for the World: Healing, Empowerment, Action”, workshop at the Psychology-Ecology-Sustainability Conference
Portland, Oregon (co-facilitator: Lynne Fessenden, PhD)
05/06: Intern Closing Retreat (for interns in the Faith, Ethics and Vocation Project), Santa Clara University, San Jose, CA College students
11/06: “What Would Francis Do? Following in the Footsteps of Francis in the Face of Global Climate Change”, Climate Change and the Common Good conference, Portland, OR
11/06: “Discovering Sources of Hope and Courage in the face of Environmental Crises”, NWEI High School Earth Club Conference, Portland, OR
06/06-06/10/06: Ecological Sustainability and Social Justice, Jesuit Volunteer Corps social justice retreat, Yakima, WA (young adults, co-facilitator Matt Fairbanks)
JustFaith Closing Retreat
05/06: Archdiocese of Portland retreat about engaged faith/social justice, Portland, OR (co-facilitator David Carrier, Office of Justice and Peace)
02/12/06: Explorations in Ecospirituality, workshop for Numinosity Wellness Center, Portland, OR
02/06: “Wonder – The Energy That Subverts Empire”, Milling activity at St. Andrew Church Retreat, Portland, OR (Main facilitator, Jack Kennedy, MDiv)
12/05: Inner Peace Advent Retreat (retreat about contemplation in action), Archdiocese of Portland, Portland, OR (co-facilitator Maria Fleming)
10/05: “Embracing our Ecological Selves: Spiritual Resources for the Healing of our World”, sermon/WTR Workshop for Northlake Unitarian Church, Kirkland, WA
Summer & Fall 2005: Being Earth: Interconnectedness and Intentionality in Challenging Times, workshop series offered to the public, Portland, OR (co-facilitators Carolyn Claire Mitchell, Leo and Anna Daedalus)
5/7/05: The Cosmic Walk: Finding Hope & Courage in our Common Creation Story, “Choosing our Legacy: Consciousness and Climate Change” conference
Spring 2005: Introduction to Deep Ecology, class at First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR (co-facilitator Debbie Tomasovic)
01/05: “Harvesting the Gifts of Our Cloud of Witnesses”, St. Andrew Parish Retreat workshop, Portland, OR (main facilitator, Jack Kennedy, MDiv)
10/04: “Council of All Beings,” workshop at Nature and the Sacred: a Fierce Green Fire conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (co-faciliator Debbie Tomasovic)
9/28 – 11/2/04: Wholehearted Connection with our Living Earth: A 6-Week Ecospirituality Group, First Unitarian Church (co-facilitator Debbie Tomasovic)
08/05/04: “Community Dynamics and Living Systems Theory”, workshop at Jesuit Volunteer Corps Orientation Retreat, Portland, OR (young adults)
05/04: Council of All Beings, Northwest Earth Institute Spring workshop, Portland, Oregon (co-facilitators Carolyn Claire Mitchell and Betty Shelley)
01/04: Action and Contemplation, St. Andrew Parish Retreat, Portland, OR (main facilitator, Jack Kennedy, MDiv)
05/03: "Council of All Beings", workshop at Sustainability Northwest conference, Portland, OR (co-facilitators Betty Shelley, Jeanne Roy, Tony Murzcek)
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