Check In

3:00 PM - Monday - Lower Pavilion
WUULF Board

• Come and meet your WUULF board members in the Lower Pavilion to get started. Pick up your name tag, pay any balance due on your account, get your room assignments, buy your tee-shirts, check on on-site and off-site activities, ask all your questions, and pick up your raffle tickets. Then you will have time to settle in before dinner.

Newcomer Ghost Ranch Tour

5:00 PM - Monday - Lower Pavilion (Outside)
Ghost Ranch/WUULF Board

• Ghost Ranch staff will show our new attendees around the ranch to familiarize them with what Ghost Ranch has to offer and to provide some history. Meet under the Wisdom Tree at 5:00. The tour will end at the Dining Hall where you will be greeted by Board members. Special tables manned by Board Members will be provided for your first dinner, breakfast and lunch or until you are feeling well integrated into the WUULF community.

Orientation

6:30 PM - Monday - Lower Pavilion
WUULF Board

• All parents and children come at 6:30 pm  All others come at 6:45 pm.

Join us as we get this fabulous week underway. The opening is mandatory, whether or not this is your first time at WUULF. At this event we will get to know one another and hear important announcements about camp rules and the week’s activities. We will also serve dessert, soda, and wine.

intenSati

6:45 AM - Tuesday - Wisdom Tree
Lisa Johnson

•  intenSati: a workout combining spoken word with body movement to create a change in one’s emotional state.  The workout pairs of movement with states of being to create an intentional change in thought and emotions through movement and mantra. The leader provides a call and response pattern to embody the ideas with their own voice and movement. By combining the thought, word with action the participants will create new neural pathways that facilitate changes in thought, emotion and action This activity is infinitely adaptable for all body types, and the best way to understand it is to experience it.

In Gathering

8:45 AM - Tuesday - Wisdom Tree
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• Gather together to set an intention for the day with song and wisdom

Adult Programming: How Deep is the Past?

9:15 AM - Tuesday - Lower Pavilion
Dr. Scott Denning

• How and when did people come to Ghost Ranch? What did people do before that? How did people come to be at all?

Stories of the Ghost Ranch landscape: how did these canyons come to be? What are they made of? What landscapes were here when the rock itself was being laid down? When was that, and how does the story of these rocks fit into the larger story of the Earth?

How does life work, down at the material level? What are living beings made of, and how do we weave the elements to perpetuate its miracle?

Singing

1:15 PM - Tuesday - Agape
Lia Davis

• Lia Davis (Music Director at First Unitarian Denver) will be teaching a few simple, short songs by ear - no music reading required! If participants are interested, they can perform in the Talent show on Saturday.

Georgia O'Keeffe Tour

1:15 PM - Tuesday - Lower Pavilion (Parking Lot/Car Pool)
Coordinate with Spencer Hachmeister

• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) bought her house in Abiquiu in 1945, which is now owned by the Museum. The 5,000-square-foot Spanish Colonial-era Abiquiu compound was in ruins in 1945, and for the next four years, O’Keeffe supervised its restoration. She moved from New York to make New Mexico her permanent home in 1949, and lived either at the Abiquiu or Ghost Ranch houses until 1984, when she moved to Santa Fe. In addition to walking through the home she loved you will be provided with insights into the daily life of an artist.

This is a ticketed activity. Please sign up during Registration.

Conflct Zen

3:00 PM - Tuesday - Agape
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• “Conflict” is an inevitable aspect of human interactions and relationships, but many of us avoid all conflict or stumble around in it with any guideposts. This workshop will explore the landscape of conflict styles, ways to sit out the “conflict dance,” and how to use various frameworks for resolving conflict thoughtfully.

Social Hour

4:30 PM - Tuesday - Wisdom Tree

• Come enjoy cold drinks, snacks, and conversation at the Lower Pavilion!

Everything is community provided, so please bring some snacks and drinks from home to contribute. Bring your own reusable cup to use, too.

Games and Karaoke Night

7:00 PM - Tuesday - Lower Pavilion

• Music, games, dancing, conversation and community. Let’s celebrate together our homecoming.

This year we're combining games and karaoke, so bring your best, worst, or silliest singing voices to the stage! Even lip syncing works. Everyone is invited to listen, sing, and laugh as we let go of our inhibitions and let our inner musicians out.

Wine and beer will be available.

