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Workshops - Children's Activities - Viking Games - Dinners - Heathen Auction |
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Religious Activities - Tribes, Families, & Solid Heathens - Regional Thing - Registration |
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REGIONAL THING We feel the growth of heathenry is something that must happen...can only happen...at the grassroots level. Heathens find each other in their local area. Kindreds form, and grow. Regionally, kindreds begin to gather together and face-to-face connections and relationships form. Trust develops. |
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| Over time, the trust between tribes and tribal leaders becomes such...that a more formal structure of Thing is put in place. Those included in the Thing, all have connections and some level of trust between them. All the tribes represented are stable and of quality. The Thing is a meeting of equals. The Thing does not address matters that are internal to any tribe, those are matters left to that tribe. The Thing addresses external matters, communication, coordination. and those things that make heathenry in the region better...and stronger. |
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| There is no "bureaucracy" or administration
of the Thing. The strength of the thing is in the sovereignty and strength
of the individual tribes involved. The Thing needs no website. The Thing
needs no email address, P.O. Box, budget, staff, board, or anything else
representing a modern organization. It is simply a way for strong Tru
tribes to come together, communicate, coordinate, and address regional
concerns.
For a more detailed description of how such a Thing would work and how it differs from a National Organization, click here. |
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| SO WHAT'S NEXT? We're farther along in this process than one would think. We have strong established kindreds here in the Heartland. We have new growing kindreds here in the Heartland. Many of us have talked, or are talking. Many of us gathered and met at Lightning Across the Plains 2009, and we'll continue that process at other gatherings throughout the year. Our families have eaten together, our children have played together, and we have honored the gods, ancestors, and the Vaettir as a gathered Folk. We will get to know each other better...and form stronger connections and bonds. At Lightning Across the Plains 2010, we will be that much closer to establishing a Regional Thing here in the Heartland. |
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