Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together –  at our nationwide festival, smaller local and regional gatherings, or online spaces – we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, and spectacle, engaging in a wide variety of robust, courageous conversations with each other and with thought leaders and artists from other communities.

Schedule of Events:

07:30 am: Rise and Shine with paula rainey benson
08:00 am: Morning Prayer
08:00 am: Yoga Chapel Experience
08:30 am: Waking the Goose - Convergence Music
09:00 am: Who Would Jesus Execute?: The State of the Death Penalty in the US in 2025 - Hillary Taylor - Noel Nickle
09:00 am: Breaking the Wall: Art That Moves - Sarah (Lumen Solis)
09:00 am: Messages on the Wind: An Interactive Installation for Messages to Survivors of Hurricane Helene - Mary McKinney
09:00 am: #ErwinStrong: a Photographic Anthology a People Rebuilding After Helene. - Mitchell Hancock
09:00 am: A Grief Ritual for Those Lost Through Violence While Incarcerated - Natalie Buck
09:00 am: Exploring Girlhood - Maya C am: ille
09:00 am: Play: The Antidote to Fascism - Brittany Sky
09:00 am: STUDIO ENGAGE - Launch the Tent
09:00 am: Recovery at the Goose
09:00 am: The Vent Tent - James Clarke
09:00 am: Spiritual Direction - Anne Findlay-Chamberlain - Leigh Ann Hall - Linda Serepca - Lynne Lewallen - Sarah DeShields - Syd
09:15 am: Forest Bathing - Aaron Davis
10:00 am: Psychedelic Liberation Theology: Channeling the Apocalyptic Spiritual Impulse into Christ's Justice - Psychedelic Theology
10:00 am: Beyond the Stigma - Carrilea Hall
10:00 am: Story Circle Story-Finding Active Workshop - Patrick L Young - Sara Thompson
10:00 am: Your Spiritual Snacklebox: Small Bites to feed your spirit - Anne Sims
10:00 am: Writing Real Wild Goose Poems - Girard Berry
10:00 am: Finding the Perfect Trail: A Hands-On Map Discussion - Shannon Cline
10:00 am: Queer Jesus: Seeing ourselves in Christ and Christ in ourselves - Kali Cawthon-Freels
10:00 am: Voices for A Nuclear Free World - Stories of Advocay, Faith Experience, Peace-Building and Action - Stephanie Lynn Shaefer - Steve Finlan
10:00 am: The Practice of Making Art is Spiritual Formation - Liz Charlotte Grant
10:00 am: Sharpie Theology: Erase, Rewrite, Reveal - A Blackout Poetry Workshop - Chelsea Bunch
10:00 am: The Gift - relaxation and guided imagery with crystal bowls - Rhythmic Audacity
10:00 am: Support for F am: ilies of Trans Kids - Jessica Miller Kelley - Matthew L Kelley
10:00 am: White People: Trauma and Epigenetics - JD Stillwater
10:00 am: BE THE GLUE! with hot glue and the gun
10:00 am: Life After - danae casteel
10:00 am: A Petulant Prophet and a Good Gracious God: A Participatory Dr am: atization of Jonah - Mark Edward Biddle - Melissa A Jackson
10:00 am: Heartbreak of Going No Contact - Rebecca Ellis Yarosh, LCSW
10:00 am: Deep Listening Session with Jess Morgan - Jesscribe The Vibe
10:00 am: Isaiah - Prophetic Songs of Justice by John Hermanson, a concert and hymn sing
10:00 am: Teaching: Shadow Work andEmotions - Shadow Mike
10:00 am: Navigating burnout - Carol Howard
10:00 am: Morning Slow Flow Hatha Yoga and Meditation with Teresa - Teresa Conrads
10:00 am: John Pavlovitz
10:00 am: (Convo Table 07)Trump's assault on merit in federal agencies - Tom Devine
