Dear Team-mates

I have been asked to forward the message below again from the World
Wide Office of Humanity's Team, it has been amended and the web site
is now excepting booking for the conference.

I myself have been very active setting up Study Groups in Wales and
we have a number of people who have come forward and are now getting
groups of people together in various parts of Wales. I have an
active group in Caernarfon and our next meeting is on the 7th March
at 7pm.

I would like to attend the Country Coordinators meeting at Bard
College and would like to thank all who help me get to the Istanbul
Country Coordinators gathering. All your help is greatly
appreciated.

I would like to ask for your help again with the expenses associated
with this trip, which will be far greater that the last. As Neale
says in his CwG books "what you give to another you give to
yourself".

I have given my address below for you to send a cheque if you would
like to help me attend this wonderful event in the Humanity's Team
Calendar.

George Lockett
5 Glan Rhonwy
Nantlle
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL54 6BD
Tel: 01286 882701

Or you can pay by credit card at: https://www.paypal.com/uk/
Just click on the "send money" and enter my email address:
george.lockett@...

Thank you so much for your support and help. I really enjoy working
with you and keeping you informed as to what is going on in HT.

George Lockett
Wales Country Coordinator

Dear Friends From Around the World,



Greetings to each of you! This year is becoming another milestone
year for Humanity's Team, marked by innovative new activities,
extraordinary growth in countries around the world and an exciting
international conference and festival in June!



But before we speak in detail about what's ahead for 2005, we'd like
to take this moment to briefly update you on activities of 2004!



We believe 2004 will be remembered as the year that our movement
found its footing. In the spring, Neale asked that we set up
Humanity's Team as a movement separate and independent from the CwG
Foundation, but still strategically aligned with it. We created our
separate identity over the summer and became a legal nonprofit
entity based in the United States in the fall.



WE MET IN ISTANBUL, 'WHERE THE CONTINENTS MEET'



Also in the fall -- in November -- we convened our first Global
Council meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, the only city in the world to
straddle two continents. During the meeting we agreed to formalize
an administration structure that includes a Council of Trustees, a
Worldwide Coordinator, a Worldwide Outreach Team, a Worldwide
Services and Support Team, and the Global Council, which is made up
of both worldwide teams and all country coordinators from around the
world.



These entities will administer the movement on a day-to-day, month-
to-month and year-to-year basis. All key decisions will be brought
to the Global Council for discussion and vote.



The Istanbul meeting, lasting most of a week, was productive and
fruitful beyond what words can describe. We discussed current
projects and developed plans for many 2005 initiatives in individual
countries and around the world.



All our work can be roughly grouped into seven focus areas. They are:



1) Inner work, living in our highest, grandest being;

2) Education, education, education, starting with self-education;

3) Building the Humanity's Team structure globally and in each
country so that everyone, everywhere can find a place and a space to
meet near home;

4) Growing and strengthening our study groups;

5) Launching "spiritual activism" projects focused on manifesting
the New Spirituality in the world;

6) Implementing "Beingness Circles" -- stay tuned for news in the
near future about this exciting new initiative; and

7) Creating abundance to nurture the movement.



We are now working on a major new initiative: We are planning our
next Humanity's Team international conference, set for the first
weekend in June.



COME TO OUR WORLDWIDE GATHERING JUNE 3-5



And in an unprecedented step for our movement, we are teaming -- no
pun intended -- with one of the leading institutions of higher
learning in the United States. We are co-creating a groundbreaking
spiritual conference and festival with Bard College, rated one
of "America's best colleges," according to U.S. News & World Report.



Located in New York state 90 miles, or 145 kilometers, north of New
York City, Bard provides an exquisite campus setting in New York's
beautiful Hudson Valley region, with fields and forested land
bordering the Hudson River, known as America's Rhine. The majestic
Catskill Mountains can be viewed across the river to the west.
Walking trails crisscross the campus through wooded areas, along the
Saw Kill stream and down to the riverbank.



Our event -- titled "Seeds of Transformation: Toward a Spiritual
Renaissance in a Time of Fundamental Change" -- will begin on Friday
afternoon, June 3, and go through Sunday night, June 5, with
breakfast served Monday morning, June 6. Please mark your calendar!
You will not want to miss this! Or, better yet, register now by
clicking on http://gathering.humanitysteam.org and going to the
online registration form!



The conference will explore the ramifications of a widespread shift
in some of people's most sacred beliefs about God, life and humanity.



