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Events:
Chronological Listing
August, 2009 - June, 2010
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Beginning Dates
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Aug. |
16-20 |
4-Day Dir. Retreat, Avila,
Durham, NC (CPo) |
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24 |
Info Session for Retreat in Everyday Life (DM) |
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28-29 |
“Breaking the Rules”
Retreat at Kanuga (FA) |
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Sept. |
3 |
Caregivers’ Dinner: Lord, Take my Hand (PD)
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Clergy
Series # 1 (MF) |
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Oct. |
2 |
Clergy Series #2 (CPo) |
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9 |
Sailing on Lake Norman, NC, (RM)
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17 |
Saturday Series (CPo)
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30-31 |
Storytelling retreat at Bonclarken (CPa)
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Nov. |
6 |
Clergy
Series # 3 (MW) |
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6-13 |
7-day Directed Retreat at Mepkin (CPo) |
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20 |
Fall Quiet Day: Listening (CPo) |
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Dec. |
3 |
Advent
Retreat: Making Room in the Inn (CPo) |
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Clergy Series #4 (RM) |
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21 |
Long Dark Nights of Christmas (CPo) |
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Jan. |
8 |
Clergy Series #5 (MH)
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12 |
Suscipe: Spiritual Exercises Reunion (CS, DM) |
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16 |
Saturday Series (CPo) |
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24-26 |
Beach Retreat: Contemplation/Action (CS) |
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26-28 |
Praying the
Hours (at the beach) (CPo) |
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Feb. |
5 |
Clergy Series #6 (MW)
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12-19 |
7-day directed retreat, Mepkin (CPo) |
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26-28 |
Artists
and Mystics Retreat,Snails Pace, (CPo, AM) |
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Mar. |
4 |
Thursdays, Lenten lunch time study (RM) |
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5 |
Clergy Series # 7
(JR) |
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22-26 |
Spring Directed Retreat, Mepkin Abbey (CPo) |
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Apr. |
2 |
Clergy Series #8
(CPo) (Good Friday) |
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16 |
Spring Quiet Day: Listening (CPo) |
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17 |
Saturday Series (CPo) |
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May |
7 |
Clergy Series #9
(CPa)
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20 |
Spring Caregivers’ Dinner (PD) |
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21-22 |
Deeper
into the Silence of God, The Oratory (ML) |
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Clergy Quiet Day Series |
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Those
of you who participated asked for Clergy Quiet Days
EVERY month, so now we offer nine, from Sept. thru May.
These quiet days with God offer ongoing replenishment to
sustain the ongoing demands of ministry.
First Fridays most months 9:30 – 3:30
9/4, 10/2, 11/6, 12/4, 1/8, 2/5, 3/2, 4/2*, 5/7
*Note: The April date is Good Friday, so you are welcome
to attend our regular Spring Quiet Day on April 16
instead.
“I have
found in my own life that the only way I can give myself
a chance of getting away with God is to plan it.” - Mike
Flanagan, Rector (Holy Cross Episcopal Church,
Simpsonville, SC)
Fee:
$135 for all 9 days Dep. ($10) by Aug. 21st
$120 for 6 days, $75 for 3 days, $30 for 1 day
Led by Mike Flanagan, Margaret Hardy, Robert Miles,
Carroll Page, Cathie Powell, Jeff Rogers, Molly Wilkes
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Saturday
Series |
You asked for some Saturday events, so here they are. We
will enjoy a variety of contemplative practices
including walking a labyrinth, listening to music,
sitting in nature, opening to God for deeper listening
and healing.
Oct. 17th , Jan. 16th , and April 17th 9:00 – 12:00
Fee: $15 for 1, $25 for 2, $30 for 3. Dep.($10) by Sept.
25th
Led by Cathie Powell (hopefully at our new office)
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Summer
Directed 4-day Group Retreat |
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Avila Retreat Center provides 51 acres of rolling
countryside, affording you the peace and quiet you seek.
A long meditation trail, meditation gardens, a screened
gazebo and a labyrinth for reflecting walks and unique
outdoor beauty await you! Inside you are welcome to
enjoy the chapel, the library, or just nap in your room!
Your daily rhythm
includes prayer with scripture in solitude as suggested
by Cathie, using the Ignatian retreat format, meals
together in silence, optional gathering for music,
silence,
scripture and an occasional reading. You will have time
to ‘be’ with this One who knows you and loves you and
invites you to come away for whatever you need:
discernment, comfort, healing or rest.
Sunday. August
16th - Thursday, August 20th
Please arrive by 4:30pm and plan to leave after lunch
Fee: $420 (includes single room, shared bath and all
meals)
Led by Cathie Powell Dep. ($10) by Aug. 16th
Space for 5
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Breaking the Rules |
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A retreat for those who long to trade performance for
intimacy with God…
Our retreat will focus on the major theme of Fil’
Anderson’s new book, Breaking the Rules. In it he says,
“Although Jesus never made breaking the rules a worthy
goal in and of itself, he made clear the point that
rule-keeping is pointless if it’s not an expression of
something deeper. As we give up striving to fix
ourselves, we find that the cracks in our fragmented
lives become illuminated with the power of God’s love,
which shines into the lives of others. The women and
men who are truly filled with light are those who have
gazed deeply into the darkness of their own broken
existence.
“When we understand what Jesus meant when he said, “…I
have come to call not those who think they are
righteous, but those who know they are sinners” (Matthew
9:13 NLT) we find the courage to confess our fears and
insecurities, and plunge into the depths of God’s love
for us.”