Night Sky Gazing

9:00 PM - Tuesday - Lower Pavilion (Outside)
Dr. Scott Denning

• Night sky gazing is a frequent favorite at Ghost Ranch and this year's night sky will be dominated by a full moon! So while stars may be harder to see (still WAY better than anything found in the city), we'll have a prime view of the full moon as well as some of the planets. Dr. Scott Denning will bring a telescope and be our guide to the galaxy.

intenSati

6:45 AM - Wednesday - Wisdom Tree
Lisa Johnson

•  intenSati: a workout combining spoken word with body movement to create a change in one’s emotional state.  The workout pairs of movement with states of being to create an intentional change in thought and emotions through movement and mantra. The leader provides a call and response pattern to embody the ideas with their own voice and movement. By combining the thought, word with action the participants will create new neural pathways that facilitate changes in thought, emotion and action This activity is infinitely adaptable for all body types, and the best way to understand it is to experience it.

Rafting

8:30 AM - Wednesday - Lower Pavilion (Outside)
(Coordinate with Spencer Hachmeister)

• This day trip is open to all levels of rafters and is fun for everyone. Based on water levels we will raft either the Rio Chama or the Rio Grande. Both trips will give you a choice to help paddle or ride the river via an oar boat, in which an expert River Guide will do the work. Please bring towels, a change of clothes, water, sun screen, bug spray, tip money (optional). Transportation to and from the Ranch will be provided by the Far Flung Team. While on the river members of Far Flung will stay with the bus and you will also be able to keep a few items in a waterproof bag. Lunch is included. The minimum age for this trip is 6 years old. The cost is $165.00 for 12 and up and $148.00 for ages 6-11. This is a ticketed activity. Please sign up during Registration.

In Gathering

8:45 AM - Wednesday - Wisdom Tree
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• Gather together to set an intention for the day with song and wisdom

Geology of Ghost Ranch (Hike Chimney Rock!)

9:15 AM - Wednesday - Lower Pavilion (Parking Lot/Car Pool)
Dr. Scott Denning

• Get up close and personal with the geologic history of the ranch as we hike up to the iconic Chimney Rock. Our gem of a presenter Dr. Scott Denning will be talking about the history we can see and of the area more generally.

Don't get take this event for granite, it's going to rock!

Pool Open

1:00 PM - Wednesday - Dining Hall
Ghost Ranch

• Ghost Ranch's pool is usually open in the afternoon Tue - Sat (subject to life guard avaliability). Parental supervision required.

Write Postcards to Swing States

1:15 PM - Wednesday - Agape
Sarah Weed

• 2024 is a Big Year for our nation's elections. Help rally citizens to vote across the country, from presidential swing states to competitive state legislative districts. In 2021-22, volunteers in all 50 states sent over 20 million handwritten postcards to voters in seven key Senate states and 41 frontline House districts. We'll provide the postcards, addresses and stamps: You provide the penmanship. Conversation and a shady location provided too.

Water Systems in New Mexico

2:30 PM - Lower Pavilion

• No matter where or who you are, water will touch you in some way. New Mexico, like many western states, depends on thin ribbons of water–rivers, streams, arroyos– that snake through the desert landscape to nourish its population, grow crops, and stimulate industry. This talk will focus on the diverse ground- and surface water systems that support the state of New Mexico. From the San Juan-Chama Project to groundwater pumping to the Rio Grande Compact, we will step into a number of management projects that shape how water is used in New Mexico."

  Social Hour

4:30 PM - Wednesday - Wisdom Tree

• Come enjoy cold drinks, snacks, and conversation at the Lower Pavilion! Everything is community provided, so please bring some snacks and drinks from home to contribute.

Community Dance

6:30 PM - Wednesday - Lower Pavilion

• A night of easy contra-style dancing, laughter and remembrance. No experience required! We will have a professional dancer leading us for an night of movement. Live Band Included!

Labyrinth Walk

6:45 AM - Thursday - Dining Hall
Jane Everham

• Stroll up to the Labryinth before breakfast for a quiet time of walking and meditation. Some meditative thoughts and reflections will be shared and then we will walk the Labyrinth together in silent reflection. Feel free to bring your own favorite quotes or meditation words to share

In Gathering

8:45 AM - Thursday - Wisdom Tree
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• Gather together to set an intention for the day with song and wisdom

Tie Dye

9:15 AM - Thursday - Campground Bathrooms
Sarah Weed

• Join us for a very fun ice dye workshop. Please bring with you any 100% cotton, 100% rayon or 100% silk pieces you would like to dye. These can be t-shirts, skirts, pants, scarves, sheets, underwear, socks and countless other items. Your creativity is DYEING to come out. Your finished item(s) will be delivered to you after dinner. This is a drop-in activity.