11:00 am: Is The Darkness Necessary? - A Safe Place To Share Contrary Views - Larry Dickinson
11:00 am: (Convo Table 02)Antiracism: Beyond White Too Long - Gail Preslar
11:00 am: (Convo Table 03)Scary storytelling - Destiny DiMattei
11:00 am: (Healing Arts)Cloud of Witnesses - Joe Michael
11:00 am: CRYONICS: BURIED, BURNED, OR ... FROZEN-KOOKY, MAYBE NOT - Calvin Mercer
11:00 am: (Slippery Slope)Rewilding Worship: Reimagining Worship Music for Outdoor Gatherings - Charity Muse
11:00 am: (UMC)Ending the Death Penalty through Pen-pal Connections - Hillary Taylor
11:00 am: Masculine Spirituality: Reclaiming the Tools Your Dad Never Gave You - Chase Rollins
11:00 am: (Convo Table 05)In Search of Beauty: Sexual Selection, Philosophy, and the Divine - Em
11:00 am: Resilient Spirit - Ellen Corcella
11:00 am: (Convo Table 07)Clergy Conversations - Mari Larson
11:00 am: (Make Believe) am: plifying Progressive Theology on Social Media - Rev. Bethany
11:00 am: (Science Tent)Psychedelic Christian Stories
11:00 am: Constructing a Liberative Theology of Sex(uality) - Jon Carl Lewis | Liberative Theologian and Spiritual Guide
11:00 am: (Workshop)Celebrate Whistleblowers Wild Goose! - Jane Turner - Joe Carson - Tom Devine
11:00 am: Loving God: the Antidote to Domination Politics - Pablo del Real
11:00 am: Living Temple-Deconstructing Church-Reconstructing Alternatives - Andy - Troy Riggs
11:00 am: Embodied Grief and Joy: A Sacred Encounter - Enspirare with Kristie Beth
11:00 am: Open Studio
11:00 am: (Goosecast)A People's Theology podcast - Mason Mennenga
11:00 am: (Forum)When we weaponize our oppression into privilege - Mike Maeshiro
11:00 am: Steve Chalke (Interview by Stan Mitchell)
11:00 am: (Front Porch)Visio Divina: Where Art Meets Justice - Let what you see transform how you act - Heidi Marsh
11:00 am: (Shadow Work)1:1 Shadow Work - Shadow Mike
11:30 am: (Relating Arts)Strategies for engaging and serving humans with Autism and other neurodiversities in your progr am: , community or congregation. - Jillian Morgan
12:00 pm: Spiritual Unity - Steve Finlan
12:00 pm: (Front Porch)Jesus Guarantees You the Time of Your Life - Xanax-vangelicals
12:00 pm: (Slippery Slope)Jailbroken Miracles: Signs and Wonders Beyond Charismania and Deconstruction - Jo'el Adifon
12:00 pm: (Convo Table 02)What is Whiteness? - Ad am:  Lawrence Dyer
12:00 pm: (Convo Table 03)Theodivergent Theology: Liberation on the Foundation of a Nurturing God
12:00 pm: Engaging Our Experiences: Table Conversations - Russell Meyer
12:00 pm: (Convo Table 05)Why Is The Goose (and my church) So White? - Ad am:  Nelson
12:00 pm: Differentiating sexual and romantic attraction and other lessons from Ace Theology - Gena
12:00 pm: (Healing Arts)Psychedelic Ministry - Hunt Priest - Jaime Clark-Soles - Pitt PsyX
12:00 pm: (Make Believe)Using the language of faith to break the patterns of patriarchy and white supremacy - Chris Furr
12:00 pm: (Science Tent)Overwhelm - Emotion, Reaction or Excuse? What's going on when it's all too much? - Sarah Frinks Morgan
12:00 pm: Self-Connection through Color-blocking Collage - Nichole Myles
12:00 pm: (Workshop)Contemplative Writing: Engaging Inwardly to Move Outwardly - Alisha Johnson Perry - Ellen Morris Prewitt - Laura Parker - Steve Parker