As the next grandest version of the Humanity's Team Gathering that
took place near Portland, Oregon, in June 2003, we are bringing
together some two dozen speakers, including world-renowned authors,
theologians, scientists, artists, and spiritual leaders of Eastern,
Western and indigenous faiths to explore the many aspects of the New
Spirituality. Of course, our own Neale Donald Walsch will be among
them! We'll show you the list, as it stands today, in a moment.



Before we do, though, we wanted to point out that this event will be
able to offer attendance to only 900 people, so please register
early, while space is available. We just began offering registration
on February 14 and those who register by April 15 will receive a
significant discount. Nearby accommodations are available off
campus, and a limited number of people will be able to register for
affordable on-campus housing. We recommend you sign up early to
reserve your spot on campus, in the middle of it all!



TWO DOZEN SPEAKERS, PLUS MUSIC, ART, DRAMA



Now, here are the names of the nearly two dozen speakers, including
Neale, who are scheduled to take part in the event:



· Feisal Abdul Rauf, chief executive of the American Sufi
Muslim Association, who will participate in a panel discussion about
the commonalities and differences among Judaism, Christianity and
Islam

· Lawrence Carter, dean of the Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel at Morehouse College, who will speak about the
need for a "new spirituality"

· Bruce Chilton, professor of religion at Bard College, who
will also participate in the panel discussion and give a talk about
momentous changes in religious and spiritual history

· William Commanda, traditional Algonquin Elder from the
Kitigan Zibi Reserve in Maniwaki, Quebec, who will speak about
Native American spirituality

· Phil Cousineau, writer, scholar, and documentary
filmmaker, who will speak about the sudden rise in spiritual
pilgrimages around the world

· Armando Favazza, professor of psychiatry at the University
of Missouri-Columbia Medical School, who will examine the impact of
the Bible on human behavior

· Andrew Frankel, storyteller, who will share multicultural
stories from many of the world's sacred traditions

· Alex Grey, visionary artist, who will give an illustrated
talk about art as an expression of spirit

· Andrew Harvey, poet, writer, religious scholar and
teacher, who will speak about "mystical activism"

· Kala Iyengar, coordinator of the Peace Village Learning
and Retreat Center, who will facilitate an experience of the power
of spiritual peace through inner silence and whose members will
present a puppet show about the fable "The Little Soul and the Sun"

· Stephen Larsen, biographer of Joseph Campbell, whose talk
will distinguish between "discerning spiritual authority"
and "hearing voices" and explore the growth of fundamentalist
thinking in different faiths

· John Naisbitt, trends researcher and author of the
forthcoming "A World Between Eras," who will speak about an emerging
global spiritual revival

· Carol Ochs, director of graduate studies at Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion, who will participate in the
panel discussion about the commonalities and differences among
Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and speak about how belief shapes
our consciousness

· Jana Riess, author of "What Would Buffy Do? The Vampire
Slayer as Spiritual Guide," who will speak about the changing
portrayal of faith and spirituality on television

· Huston Smith, visiting professor of religious studies at
the University of California, Berkeley

· John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark, New
Jersey

· Betsy Stang, interfaith minister and co-founder of the
United Religions Initiative, who will coordinate and participate in
an outdoor ecumenical religious service officiated by clergy from a
range of faith traditions

· Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College,
who will speak about the growing convergence of science and
spirituality



Other presenters are pending.



The event will also be the site of a special meeting of the
Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations, which will discuss the
U.N.'s evolving spiritual role over the next 20 years.



Besides lectures, panel discussions, seminars and workshops, the
conference and festival will feature special screenings of award-
winning films depicting the changing religious and spiritual
climate; uplifting performances by Emmy and Grammy Award-winning
musicians, including the British spiritual pop-music group Bliss,
singer-songwriter Faith Rivera, and Jay Unger and Molly Mason, who
draw their inspiration from such American musical styles as 19th
century classics, Appalachian, country and swing. We'll also have a
live production of a critically acclaimed religious drama, inspiring
sculptures and paintings of scriptural figures and spiritual
expression, and the outdoor ecumenical religious service mentioned
above, among the many activities of intellectual and spiritual
enrichment.



MAKE TEAMMATE CONTACTS, LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY



If all that is not enough, we will also be creating opportunities
for all of us in Humanity's Team to interact and engage in informal
communication with each other and "team building" to strengthen the
movement! We'll all be invited to participate in "track rooms," also
known as breakout rooms. These rooms will include:

* A networking room in which Humanity's Team communities from around
the world can link and meet;

* An event that will connect Humanity's Team people with those who
live near them;

* Rooms featuring speakers from Humanity's Team international,
Humanity's Team U.S. and the Worldwide Outreach Team;

* Presentations focused on spiritual education; and

* A room devoted exclusively to creating spiritual experiences.



