Led by the Monastic Community Tuesday, March 5 to Friday, March 8, 2013 *short written assignment before the retreat begins *limited registration This is a retreat in which prayer and silence will be practiced as an invitation for deeper union with God and in which each participant will work with a spiritual director chosen …
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Lenten Retreat – Let Me See! – Gazing, Insight, Healing and Foresight
Led by The Reverend Martin Smith Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 3, 2013 In this silent retreat we will seek the courage of the blind man who asked Jesus to let him see. Learning from the ancient discipline of the ‘four senses of scripture’, we will explore the call to look and gaze …
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Winter Library Volunteers Retreat
with Brother Adam McCoy Tuesday, January 22 to Friday, January 25, 2013 Join enthusiastic volunteers for a labor of love – and balance work, rest, prayer and recreation – as we continue the rewarding tasks of caring for and cataloging over 20,000 volumes. Cost: $170, deposit: $80
Prayer Beyond Belief: The Gentle (And Not So Gentle) Art of Changing the Way Congregations Pray 2013
Apr 7 – Apr 9, 2013 Sun 7:00 PM – Tue 1:00 PM $355.00 Life takes a turn for the worse and suddenly you’re caught up in the warm embrace of prayer as family members and friends assure you they are praying for you. Or you slip into your usual pew and …
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Seeing with the Eyes of Faith: Visual Art as an Entry to Prayer
September 22 – 27 / Seeing with the Eyes of Faith: Visual Art as an Entry to Prayer / A Spiritual Formation Elective / Kristine Haig
Exploring Christian Healing…For Ourselves and Our Ministries
Betty J. Voigt, Spiritual Director, Retreat Leader, and Pastor in the PC(USA) Jesus invited and expected his disciples to continue the healing ministry he began. What might this look like for our present-day ministries? In the context of an experiential retreat, we will share together in healing liturgies, forgiveness work, healing prayer, faith imagination, …
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Preview for Fall 2013
Pray as You Can, Not as you Can’t (Sr. Elizabeth) September 13-15, 2013 Creative Liturgy (John Bell) October 1-3, 2013 Connecting with Jesus for Emotional Healing (Ellen Fleming) October 26, 2013 Mosaic of Colours (Sr. Jessica) November 2, 2013 The Task of Making Peace (Rev. Frances Drolet-Smith) November 15-17, 2013 Advent Quiet Day: …
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Renewal Conference
RENEWAL CONFERENCE June 23-28, 2013 Keynoter: Whitney T. “Whit” Kuniholm is the president of Scripture Union/USA, an international Bible engagement ministry with two main emphases: helping people of all ages meet God in the Bible and prayer, and reaching the next generation with God’s Word. His books include The Essential Bible Guide, The Essential Jesus and John: An Eyewitness Account of the Son of …
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Longing For God – The Path of Devotion to Knowing God – A Centering Prayer Retreat
Led by Brother Julian Mizelle Sunday, December 30 – Tuesday, January 1 * Silent Retreat How can we be shaped in such a way that our life becomes an expression of the spirit of Christ himself? The spiritual path of Christian devotion forms us to simply enter a life with God, a conversational and redemptive …
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Gratitude, Presence And Prayer – Silent retreat with yoga, meditation and Taize chant
Led by Carolyn Bluemle Friday Nov 23 – Sunday Nov 25, 2012 Limited to 15 participants. Gratitude has the power to plunge us deeply into presence; conversely presence has the power to bring us into an ocean of gratefulness. Both are, in the words of Br. David Steindl-Rast, “the heart of prayer.” What hinders our …
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