Be Still and Know that I am God
26 October 2012 – 4 November 2012
October 26 – November 4
This contemplative retreat offers a time to deepen your spiritual journey in an atmosphere of prayerful silence. Spiritual practice (movement, chant, centering prayer) is offered each morning and each evening ends with community Vespers in the chapel. There’s an hour of individual spiritual direction each day and the community of retreatants comes together for meals in silence. This is an intentional silence – a practice of presence – that opens us to the Presence. “In an era in which people are reeling from busyness and a deluge of electronic information, silent retreats offer a path back to the natural rhythms of the body, mind and spirit. To stillness.” – Douglas Todd, The Sound of Silence in The Vancouver Sun
Friday, October 26, 5 pm – Sunday, November 4, 1 pm
Murray Groom and Lois Huey Heck
Murray has been practicing Christian meditation and contemplative prayer for close to 30 years. A staff member of the Pacific Jubilee Program in Spiritual Direction, he serves as minister to the Sylvan United Church on Vancouver Island. He is drawn to the connections among wilderness spiritual traditions and to the role of the guide on pilgrimage.
Lois practices embodied spirituality and the deep inner journey. A spiritual director, artist and author she is Director of the Pacific Jubilee Program in Spiritual Direction and member of the Program Team at Naramata Centre (Spiritual Nurture), she values the practice of silent as an opportunity to deepen into communion with the Holy.
$1195 plus applicable taxes (includes private accommodation)
If you are interested in attending this program, please contact Charmian at:
1.877.996.5751 ext. 210 or [email protected].
We will then advise you as to when registration opens.
Leader(s): Lois Huey Heck & Murray Groom