Friday, April 5 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, April 7 (3 pm) Optional Day: Sunday, April 7 (3pm) to Monday, April 8 (3pm) Consider this an invitation to journey to a place of deeper connection. With the theme of Pilgrimage to anchor us, we will enter into a time of silence on our individual …
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Friday, March 15 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, March 17 (1 pm) Perhaps your church is yearning for lay leaders to come forth and offer their gifts when ministry personnel are away or when your pastoral charge is moving through a time of vacancy. Or perhaps you might have an …
View course details “Lay Worship Leaders Second of six Weekends”
Friday, March 15 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, March 17 (1 pm) Healing From the Heart is one of two parts of Phase 2 in the Healing Pathway program. Phase 1 is a pre-requisite. It provides an opportunity to deepen the experience of healing and connecting to …
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Friday, March 8 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, March 10 (1 pm) Slow down and savor the deep connection that comes with centered awareness of the present moment. This weekend retreat weaves mindfulness throughout daily activity, including periods of guided sitting, walking and eating meditation practice, mindful …
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Tuesday, March 5 (6 pm supper) to Thursday, March 7 (1 pm) Bruce Sanguin will explore with us the new meanings that arise when we imagine Holy Week and Easter through the lens of the “new cosmology.” We will take the evolutionary narrative of an unfolding universe, place it in conversation with scripture, and …
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Friday, February 22 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, February 24 (1 pm) Ministry is a broad term that we often equate with the church, and the strengthening of that institution. However, over the years many trained religious professionals have chosen other expressions of ministry. If you have already made a …
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Friday, February 22 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, February 24 (1 pm) In order to align our activism with our spiritual deepening: “You have to do the difficult work of getting tossed back and forth between the quiet, spacious world and the active, lively world until …
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Friday, February 8 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, February10 (1 pm) We find ourselves standing on holy ground each time we accompany a grieving family through a process of creating and offering a Celebration of Life, Funeral, Memorial, or Graveside Service. This program focuses on assisting …
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Friday, February 1 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, February 3 (2 pm) This powerful, life changing retreat is based on the philosophy of Louise Hay who believes that we are all meant to live a life filled with love, laughter, prosperity and radiant health. People will …
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Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8 WRITING AND READING POETRY: MAKING THINGS VISIBLE Led by Susan Sink The best contemporary poetry uses storytelling and images, poetic form and devices, to take us into the truth of the natural world and human experience in a deep and immediate way. It reveals, probes, illuminates and …
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