Start: Aug 24, 2012 @ 7:00 PM End: Aug 26, 2012 @ 3:00 PM Cost: $295.00 includes meals and accommodation. 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? …
View course details “Time for the Inner Journey: Silent Retreat – August”
August 24-26, 2012 The labyrinth is a spiritual practice, a safe container, a meditative tool that has profoundly impacted the lives of many people as they journey through this world. Come away for this intentional time of exploring this sacred pattern. We will dive deeper into the experience with times of reflection and spiritual practices …
View course details “Labyrinth Retreat: Finding Our Way”
August 20-24, 2012. Music is a force of harmony that teaches us to be better listeners and better communicators. During this time at Five Oaks we will learn musicianship skills from basic to advanced, including sound production and quality, deeper listening, vibration response, rhythm and movement, melody inventions, songs as stories, and harmony knowledge. You …
View course details “Music: The Spirit of Improvisation & Courage”
August 20-24, 2012 Story is the heart of language. It can emotionally move us to love and hate and can motivate us to change our whole lives. We can capture a story in a novel, a memoir, a screenplay, a poem. But, finally, we make choices about what story to write and what medium to …
View course details “Writers in Residence”
August 20-24, 2012 This program is being offered as a part of our Week of Creativity where four arts-based programs are being held at the same time. Our days will be framed by gathering in community with those from the other arts programs for reflection and worship. On Thursday evening we will gather for a …
View course details “Photography: A Language of Faith”
August 20-24, 2012. Unfurling leaves, muscular branches, luminous flowers: growing things offer rewarding challenges for painters! This richness goes beyond techniques, to touch on themes of growth and rootedness, decay and flowering. This course empowers students to learn techniques and processes while exploring symbolism and metaphor. Technical demos, art historical mind-openers, and outdoor image quests …
View course details “Painting: Blooming & Growing”
Online Course We Will With God’s Help: Ministry in the Anglican Tradition Mon, Sep 24, 2012 to Mon, Nov 12, 2012 The Rev. Dr. John Kater Registration Deadline: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 CEUs: 2 Essential Anglican Study Series In this course, participants will explore the biblical roots of Christian ministry, examine some of the ways …
View course details “Essential Anglican Study Series”
Online Course Mon, Sep 24, 2012 to Mon, Nov 12, 2012 The Very Rev. Dr. Tom Ferguson Registration Deadline: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 CEUs: 2 The focus this course is the early development of the Church in the East and West until about 800 CE. Participants will discuss the early theological debates that lead to …
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Mon, Sep 24, 2012 to Mon, Nov 12, 2012 The Rev. Dcn. Susanne Watson Epting Registration Deadline: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 CEUs: 2 Deacons are charged by the church to “interpret the needs, hopes and concerns of the world to the church.” Some believe this charge is not unlike that of the Prophets called to …
View course details “The Prophetic Voice of the Deacon”
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 to Mon, Nov 12, 2012 The Rev. Dan Prechtel DMin. Registration Deadline: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 CEUs: 2 We live in a time when many people are seeking spiritual guidance from a wide range of sources. This course will provide a forum for exploring major historical developments in Christian practices of …
View course details “Introduction to Spiritual Guidance Traditions”