Pay Attention, Expect to Be Changed, Honor Your Connectedness, Choose Beauty, Live Radiantly. Rooted in early Quakerism, these advices call us to live more fully in all aspects of our lives. Explore them from a variety of perspectives and discover ways they can awaken and energize your daily life. Take time for personal reflection and …
View course details “Five Spiritual Principles”

Prepare to behold! As fall unfolds its glories, set your camera to worship mode and come to Pendle Hill. Taking advantage of the magic light of morning and late afternoon, we will literally “hold in the light” and “frame the sacred.” Worship, poetry, Taizé chanting, and worship sharing will enrich our time together as we …
View course details “Holding in the Light, Framing the Sacred”

Experience God through a daily round of beauty using the five senses and fine arts. Don’t just talk about meeting God – experience the Divine in ways that are sensory and participatory using watercolors, markers, paper, clay, found objects, body prayer, and more. Contemplative exercises and engaging interaction will complement our artistic activities. We will …
View course details “Awakening Your Senses Exercises for Exploring the Wonder of God”

Early Quakers had a strong sense of what a God-led life looked and felt like, and they were accountable to their Meetings. Today, Friends enjoy greater freedom to define what makes our lives “quakerly.” We are left, sometimes uncomfortably, with more responsibility to uphold our own sense of faithfulness. This retreat is designed to help …
View course details “Faithful Listening, Faithful Living”

Experiment in creative activity to open the flow of Spirit in your life. Using simple yet profound exercises with art, poetry, movement, conversation, contemplation, and rest, you will find rich opportunities for self-discovery, expressive freedom, and connection with the Sacred. Regenerated, take these practices with you on your spiritual journey. $325/shared room; $405/private room; $230/commuter …
View course details “Free Flow: Creativity as a Spiritual Practice”

During this gently paced retreat, we will use simple yoga, stretching, breathing, and meditation to open ourselves to the Spirit before each session. As we each form an intention to create a simple bowl to give to someone who has been a gift in our life, we will dig our own clay from the Pendle …
View course details “Touching the Earth, Giving a Gift”

Are you seeking God’s guidance for your life? Learn practices to see yourself, your choices, and your callings more clearly. Consider when to take the next steps and what happens in the waiting times. Learn skills for spiritual discernment in your daily life; bring a decision-making challenge if you have one. The retreat is gently …
View course details “The Sacred Art of Spiritual Discernment”

Evocative exercises and group sharing in a nurturing setting allow us to remember and write about the most meaningful parts of our life’s journey. Re-experiencing events from our past, we gain fresh perspective and appreciation of the richness of our lives. Both in telling and hearing stories of these crucial turning points, we discover why …
View course details “Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography”

Time for the Inner Journey: Silent Retreats Are you searching in your spiritual journey? Do you experience an emptiness longing to be filled? Are you struggling with one of life’s big questions and need to gift yourself with some peace and quiet? Are you curious about spiritual practices? Whether you are discerning, seeking or are …
View course details “Silent Retreat – August”

April 23 – May 02, 2013 $2,260 10 days On their way to Emmaus, the two disciples were joined by a third person, whom they were not able to recognize, and who started to explain Scriptures for them. “Didn’t they say to each other “Our hearts were burning within us, while he was talking to …
View course details “Retreat on the Sites”