Jul 29 – Jul 31, 2013 Mon 2:00 PM – Wed 2:00 PM $430.00     There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. —Thomas Merton This seasonal retreat series is …
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   Feb 13 – Feb 13, 2013 Wed 10:00 AM – Wed 4:00 PM $45.00     Is Lent a gift or a hassle? Is it yet another thing on the to-do list, or a gracious space for spiritual renewal? This one-day retreat approaches Lent as a season of kairos time: time set aside, in …
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  with Murray Groom ~ May 2 to 4, 2013 During the annual Okanagan Spring Wine festival come explore the spirituality of wine through story and tradition, through tasting and testing, through reflection and sacred pause. The hospitality of Naramata Centre will provide a home base from which you can add your own regional tours …
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  Pacific Jubilee Program Phase One – SoulWork March 11 – 17, 2013 – Applications are due December 1, 2012 The Pacific Jubilee Program is… contemplative, evocative, spacious, embodied,  integrative, experiential & transformative … these qualities are the means by which we learn, deepen and practice our spirituality, and they are the ends to which …
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    March 11 to 17, 2013 Come for an experiential approach to working with the ancient spiritual symbol of the Enneagram. We’ll explore the three realms of body, soul and spirit as we journey through the Enneagram. This residential program will take us beyond the level of Ennea”type” into the deep inner work and …
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  Eastern Christian Spirituality (Weeklong Format; 1213-38) John P. Burgess, James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology, PTS Much of North American Protestantism has lost a sense of God’s holiness breaking into the world among us. In this course, we will explore how Eastern Christianity (Orthodoxy) can help North American Protestants come to a deeper …
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  June 18 – 27 / Rome and Italian Pilgrimage Sites / A Spiritual Formation Pilgrimage / Rebecca Cole-Turner

  Developmental Perspectives on Children and Spirituality: Insights for the Whole Life Cycle (1213-36) Amy Hollingsworth, Psychologist, College Professor, and Author of The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers; along with other presenters Fred Rogers opened many eyes to the possibilities of guiding children in their early years to grow emotionally and socially. At the core …
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  Immersion Weekend Experience: An Invitation to a Deeper Spiritual Life (1213-33) Mary Lynn Callahan, Interim Director of Spiritual Life Ministries, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Spiritual Director; with presentations by various PTS faculty This is the foundational course in the Spiritual Formation Certificate program. It consists of readings and lectures, discussion in …
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  Journeying through the Inner Life: Dream Work and Spiritual Formation (Weekend Format; 1213-30) Bernard F. Tickerhoof, Director of Ongoing Formation, Sacred Heart Province of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis The spiritual journey calls us to continuously reconfigure our lives both within and without. In the process of exploring our dreams, we are …
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