papa fest* is a music + arts gathering in a forest + field just outside of philadelphia, pennsylvania. josh played a set on saturday night, & we were glad for the chance to catch up with old friends here--particularly alice + tim colegrove (alice is one of my best friends from college!) and brad + krisstel jenkins. both families have new babies we hadn't met before, & they were meeting shepherd for the first time, too.
we set up camp with tim + alice (now with innerchange in boston). tim made us pancakes for breakfast.
: their baby river was celebrating his 1/2 birthday at papa :
: the stage :
: alice leading call & response worship with baby river :
: brad & the twins :
: heron loving west african drumming in the children's tent :
: the chapel :
: sheppy in the children's tent with the jenkins kids :
: avery jenkins in her vintage (circa 2006) josh garrels t-shirt :
: heron & shepherd making friends with the jessup kids :
: krisstel & baby maron :
*(from the website: PAPA Festival gathers people together to listen, dream, share, and create as we explore life together, following the example of Jesus. As we camp out in a celebratory village created by a collaboration of voluntary labor, we work, rest, play, and learn so that we can return home, challenged to live out these practices in everyday life.
Morning sessions are geared toward teaching, bible studies, and panel discussions, where we ponder things like community, theology and peacemaking. In the afternoons, we have workshops and how-to sessions where folks explore anything from knitting and bike repair to drumming and carpentry. The evenings have inspiring music, circus festivities, and storytelling.)
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