Water Color Painting

9:15 AM - Thursday - Wisdom Tree
Rick & Marion Wells

• Come join Rick and Marion in painting the beauty of Ghost Ranch's landscaps (or whatever else your mind's eye sees).

All levels are welcome but we will be instructing primarily for beginners

• basic drawing
• a little color theory and mixing
• wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, layering
• negative painting

Please bring painting materials if you have them

• watercolor paper 8x10 or bigger is best but smaller will work
• a photo on phone or tablet or printed for a reference or take some photos nearby before you come.
• colors (at least red, blue and yellow and preferably 2 shades, warm and cool, of each)

Book Discussion: Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden

10:30 AM - Thursday - Agape
Jane Everham

• In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, poet and scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominately white community of Fort Collins, Colorado. When she moved there in 2013, with her husband and daughter, the community held strict restrictions about what residents could and could not plant in their gardens.

In resistance to the homogenous policies that limited the possibility and wonder that grows from the earth, Dungy employs the various plants, herbs, vegetables, and flowers she grows in her garden as metaphor and treatise for how homogeneity threatens the future of our planet, and why cultivating diverse and intersectional language in our national discourse about the environment is the best means of protecting it.

Join us for a lively discussion led by Jane Everham

Adult Programming: Stories of the Earth and the Moon

1:15 PM - Thursday - Lower Pavilion
Dr. Scott Denning

• How did these lovely celestial spheres of rock come to be so alike, yet so very different? What can we learn of our origins by looking at the full Moon this week?

Where did the material come from that forms the rocks of Earth and Moon? How did it get here? What was it before it was rock, and what changes did it go through along the way?

How does life weave the elements of stardust into the living protoplasm from which consciousness emerges? Among all the rock around us, whence comes the ephemeral wet fluff of life?

Social Hour

4:30 PM - Thursday - Wisdom Tree

• Come enjoy cold drinks, snacks, and conversation at the Lower Pavilion! June is PRIDE MONTH, so let’s Celebrate! Join us this happy hour inside the Lower Pavilion for music, various activities and a mini march to dinner. Let's celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community members! Pride attire encouraged. All ages welcome 🌈💓

To Tell The Truth

7:00 PM - Thursday - Lower Pavilion
Claudia Van Buren

• An old standby returns with some new twists. Join us for an evening of fun stories along the lines of the old game show. If you have an unusual story to share, or are willing to say you do (we need two “liars” for each truth-teller), please contact a Claudia to sign up. You don’t need to organize your group—Claudia can match up the truth and fiction tellers to create groups of three if needed.

intenSati

6:45 AM - Friday - Wisdom Tree
Lisa Johnson

•  intenSati: a workout combining spoken word with body movement to create a change in one’s emotional state.  The workout pairs of movement with states of being to create an intentional change in thought and emotions through movement and mantra. The leader provides a call and response pattern to embody the ideas with their own voice and movement. By combining the thought, word with action the participants will create new neural pathways that facilitate changes in thought, emotion and action This activity is infinitely adaptable for all body types, and the best way to understand it is to experience it.

In Gathering

8:45 AM - Friday - Wisdom Tree
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• Gather together to set an intention for the day with song and wisdom

Brian Woodruff's Memorial Hike (Slot Canyons!)

9:15 AM - Friday - Lower Pavilion (Parking Lot/Car Pool)
Spencer Hachmeister & Dr. Scott Denning

• In memory of Brian Woodruff's passing last year, we'll be hiking the Slot Canyons outside of Ghost Ranch. It's been 10 years since Brian and I led this hike and it's time to return to this gem. Come with a memory of a Brian to share.

Insights into the geological context of the area will be provided by our esteemed presenter Dr. Scott Dennining.

This hike begins near the Christ in the Desert Monastery, a 45 minute drive from Ghost Ranch. After a brief level stretch, hikers enter a natural slot canyon and encounter a series of short vertical climbs. Some participants may prefer to use ropes in this section. Hikers will explore spectacular rock formations and enjoy scenic desert views. You will need to pack a sack lunch at breakfast.

Pool Open

1:00 PM - Friday - Dining Hall
Ghost Ranch

• Ghost Ranch's pool is usually open in the afternoon Tue - Sat (subject to lifeguard availability). Parental supervision required.