12:00 pm: Eco Story Circles: Practices of gratitude and grief in these times - Connie Burns - Scott Hardin-Nieri
12:00 pm: Read the Bible Like a Mystic - Carl McColman
12:00 pm: Jesus and the Third Gender - Kevin Young
12:00 pm: You Lied to Me About God: The One-Person Show - J am: ie Marich
12:00 pm: Reiki Healing - Kelsey Anderson - Rana Jackson
12:00 pm: Eucharist and Healing Prayers
12:00 pm: (Forum)Ad am:  Harris
12:00 pm: Faithfulness in difficult situations from Palestine to North Carolina - Doug Pagitt - Rodney Sadler
12:00 pm: Tuf Francis, accompanied by Joel Herbert on keys and Jake Bartlett on drums - The World In Lights
12:00 pm: (Shadow Work)1:1 Shadow Work - Shadow Mike
01:00 pm: (Front Porch)Dan Brown meets C. S. Lewis, a literary perspective - L. D. Wenzel
01:00 pm: (UMC)The Art of Prophetic Poetry - VaChikepe: The Poet
01:00 pm: Posting, Protesting, Gardening and Giggling: Discerning next steps for Building Community and Spiritual Resilience in Uncertain Times - Scott Hardin-Nieri
01:00 pm: (Convo Table 02)Intercultural Communication Styles - Julie
01:00 pm: (Convo Table 05)For Such A Time As This: A Counterintuitive, Life-Giving, and Transformative Spiritual Practice - Sacred Quest
01:00 pm: The Bible is Not a Rule Book: Moving from Biblical literalism to Biblical engagement - Lindsey Kelley
01:00 pm: (Convo Table 03)Radical Belonging: Hospitality That Saves Lives - Kat Folk
01:00 pm: (Convo Table 07)LAND THAT I LOVE - Monika
01:00 pm: (Goosecast)"Conversations to Be" - Melissa Turner
01:00 pm: (Healing Arts)Contemplation as an Act of Love and Resistance - Jeff
01:00 pm: (Make Believe)End the Carceral System - Letters for Liberation - Presbyterians for Abolition
01:00 pm: (Relating Arts)Prophets, Poets and Dre am: ers: A Call to the Threshold - Sarah (Lumen Solis)
01:00 pm: (Science Tent)Wondrous Forms - Poetry On the Sacred Epic of Cosmic Evolution - Bob  am: brose, Jr.
01:00 pm: Engaging New Notions of Self and Other Inside Stories-telling: coproducing a transformational community. - Ron Pate
01:00 pm: Want freedom, ease, and joy? Check out boosting your brain-body bond. - Judith Saxton
01:00 pm: Queer Joy - Billie Hoard - Paul Hoard
01:00 pm: Grace-filled Geese: A Gathering of Lutherans - Rev. Andrew Patty
01:00 pm: Open Studio
01:00 pm: (Workshop)Lisa Lehr
01:00 pm: African  am: erican Spirituals for Place- Making and Future Casting - Starlette Thomas
1:00 pm: Creation, Land Back and Indigenous People - Chebon Kernell
1:00 pm: (Forum)Neo-Liberalism - Jeff Clark - Stan Mitchell
1:00 pm: paula rainey benson
1:00 pm: Casey McGinty
2:00 pm: Ask Two Sex Therapists: The Spiciest QandA at Wild Goose - Let's Heal Together
2:00 pm: (Slippery Slope)Dolly Parton For President - Starchild
2:00 pm: (UMC)Enneagr am:  for Compassionate Community - Christina Nelson
2:00 pm: (Convo Table 03)Poetry Workshop: Engage Your Voice for Social Justice - Cathy Tyner
2:00 pm: Organizing Exvangelicals - Heather Cronk
2:00 pm: Beyond the Local Church: Ministry as a Way of Being in the World - Matthew L Kelley
2:00 pm: (Convo Table 07)FACILITATING COMMUNITY BONDS IN YOUTH GROUP BY ENGAGING IN LOCAL MINISTRIES - Susan Vickery-Mercer
2:00 pm: (Front Porch)Community Song Circle: gather together - Lo Ziv Peckman
2:00 pm: (Healing Arts)Awakening the Divine Within: A Water Ritual of Spiritual Embodiment - SoFeya SahRa Joseph
