Kanuga Knitting & Quilting Retreat January 16, 2014 – January 19, 2014 Optional January 20 Stayover Extend your retreat for an extra day! Limited classes will be offered in addition to a buffet supper Jan. 19 and a continental breakfast before checkout Jan. 20. “Kanuga Knitting and Quilting Retreat (KKQ) has opened the doors for …
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  Art Programs & Retreats Five Oaks provides the ideal setting to come away and explore your creativity. Scroll down this page to see all our upcoming arts based retreats and programs.  Drawing! Start: May 13, 2014 @ 12:30 PM End: May 15, 2014 @ 12:30 PM Cost: $355.00 Drawing is a pleasurable skill that …
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  Art Programs & Retreats   Five Oaks provides the ideal setting to come away and explore your creativity. Scroll down this page to see all our upcoming arts based retreats and programs.    Photography Start: Mar 4, 2014 @ 10:00 AM End: Mar 6, 2014 @ 12:30 PM Cost: $355.00 Photography with Richard Choe. …
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  Religion and Performance in South Asia The Fall 2013 lecture series sponsored by the McGill Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR) will address the theme of religion and performance in South Asia. The lectures illuminate the rich and complex links between performance traditions, politics, history, and identity in the living religions of South Asia including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, …
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    ICON PAINTING WORKSHOP-led by Phil Zimmerman   Event Date: 06/Oct/2013 – 12/Oct/2013 Event Details: Sunday check-in before 5:30 PM dinner to Saturday departure after lunchMaster Iconographer Philip Zimmerman will guide students through creating one complete icon of your choice of either St. John the Baptist or Madonna and Child.  Any level of experience …
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  2013 C.S. Lewis Foundation Fall Conference   November 8-10, 2013   Location: Houston, Texas   Theme: “The Forge of Friendship: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, & the Creative Impulse” Few friendships have managed to make more of a difference than the one between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. These two writers spurred each other on …
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  September 13 and 14, 2013 Erdman Center, School of Christian Vocation and Mission Princeton Theological Seminary Overview A striking feature of modern times is the success of scientific understanding, and the astonishing range of new and hugely beneficial technologies that the scientific approach to the world has produced. Many people, however, have an increasing …
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  Balancing Head and Heart through Midrash: Creative Retelling of Sacred Texts Price: $435.00 Date: November 8, 2013 Carrie Newcomer and Faith Kirkham Hawkins Nov 8-10, 2013   Within Jewish tradition, sacred texts are renewed through midrash—creatively retelling and asking questions of important sacred stories. Participants will explore ways the traditional wisdom speaks to the …
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  Poetry, Prayer, Gratitude and Blessings Price: $400.00 Date: October 22, 2013 Kathy Staudt, Kathleen Glaser and Michael S. Glaser Oct. 22-24, 2013 This conference will examine the confluence of these two rivers – poetry and prayer, and how, both individually and together, they can open channels for gratitude and blessings. We will both read …
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      Seeing with the Eyes of Faith: Visual Art as an Entry to Prayer (Weeklong Format; 1314-01) Kristine Haig, Co-Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Morgantown, W. Va., Adjunct Faculty at Waynesburg University, and former Director, Office of Spiritual Formation, the PC(USA) Our eyes truly are a “window to the soul.” Human beings take in …
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