Spiritual Eldering

Naramata Centre Society, Naramata, BC

Event Description

Program Description

Let’s ensure that the decades following the years of paid work and home-making are a time of creativity, engagement, mentoring, and compassionate accompaniment. After all, that could be a third of our lives! Let’s build a culture in which aging people learn what it means to grow into eldership, a time of life in which experience and wisdom become a resource and gift for community. As a group of people 55 and older, we will spend time together listening, remembering, exploring, practising, and creating as we become the kind of community that will make this kind of difference in our kind of world.

Program Logistics

Duration: 6 days, mornings and evenings with optional afternoon activities, Sunday to Friday

Ages: Adults, 55+

Accommodations: Participants who wish to stay at Naramata Centre while attending the program can book indoor accommodation or a campsite for the week of September 17-24. For more information on accommodation rentals and pricing, click here.

Program Leader

Jim Kalnin & Lois Huey-Heck Jim Kalnin & Lois Huey-Heck are now back in their home in Oyama having spent a few years on site at Naramata Centre while Lois was a member of the management team and program staff. Their shared passion is visual art and the pursuit of beauty in all its diverse expressions. Jim pursues that in the garden as well as the studio, while Lois brings her artistry to the practice of spiritual accompaniment independently and as a member of the program team of the Pacific Jubilee Program in Spiritual Direction.

Tim & Donna Scorer Tim & Donna Scorer lived for 27 years in close relationship with the Centre where they learned and practiced the art of experiential education, facilitation, and mentoring. Now living on Bowen Island, Donna works closely with refugees and in community development and Tim offers spiritual accompaniment to individuals and faith communities that are living through times of deepening and transition.

Cancellation Policy

Should a participant wish to withdraw from a registered program, they can do so with a full refund up to 30 days prior to their program start date. Program cancellations less than 30 days before the program start date are not refundable.

The Naramata Centre Society reserves the right to cancel programs should attendance not meet required minimums for financial viability. Should a program be canceled, participants will be notified more than 30 days before program start time and their program fees will be fully refunded.