Word for Word: Writing for Self-Discovery and Spiritual Renewal

1:15 PM - Friday - Lower Pavilion
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• The act of writing is a powerful tool for self-discovery, healing, and renewal. Writing can be a creative as well as a therapeutic journey; a method of marking our experiences in time, space, heart, soul, and mind. In this workshop, we will explore our personal and spiritual odysseys with a series of short ""free-write"" exercises. All of the writing will be done during the workshop. No previous writing experience is required or even expected. This experience is NOT about being a ""good"" writer or about ""how"" to write. Rather, it is designed as a communal vehicle for freeing your authentic voice.

Love 2.0

3:00 PM - Friday - Agape
Jonathan Eldredge

• Searching for love? Love 2.0 teaches us that we can access loving connections with one another because love exists all around us. Love 2.0 differs from romantic or sexual love in that it can occur between many people, provided that they share the same understanding of love. Barbara Frederickson’s book Love 2.0: Creating Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection and other positive psychology books provide the inspiration for this workshop. Love 2.0 facilitates our living the first UU Principle of valuing the “inherent worth and dignity in every person.”

Social Hour

4:30 PM - Friday - Wisdom Tree

• Come enjoy cold drinks, snacks, and conversation at the Lower Pavilion!

Summer Solstice (Observed)

6:30 PM - Friday - Lower Pavilion (Parking Lot/Car Pool)

• Join us for an inspirational multi-generational event. Celebrate the changing of the season with a musical sunset solstice ritual with chants, drumming, dancing, and other sacred rhythms shared at Echo Amphitheater, a special place inside Mother Earth. All instruments welcome but remember that you need to carry your stuff up the hill and several flights of stairs! Brawny people will be recruited as necessary to help carry those unable to make the hike. Echo Amphitheater is about a ten-minute drive from Ghost Ranch. Remember to bring your flashlights, jackets and bug repellent.

intenSati

6:45 AM - Saturday - Wisdom Tree
Lisa Johnson

•  intenSati: a workout combining spoken word with body movement to create a change in one’s emotional state.  The workout pairs of movement with states of being to create an intentional change in thought and emotions through movement and mantra. The leader provides a call and response pattern to embody the ideas with their own voice and movement. By combining the thought, word with action the participants will create new neural pathways that facilitate changes in thought, emotion and action This activity is infinitely adaptable for all body types, and the best way to understand it is to experience it.

In Gathering

8:45 AM - Saturday - Wisdom Tree
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• Gather together to set an intention for the day with song and wisdom

Adult Programming: Cosmic Origins

9:15 AM - Saturday - Lower Pavilion
Dr. Scott Denning

• How do stars work? How are they born, how do they age, and how do they die? Where do they go when they are done being stars? How does the structure and function of our galaxy give rise to waves of creation and destruction of stars and worlds?

How do galaxies fit together into a cosmic web of matter and energy? What holds it up against gravitational oblivion? How does the web of galaxies reflect the origins of time and space?

What do these largest structures of creation tell us about the beginning of time? How can we listen to the echoes of the Great Whoosh whose inflation started it all?

Singing

1:15 PM - Saturday - Agape
Lia Davis

• Lia Davis (Music Director at First Unitarian Denver) will be teaching a few simple, short songs by ear - no music reading required! If participants are interested, they can perform in the Talent show on Saturday.

“Town Hall” discussion of proposed Article II revision of our Principles, Purposes and Sources

1:15 PM - Saturday - Agape
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• What prompted this revision and what has been the multi-year process? What is the history of our Principles and Covenants over the history our two merged denominations? We’ll discuss the background, the vision going forward and your reactions to this evolution in Unitarian Universalism. You can learn more in advance here: https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/article-ii-study-commission

Talent / No Talent Show

7:00 PM - Saturday - Lower Pavilion
WUULF Youth Program

• A WUULF tradition! Do you have an entertaining act to share, solo or as part of a group? No talent is required--after all, this is a “No Talent/Talent” show! The number and duration of acts may be limited in the interest of time.

Snacks and plenty of laughter are guaranteed. Drawings for our annual raffle to support the WUULF scholarship fund will take place throughout the evening. Don’t forget to buy your tickets in advance!

Closing Circle

8:45 AM - Sunday - Wisdom Tree
Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker

• Join the entire WUULF community in a ceremonial circle. This is a special time for everyone to gather one last time say good-bye to new and old friends, and wish them all well for the travels and year ahead.