Speaking
(available for Virtual Speaking events)

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)
• Spirituality
• Creation Care
• Faith Formation
• Holistic Health

Ellingson 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.​

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Ellingson was recently featured on travel guru Rick Steves' national radio program. Listen in for great storytelling of his kayak adventures on the Mississippi and the Erie Canal/Hudson at soundcloud.com/rick-steves/536-isle-of-skye-cross-country#t=13:15.

A sampler of past events: 

REI  in Seattle/Bellevue/Tacoma/Olympia/Spokane (Mississippi/Erie Canal/Norway)
Kayaking Norway "Coming Home" film shown at Iowa Independent Film Festival, Mason City, Iowa
Skal Beer Hall, Ballard, WA Modern Vikings: Kayaking the Fjords of Norway 
Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center, The Adventure of Faith, Carefree, AZ.
Hal Holmes Center, Ellensburg, WA  Norway
Sons of Norway, Spokane,  Norway
Camp Lutherwood, Coeur d'Alene, ID  Norway
Hovestad Sons of Norway, Olympia, WA  "Coming Home" 
Nordic Museum, Ballard, WA  Norway
Trinity Lutheran Church, Owatonna, MN Norway 
Clear Lake Public Library, Clear Lake, IA, Norway 
Luther College Decorah, Iowa. "Coming Home" film 
Daughters of Norway, Normanna, Everett, WA  
ELCA Youth Ministry Extravaganza, Anaheim, CA "Creation Care"
Earth Day Celebration @ Our Savior's Lutheran in Everett, WA 
 Available for Virtual Speaking/Presentations via ZOOM
Nov    5:  Sonja Sons of Norway: Eugene, OR, Kayaking the Fjords of NorwayF
            7:  First Lutheran of Richmond Beach Adult Ed. Zoom:  Creation Care/Earth Stewardship
          14:  Edvard Grieg Sons of Norway   (Cincinnati, OH) "Kayaking the Fjords of Norway"
           15:  Calvary Lutheran Church, Federal Way, WA  "Pandemic: Paddle, Play, Podcast"
           21:  Whidbey Island Sons of Norway:  "Kayaking the Fjords of Norway" 
Dec.   OPEN (available to Zoom)
2021
Jan. 19: Marsteinen Sons of Norway  (Des Moines, Iowa)  "Coming Home"
          23: Agnes Wergeland #54 Daughters of Norway (Eugene, OR) "Coming Home"
​          26: Cascade Sons of Norway (Mercer Island, WA)  Fjords of Norway
Feb. 6: Podcast 101: Power and Potential for Ministry (Virtual Talk 10:30 Central time), ELCA Youth Ministry Extravaganza
          9: Restauration Lodge, Sons of Norway (Cedar Rapids, IA) "Coming Home"
March    8:  Fosselyngen Lodge, Sons of Norway (Milwaukee, WI) "Coming Home"
               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"
              18: Earth Day: Creation Care at Calvary Lutheran Church, Federal Way, WA