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Living in a couple-oriented church and society often finds single adults struggling with exactly what this period of life is about, whether flying solo as young adults, in mid-life or as older adults, and whether your "season of singleness" is as a never married, divorced or widowed person.

Single adults of all ages are interested in the development of a community of people who share experiences and values. From the beginning, this has been a goal of Solo Flight.

The 2008 conference will address the personal and spiritual challenges and opportunities of building "communities of ones," as well as sharing ideas of how to go about it, both individually and in our churches.

The conference includes presentations, workshops, evening fun and daily morning and evening worship in the Episcopal tradition. One highlight will be the Liturgy of Healing and Wholeness and Blessing of Singularity. Solo Flight annually offers this opportunity for single adults to experience liturgy that is of and about their lives.

About the keynoter

Brother Daniel Ludwik, OHC, is a monk with the Order of the Holy Cross at Mariya uMama weThemba, an Anglican Benedictine monastery in Grahamstown, South Africa.

A native of Namibia, he grew up in the Dutch Reformed Church but broke with it at age 19 due to political and theological differences. When he later returned to organized religion, he joined the Anglican Church. He was called to Holy Cross Monastery in 2005.

"Those years away from the church have been extremely productive in terms of spiritual formation," he says. "Living through the Border War of South Africa in Namibia and through the most recent civil war in the Republic of the Congo had a profound impact on the way that I see the world and experience life. I am particularly blessed in the way that these and other experiences are factoring into my monastic journey."

Conference Staff

COORDINATOR: Dr. Kay Collier McLaughlin of Lexington, Ky., is the founder and national coordinator of Solo Flight, now in its 18th year, and author of Single in the Church: New Ways to Minister with 52 Percent of God's People. She holds a doctorate in counseling psychology from The Union Institute, with sub-specialties in single adult development, bereavement, leadership development and group dynamics. She has taught and lectured across the United States and in England, Australia, Japan, Germany, Russia and Canada. She is the director of communications and ministries with single adults for the Diocese of Lexington and maintains a private consulting and life-coaching practice.

CHAPLAIN: The Rev. Dr. Jan Dunnavant is rector of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Nicholasville, Ky.

CHAPLAIN: The Rev. Dr. David Perkins is vicar of All Souls Episcopal Church in Mechanicsville, Va.

MUSICIAN: The Rev. J. Bruce Stewart is a teacher, performer and catalyst for creativity at the Center for Liturgy and the Arts in Annandale, Va.

YOUNG ADULT HOST: Benjamin Bynum is the executive director of Reading Camp for the diocese of Lexington, Ky.

Artist-in-residence program

Solo Flight's artist-in-residence program began 10 years ago as a way of honoring creative solitude and assisting participants in one of the basic developmental tasks of singularity — the transformation of loneliness into solitude.

This year's artists are Jennifer Mizenko, a professor of dance at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, and Cathy McGlasson, who teaches violin, viola and piano for Suzuki Talent Education of Appalachia in Kingsport, Tenn.

Cost
Double Occupancy	$430 per person Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.
Single Occupancy	$523 per person Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities. (Based on availability)
Commuter	$240 per person Includes program, lunches and suppers. (For residents of Henderson, Transylvania, Polk, Rutherford, Buncombe, Haywood or Greenville counties only)
Payment
Deposit	$50 per person (Nonrefundable. Nontransferable. Deposit will be deducted from balance.)
Balance Due	July 17 (To register after this date, please send a check or use a credit card for the full amount.)
Start/End Times
Check-In	3-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29
Check-Out	After lunch Monday, Sept. 1
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