2:00 pm: (Make Believe)PenPaling For Prison Abolition - Letters for Liberation - Presbyterians for Abolition
2:00 pm: (Other)A Sacred Wander - Matt Mattson
2:00 pm: (Science Tent)Tabletop exhibit: ocean drift seeds - Linda Lee
2:00 pm: (Convo Table 02)Coping with a Narcissistic Parent - Donna Blanton
2:00 pm: Isn't God Weird? - Frank Douglas - Mark Mustian
2:00 pm: God's Microphones: The Saints Who Opposed Fascism - Rev. Nathan Empsall
2:00 pm: Group G am: es at the Goose - Sharon Quackenbush
2:00 pm: Devotional Chant - Tonyah Dee
2:00 pm: Erotic Self-Care for Spiritual Leaders: Engaging Our Power in Responsible Practice - Jon Carl Lewis | Liberative Theologian and Spiritual Guide
2:00 pm: (Workshop)Michael Stephens
2:00 pm: Keep Christ in Christian - Colby Martin - Josh Scott
2:00 pm: Eli Yacinthe
2:00 pm: (Shadow Work)1:1 Shadow Work - Shadow Mike
2:00 pm: (Convo Table 05)The history of National Whistleblower Day - Jane Turner
2:00 pm: Status of Death Penalty in USA - Abrah am:  Bonowitz
2:00 pm: (Forum)Ani Zonneveld
2:00 pm: (Goosecast)Madang Podcast with Brandan Robertson - Grace Ji-Kim
2:30 pm: (Relating Arts)Weaponized Words - Disarming language for a new, empowered view - Nichole Myles
3:00 pm: (UMC)How To Do Beer and Hymns
3:00 pm: (Make Believe)Art, Culture, Resistance, and the Bible: Freedom Church of the Poor
3:00 pm: Good Anger - Gwyn
3:00 pm: (Convo Table 02)What is a Jesus Worldview? - Guy - Johnny
3:00 pm: (Convo Table 03)Everyday Awakening - Kerra Becker English
3:00 pm: (Convo Table 05)Identity: Toss the Lies and Celebrate the Truth - Healing Journey Ministries
3:00 pm: Indigenous Voices on Psychedelics and Christianity - Ligare - Maria Barrera
3:00 pm: Tell Us A Story: How has Spirit (Divine Love-God) been moving in your life? - Chantal McKinney
3:00 pm: (Front Porch)Progressive Christian Life on C am: pus: ZOE - ZOE: Progressive Christian Life on C am: pus
3:00 pm: (Goosecast)Barstool Theology in the Wild - Rev Catherine Lyle
3:00 pm: (Other)Poet Tracey Schmidt will be wandering about, sharing poetry based on your experience here at the WGF. - Tracey Schmidt
3:00 pm: (Science Tent)Awe-theism - JD Stillwater
3:00 pm: Declaration of Independents - Debonee Morgan - Mitch Cohen
3:00 pm: Sexuality as Acts of Resistance in the Bible - The World In Lights
3:00 pm: Engaging with Mystical Poetry - Tracey Schmidt
3:00 pm: (Slippery Slope)Humor in a Time of Crisis - Rev. Susan Sparks
3:00 pm: Improvised song of Engagement from Your Stories - Ken Medema
3:00 pm: (Healing Arts)How to Win Saints and Influence Spirits - Jo'el Adifon
3:00 pm: Open Studio
3:00 pm: The Spiritual Advantages of having and losing a pet! - Dr. John W. Oldh am: , LCSW
3:00 pm: Active Breathwork to Engage Mind, Body, and Spirit - Christy Doucette
3:00 pm: (Forum)Colby Martin
3:00 pm: Analogue Radio
3:00 pm: (Convo Table 07)Neuroscience of cultivating flourishing cultures
3:00 pm: (Shadow Work)1:1 Shadow Work - Shadow Mike
3:00 pm: (Workshop)Ray McKinnon
3:00 pm: (Convo Table 08)Indigenous People 2025 - Chebon Kernell
4:00 pm: (Convo Table 05)Play as Worship - Paul Hoard
4:00 pm: (Make Believe)New Worshipping Community Origin Story - Susan Brouillette
4:00 pm: (Relating Arts)Engage in Clearing Repeated Generational Patterns of Trauma, Relationships, Finances, Illness Physical and Emotional - Cheryl Hall PA-C, MHS, ChT
