Festival Schedule
Please note: This itinerary is a living document. While the framework of our gathering is set, specific times and workshop locations may be adjusted as we draw closer to July. Registered attendees will receive a final, detailed guidebook prior to arrival.
Festival Check-In & Welcome
Arrive, breathe, and orient yourself. Pick up your festival pass and welcome packet at our desk in the Whitehorse United Church lobby, then take time to explore the Wilderness City before we begin.
Opening Convocation
We begin by acknowledging the land and the Spirit that holds us. Join us for a time of song, prayer, and the setting of our collective intention for the days ahead.
Dinner Church
Following the tradition of St. Lydia’s Table, we gather for a meal that is the service. Through the breaking of bread, simple chant, and shared conversation, we explore how the table can be the primary place of transformation.
Wild Church Excursion
A guided liturgical encounter with the boreal forest. Shuttle departs WUC Parking Lot (Max 25)
Morning Prayer (Various Locations)
Start your day with the grounding rhythms of the Daily Office, held at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral & Trinity Lutheran Church.
Workshop Block I (Concurrent Sessions)
Morning sessions offered by festival clinicians at Whitehorse United Church upper and lower levels. Please see your welcome packet for specific topics and room assignments.
Workshop Block II (Concurrent Sessions)
Afternoon sessions offered by festival clinicians at Whitehorse United Church upper and lower levels. Please see your welcome packet for specific topics and room assignments.
Walking Church
Meet at the SS Klondike National Historic Site. Facilitated by Rev. Dr. Bev Brazier. A peripatetic liturgy moving alongside the Yukon River edge, inviting us to pray with our feet.
Keynote & Holden Evening Prayer
A featured presentation on "The Church Becoming," followed by the hauntingly beautiful Holden Evening Prayer sung by the gathered community at Whitehorse United Church.
Wild Church Excursion
A guided liturgical encounter with the boreal forest. Shuttle departs WUC Parking Lot (Max 25)
Morning Prayer (Various Locations)
Start your day with the grounding rhythms of the Daily Office, held at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral & Trinity Lutheran Church.
Workshop Block III (Concurrent Sessions)
Afternoon sessions offered by festival clinicians at Whitehorse United Church upper and lower levels. Please see your welcome packet for specific topics and room assignments.
Masterclass & Integration
An extended afternoon block for deep-dive learning and integration. Please see your welcome packet for specific topics.
Festival Premiere: "In the Gloaming, In the Dawning"
The world premiere of a new healing rite, with text by Rev. Erin Thomas and musical setting by composer Ben Johnston-Urey. A liturgy of transition, grief, and hope, specifically designed for a Body in flux.
Final Wild Church Excursion
A guided liturgical encounter with the boreal forest. Shuttle departs WUC Parking Lot (Max 25)
"Liturgy of the Beloved" Service of Holy Communion
Our central festival worship. Featuring a chamber ensemble, festival choir, and a celebration of the open table. Located at the Whitehorse United Church.
LUMINA Music for Sacred Spaces
How does music turn a building into a sanctuary? Join us for an exploration of the architecture of holiness through sound. Featuring a diverse repertoire performed by festival clinicians and local guests, this program weaves together silence, harmony, and the collective breath.
Festival Sending & Broadway Vespers
If the Earth is the Lord’s, then so is the stage. We conclude our gathering with a service of Evening Prayer that re-imagines the canon of musical theatre as a vehicle for divine truth. Join us as we lift up songs of longing, justice, and hope as prayers for the journey home.