Message from the Sunray Peace Village 
Peace Village rainbow
Greetings!
It has been a few months we last e-mailed you from the Sunray Peace Village.  We hope you will forward it to your friends.  
 
We wanted to bring you up-to-date with the many upcoming events at the Peace Village this summer.  Some of them are listed below.  Please check out our blog for the Peace Village --
www.sunraypeacevillage.blogspot.com -- and for Sunray Meditation Society -- www.sunraycentral.blogspot.com -- as well as the main website www.sunray.org.  Please visit us often.  
 
To help us maintain the land, host our annual Elders' gathering -- now in its 25th year -- and support Sunray's activities on the land, we need you to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Peace Village Land Trust.  To make a contribution, go to our secure site.       

 Elders' Gathering

Elders Gathering, July 24th-28th, 2009 
25th Annual Elders' Gathering 
 
This year at the Elders Gathering we welcome:
*Patricia Downing DeAsis
*Bernard DeAsis
*Nanatasis Bluto-Delvental
*Warren Redwing Ramey
* Mike Bastine
*Queen Mother Sylvia Jordan
*Dr Dieta Biebel
Dr John Carlton-Foss, Ph.D
Dr Rudy Schild Ph.D
 
The Gathering Place:
The Sunray Peace Village, is located in Lincoln, Vermont approximately 1 hour south of Burlington and a half an hour north of Middlebury at the foot of Mount Abraham. 
 
The Gathering Schedule:
* Arbor Teachings with Native American Elders
July 25 -27, 2008, Friday-Sunday, 10am-1pm & 3pm-5pm
* Sunrise Gathering, Fri-Sun at 6:30am
* Women's Moon Teachings, Fri-Sun (after Sunrise Gathering)
* Activities for Elementary School-age Children
(Morning and Afternoon Arbor Sessions Only)
 
* Healing Ceremony Saturday Evening, July 26, 2008, 7pm-10pm
In 1969, the Elders of the Ywahoo lineage and other Tsalagi  Elders granted permission for this Tsalagi (Cherokee) Healing  Ceremony to be offered in ways that were appropriate for all people.  This ceremony has continued each year to benefit the earth and change the destructive course of the past, to one of healing. This ceremony is open to the public. Donations are accepted, but not required. 
 

Each year we return to the sacred fire in the Arbor of the Peace Village to listen as Native Elders speak about ancient teachings and prophecies that will help prepare for the years to come.  The Annual Elders' Gathering is a non-profit event hosted by Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo Chief of the Green Mountain Ani Yun Wiwa ( Cherokee ), Sunray Meditation Society & The Sunray Peace Village Land Trust.
 
This Sunday, June 21st, is the Late Planting and Solstice Ceremony on the land.  For details, go to the Peace Village blog.
 
We have also done work on the Temple of the Adawees, the Wise Protectors.  We are raising money to finish the job.  Again, you can read about it on the Peace Village blog. 
 
For other events at the Peace Village, visit our website here.
 
Thank you.
May all beings benefit,
 
Sunray Peace Village
sunraybd@gmail.com