Speaking

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(available for Virtual Speaking events via zoom)

David Ellingson is available for speaking engagements. Topics include:

• Paddle Pilgrim Adventures with pictures/stories (Mississippi River, Erie Canal and Hudson River, Fjords of Norway. Mekong River)
• 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 [email protected].
The Paddle Pilgrim Media Kit (PDF) is available to help promote your upcoming Paddle Pilgrim speaking event. ​

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events

2024
January  7: Headwaters: Paddling through Climate Change,  Our Saviors Lutheran, Everett, Wa 11 am
             10: Mekong Adventure, Lake Forest Park Rotary Club, LFP Presbyterian Church, 7:15 am
             13: PNAC: Mekong Adventure, FLRB 9:30 am
             24: Mekong Adventure, Holy Spirit Lutheran, Kirkland, 7 pm.
Feb.        6:  YMCA Healthy Aging Community Café, Mekong Zoom 1pm
             13: Mekong Adventure, Mindekirken, Mpls Zoom 
             26: "Headwaters: Paddling through Climate Change, Hearthstone, 10 am
March  1-10: Midwest Film/Book Tour: Oneota Film Festival, Decorah; Clear Lake Library, Iowa,  Lacrosse Center for                         Performing Arts,  Canoecopia, Madison, Middletown UCC.
              14: Seattle NE Rotary, Mekong Adventure, noon.
              17: Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland (Bainbridge Island) Mekong River Adventure
​              18: Tape Rick Steves TV Show: Fjords of Norway
              30: Rick Steves Radio Interview (Easter Weekend Edition):  Mekong Paddle Adventure
April        4: Mississippi River Adventure, OWLs Zoom, Lord of Life Lutheran, Mpls. 1pm CST
                7: Lord of Life Lutheran, Shoreline, Preside/Preach 10 am
                9: Norway Adventure, Las Vegas Sons of Norway Zoom
May         1: Erie Canal & Hudson River to the Statue of Liberty, Jefferson Educational Society Zoom, Erie, PA
                7: Marysville Speaker Series, Mekong River Adventure 6:30 pm. Opera House,  Marysville, WA.
June        6: River Days of Action, 1Mississippi, Headwaters film/Q&A ZOOM, 5pm Pacific Time. 
            Register at:  https://1mississippi.org/event/headwaters-paddling-through-climate-change-film-discussion-zoom/
              23: Preach @ First Lutheran Richmond Beach 10 am.  Text: Mark 4:35-41  "Peace!  Be still!"
August  29: Ida Culver House, Seattle, Mekong Adventure 10:30 am
Sept.        1: Preach/Preside at FLRB Richmond Beach 10:00
Oct.        13: Preach/Preside at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Snohomish, 9:30 am
               23: Noticing: Poems and Pictures from Everyday Life, Clear Lake Public Library 6:30 pm
               26: Noticing/Mekong Book Signing, Luther College Bookstore 2-4 pm
Nov.       17: Mekong River Adventure @ Mt. Cross Lutheran Church, University Place, WA 11:30 am
Dec.         3:  Norway Program @ Ida Culver House, Seattle, 10:30 am
2025
Jan.          7: Mekong River Adventure @ Messiah Lutheran Church in Auburn, WA 11:30 am 
              19: Paddling Epiphanies @ Resurrection Lutheran Church in Tacoma, WA 4pm
March    16-20 "Play Ball" at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center in Carefree, AZ.  More info. soon.
April       22-24 "Go Outside and Play"  Camp Lutherhaven, Coeur d'Alene, ID 
               26: Whidbey Island Sons of Norway

A sampler of past events: 

​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. Go Outside & Play)
Sons/Daughters of Norway, Lodges in Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Georgia
Canoecopia, the World's Largest Paddling Expo in Madison, WI
      

Earth Day Celebration, Our Savior's Lutheran in Everett, WA, St. Andrews Lutheran in Mahtomedi, MN​
​Trinity Lutheran Church, Owatonna, MN
Luther College, Decorah, IA, Oneota Film Festival 
​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