On Wednesday, September 2nd the diocese of New Westminster contingent who attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) events in Ottawa early last June met in the gathering room at the new Synod Office. John and Nancy Denham. Terry Aleck, Christine Turenne, the Reverend Laurel Dykstra, Brander Raven McDonald, Melanie Delva and Bishop Skelton joined together for a debriefing in a traditional talking circle where they took some time to share their thoughts, reflections and experiences of the event both during, afterward and moving forward. The two photos contained in this post are a mini photo essay by Laurel which she titled “Things you don't always see around the synod office” consisting of two points of view of John Denham warming a hand drum over the stove element before the meeting.