4:00 pm: (UMC)Ukulele J am:  - Jenn Tabor
4:00 pm: (Convo Table 02)Your Life as Theology: Crafting Spirituality Through Story - Jordan Sylar - Sarah Vetter
4:00 pm: (Convo Table 03)Overcoming Stubborn Emotional Barriers - Richard Schaffer
4:00 pm: Folk Religion in Modern Mysticism - The HippieCatholic
4:00 pm: Political Resistance: Craft a Declaration - Rene' Such Schreiner
4:00 pm: It is time to tear down harmful hierarchies and replace them with mutual flourishing. - Melody Winderweedle
4:00 pm: (Convo Table 07)Psychedelics and Religious Trauma - Debonee Morgan
4:00 pm: Engaging in Life After Retirement - Judith Wilburn
4:00 pm: (Front Porch)Body Hacks - Eunice Lehmacher
4:00 pm: (Healing Arts)Energy Healing - Bec - Donald Guffey - Frances - Wilderness Abbess
4:00 pm: (Science Tent)Out of Your Mind - Into Your Body - Laura Collins - Michael Smith
4:00 pm: Do Art! Play with Rope and Yarn - Kate Elliott
4:00 pm: Worldly Christianity for a world sick of religion - Troy Riggs
4:00 pm: Andrew Breeden
4:00 pm: Christianity's Role in  am: erica (Panel) - Paula Stone Willi am: s - Sarah McC am: mon - Stan Mitchell
4:00 pm: (Forum)Resurrecting Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Rob Schenck
4:00 pm: (Slippery Slope)Engage the Spirit: Meet Your Guardian Angel and Paint Them to Life - Heidi Marsh
4:00 pm: (Workshop)Maybe You Did The Best You Could - grace + forgiveness post-deconstruction - Erin Moon
4:00 pm: (Shadow Work)1:1 Shadow Work - Shadow Mike
4:00 pm: Common Good Podcast - Doug Pagitt
4:00 pm: Stories That Stick Part 1: A Moth-Style Experience - Bec - Claire Clyburn - Ellen Morris Prewitt - Jo'el Adifon - John J Thompson - Lyndon - Naomi Faw - Rev. Susan Sparks - Steve Tate
4:45 pm: Let Art Be Light - Merideth Hite Estevez
5:00 pm: Beer and Hymns Happy Hour
5:00 pm: From Guns to Trees - Aaron Davis
5:00 pm: (UMC)Open Mic Story Telling - Claire Clyburn - Rev.  am: y Vaughan
5:00 pm: Engaging Our Experiences: Table Conversations - Russell Meyer
5:00 pm: (Healing Arts)Release Ecstatic Dance - Starchild
5:00 pm: (Other)How to Host a Wilderness Church: An Immersive Worship
5:00 pm: Pub Trivia - Betsy McGeorge - Kristen McGeorge
5:00 pm: How I Was Prosecuted, Defrocked, and Excommunicated for Being Queer-Affirming - Thomas Oord
5:00 pm: (Goosecast)The Moonshine Jesus Show
5:00 pm: Contra Dance - Jim McGee
5:00 pm: (Workshop)Reclaim the Faith: Can Progressive Christianity Defeat the Christian Right? - Brandan Robertson
5:00 pm: (Front Porch)Erotic Dignity Workshop: Reclaiming Your Sacred Sexual Self - KJ Praise Song
5:00 pm: (Shadow Work)1:1 Shadow Work - Shadow Mike
5:00 pm: (Forum)John Pavlovitz
6:00 pm: (Slippery Slope)WildGoose Drum Circle - Jake Bartlett - Tuf Francis
6:00 pm: Taize Together - Jim Holmes - Leslie Withers - Thomas Underwood
6:00 pm: Goose-In-the-Round (Songwriter Showcase in the Round) - Lauren Calve - Terry and Kirsti
7:00 pm: (Other)Recovery at the Goose
7:00 pm: JKwest
7:25 pm: Emily Musolino
8:00 pm: (Healing Arts)Let's Cuddle! - Aline Defiglia - Naomi Griffin Self
8:00 pm: (Other)Nighttime Labyrinth walk. - Kenneth McIntosh - Marsha McIntosh
8:15 pm: Crys Matthews
9:00 pm: Beer and Hymns
10:00 pm: (Forum)Silent Disco
10:30 pm: Compline (Night Prayers)
11:00 pm: AcoustaGoose - Jim Holmes