The "early-bird" discount price is $460 US, including all meals,
available through April 15. Double rooms on campus are $135 US a
person for the three nights, for a grand total of $595 US for the
conference (including all meals and double-room accommodations).
Single rooms are $195 US for the weekend, for a total of $655 US.
The regular registration price, starting April 16, is $650 US for
the conference and all meals. The room fees will remain at $135 US
for double rooms and $195 US for single rooms.



Please remember that only a limited number of on-campus rooms are
available, so we recommend you sign up early to reserve your spot!
Hotel accommodations are also available nearby.



As we mentioned, the conference online registration site just went
live February 14. Just click on http://gathering.humanitysteam.org
and you can register right now, while you're thinking of it. We
accept credit cards and checks paid in U.S. dollars. Please remember
that as a nonprofit organization run by volunteers, the success of
the conference depends on early registration from our own Teammates,
so please register as soon as possible. We expect this event to sell
out quickly!



MANIFEST THE NEW SPIRITUALITY



Needless to say, all of our work as a movement is focused on
manifesting the New Spirituality. We believe that we on the
Worldwide Outreach Team speak for the whole movement when we share
that we are incredibly passionate about this work -- renewing and
restoring our connection with God and with each other and becoming a
living invitation to the New Spirituality.



We'd like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for the
passionate, authentic and loving work you are doing in your
communities. Country Coordinators from Russia, Switzerland, Malaysia
and Taiwan have recently joined HT and candidates for Poland,
Moldova, Romania and South Korea are in discussions with us now.



Humanity's Team is now represented in 94 countries on six
continents. We think this is amazing, and believe it could not have
happened if it were not for the work you are doing to create
sustainable HT communities in your part of the world!



Before closing, we'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to
share your abundance with the worthy causes briefly described below.
Thank you in advance for joining with us to create sufficiency!



If you'd like to donate to our June 2005 conference, please click
here: www.gathering.humanitysteam.org. Your generosity will offset
expenses associated with this event and reduce registration fees for
people who feel financially challenged so that anyone with a desire
will be able to attend, without the barrier of cost preventing them.



If you'd like to donate to help pay our growing expenses for
Humanity's Team, our all-volunteer movement, please click here:
www.humanitysteam.org/contribute.html. Donations help pay for our
information technology, media, communications, transportation,
education and other costs needed to build and support our worldwide
activity.



If you'd like to donate to aid relief for people in the nations hit
by the Indian Ocean tsunami, please click here:
http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/earthquake/tsunami
122604.aspx?source=GOOG&cmpgn=EATSU.



If you'd like to order the daily inspirational messages published by
Humanity's Team's New Spirituality Network, please click here:
http://www.newspirituality.org/subscribe.php.



And if you'd like to order the new and inspiring Humanity's Team
CD, "Standing as One," please click here:
http://www.humanitysteam.com/Standing_As_One.html.



As a final note: As our movement grows, we'd like to make sure you
can stay abreast of our increasing activities around the world. So
starting immediately, we plan to send informational bulletins like
this one to you by e-mail every other month -- or more often if we
have news that we want to tell you about right away! As we move
forward, we'd also love for you to tell us how we can improve our
communication!



Talk with you soon! And we hope to see you at Bard College June 3-5!



With love and gratitude,

The Worldwide Team



Steve Farrell, Worldwide Coordinator

Lynn Launer, Worldwide Teams Facilitator

Duysal Askun, Geography Coordinator for Eastern Europe, Asia and
Pacific

Bea Boes, Spiritual Accountant

James Burn, Worldwide Education Coordinator

Diego Cornejo, Geography Coordinator for Central and South America
and Caribbean

Marta Dabis, Worldwide Administrator

Phillip Daniel, Worldwide Audio-Visual Coordinator

Gerry Harrington, Worldwide Communications

Bill Koerner, Worldwide Information Technology Coordinator

Steve Pao, Worldwide Marketing Coordinator

Stefano Russo, Geography Coordinator for Western Europe

Cecilia Schulte, Geography Coordinator for North America

Nancy Seymour, Worldwide International Liaison



George
e-mail: george.lockett@...
www.humanitysteam.org.uk