Speaking
(available for Virtual Speaking events via zoom)
David Ellingson is available for speaking engagements. Topics include:
Dave is also available for consultation on Children, Youth & Family Ministry, Outdoor Leadership, Visioning,
Program Development, Event Planning. Community Gardening. Advocacy interests include Creation Care, Children, Hunger, Housing, Living Wage, Senior Citizens, Diversity.
To inquire about availability for speaking engagements or consultation please email paddlepilgrim@gmail.com.
The Paddle Pilgrim Media Kit (PDF) is available to help promote your upcoming Paddle Pilgrim speaking event.
- Paddle Pilgrim Adventures with pictures/stories (Mississippi River, Erie Canal and Hudson River, Fjords of Norway)
- Spirituality
- Creation Care
- Faith Formation
- Holistic Health
Dave is also available for consultation on Children, Youth & Family Ministry, Outdoor Leadership, Visioning,
Program Development, Event Planning. Community Gardening. Advocacy interests include Creation Care, Children, Hunger, Housing, Living Wage, Senior Citizens, Diversity.
To inquire about availability for speaking engagements or consultation please email paddlepilgrim@gmail.com.
The Paddle Pilgrim Media Kit (PDF) is available to help promote your upcoming Paddle Pilgrim speaking event.
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Upcoming events
2021
March 13: "Coming Home" film/conversation with artist/paddler, Ellen Kolbo-Mcdonah at Canoecopia, Madison, WI.
21: Thea Foss Lodge, Daughters of Norway (Port Townsend, WA) "Kayaking the Fjords of Norway"
April 14: Leif Erikson Lodge, Sons of Norway, Ballard, WA "Coming Home"
16: Sverdrup Lodge, Sons of Norway, Bismark, ND "Coming Home"
18: Earth Day: Creation Care at Calvary Lutheran Church, Federal Way, WA"
May 6: FLRB Writer's Group, Children's book "Grizz & His Friends" and Pandemic Poetry
10: Fedraheimen Lodge, Sons of Norway, Willmar, MN. "The Norwegian Immigrant Experience"
20: Paddle Trails Canoe Club, Paddle Tales Speakers Series, Norway Paddle Adventure
June 2-21 Paddling from the Mississippi "headwaters" to Mpls. (pics/stories on Facebook/Facebook "live")
July 1: Wergeland Lodge, Sons of Norway, LaCrosse, WI. Paddling the Fjords of Norway
31: Grizz & His Friends book signing at J. Matheson in Everett, WA
Aug 8: Children's Sermon/Readings from Grizz, First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, Shoreline, WA
Nov 20: Washington, D.C. Sons of Norway, Norway
Dec 2: Comox Paddle Club (Vancouver Island) Norway
2022
February 9: Leif Erikson Sons of Norway, Seattle, Erie Canal
March 13-17: Spirit the Desert Retreat Center, Carefree, AZ. "Go outside and play..."
A sampler of past events:
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REI in Seattle/Bellevue/Tacoma/Olympia/Spokane
Iowa Independent Film Festival, Mason City, IA (Kayaking Norway "Coming Home" film shown) ELCA Youth Ministry Extravaganza, Anaheim, CA (Creation Care) Sons/Daughters of Norway, Lodges in Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin Canoecopia, the World's Largest Paddling Expo in Madison, WI |
Earth Day Celebration, Our Savior's Lutheran in Everett, WA
Trinity Lutheran Church, Owatonna, MN Luther College, Decorah, IA National Nordic Museum, Ballard, WA Lee-Whedon Memorial Library, Medina, NY Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center, The Adventure of Faith, Carefree, AZ Camp Lutherhaven, Coeur d'Alene, ID |