“Breaking the Rules” invites you to quit trusting in
your own ability to live for God, and simply trust in
God instead. If you long for the warm embrace of God,
this retreat is for you.
We will enjoy a gentle rhythm of reflection together and
in solitude, with overnight silence.
Friday, August 28th - Saturday, August 29th
Please arrive by 5pm and plan to leave at 2pm.
Fee: $195 Deposit ($10) due by July 31st (includes
single room, 3 meals and all materials)
Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC
Led by Fil Anderson
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Caregivers’ Dinner:
Precious Lord, Take My Hand |
Our evening out will feature meditations compiled by
Shelly Beach, based on this well-known hymn. We will use
scripture and prayer to quiet our souls and allow God to
love us through the most difficult times in our lives.
Come away for replenishment and remember that God sees
your servant heart. Consider giving this dinner as a
gift to a caregiver, or come yourself and bring a
friend.
Thursday, September 3rd 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Fee: $30 Deposit ($10) by August 20th
Location: First Baptist Church, Greenville, SC
Led by Peggy Dulaney
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Wind and Water, Hull and Heart: A Sailing Retreat |
The sailing retreat is back by popular demand! We will
spend the day on the water, beginning with some thoughts
to ponder while sailing in silence, anchoring for lunch
and conversation about listening for God, then sailing
in the afternoon enjoying God’s presence on the water.
If your heart is nurtured by sea and sky, this
retreat day is for you. Come away… anchor deep and enjoy
a sailing day with God.
Friday, October 9th 9:30 – 3:30
Fee: $75 includes lunch Deposit($10) by Sept. 30th
Peninsula Yacht Club, Lake Norman, NC
Led by Robert Miles Space for 5 fills up quickly
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Listening to Your
Stories |
Stories are both revealing and healing. We listen to
stories and they are filtered through our experiences,
feelings, and needs. Some stories speak to us deeply,
while others are simply entertaining. The stories that
touch us are easily remembered. They get inside of us
and continue to speak to us in life-changing ways.
Through stories, retreat participants will look at life
and faith in new ways that more traditional ways cannot.
Jesus was a wonderful storyteller. His stories are
memorable. Biblical stories form much of the foundation
of our faith traditions. The retreat will enable
participants to examine ancient stories alongside more
modem stories and personal stories. There is a richness
in our stories that cannot be found anywhere else. As
theologian Megan MeKenna said, “All stories are true;
some of them actually happened.”
Friday, October 30th – Saturday, October 31st
Please arrive by 4pm and plan to leave by 2pm
Fee: $175 Deposit ($10) by Oct. 16th
Includes single room, 3 meals and all materials.
Bonclarken Retreat Center, Flat Rock, NC
Led by Carroll Page
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Fall
Directed 7-Day Group Retreat
Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, SC |
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The
experience at Mepkin Abbey is unique. The Trappist monks
who live there invite us to participate with them in the
liturgy of the hours. You may attend or not – any or all
of the
services. Each retreatant has a single room, but may
share a bath. The food is simple but tasty and ample.
The setting along the Cooper River is inviting and their
lovely mile-long
native plant labyrinth is delightful.
Friday, November 6th – Friday, November 13th
Please arrive by 4pm and plan to leave by noon.
Fee: $280 for spiritual direction Dep. ($10) by Oct.
31st
(The monks offer room and board to all guests. You are
encouraged to consider a generous gift to Mepkin Abbey.)
Led by Cathie Powell
Space for 3 (filled, but no waiting list)
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Listening with the Ears of our Hearts: A Fall Quiet Day |
Enjoy a day away in silence with a gentle rhythm of
music, quiet reflection, together and in solitude, with
openness to the Spirit for peace, healing and guidance.
Listen in a rocking chair, a swing on a secluded deck, a
bench by the creek, or in a prayer garden and be “in
Love,” in God’s unconditional and everlasting love.
Friday, November 20th 9:30 – 3:30
Fee: $30 (includes lunch) Deposit ($10) by Nov. 13th
Led by Cathie Powell
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Making Room in the Inn (XIII): An Advent Retreat |
Each year, as we enter the Holy Season of Advent, many
of us ask God to help us be more aware of the holiness
of this time, and less caught up in the exhausting
expectations that can go with Christmas. Our hope is
that this time of simply being attentive to God,
becoming more still, within and without, will provide
some space in us for God, for the One who comes to us in
Jesus.
Isaiah 61:1-2 will be our focus, the passage Jesus read
in the temple revealing his identity. He came to free us
and heal us, and can bring new joy to our holiday.
Thursday, December 3rd 6:30 – 9:00
Fee: $15 Deposit ($10) by Nov. 26th
Led by Cathie Powell
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The Long
Dark Nights of Christmas |
The nights grow longer, and seemingly darker, and for
those who grieve a loss, any loss, the great disparity
between the pain in their hearts and the culture’s outer
celebration can hurt deeply. We will recognize the
season while also responding in a healthy way to the
grief, honoring it on the
way toward healing.
Monday, December 21st 6:30 – 9:00
Fee: $15 Deposit ($10) by Dec. 14th
Led by Cathie Powell
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Suscipe:
Spiritual Exercises Reunion |
All who have experienced the Spiritual Exercises of
Ignatius, either the 30-day or “The Retreat in Everyday
Life” are welcome to gather in community. We will listen
for God as we reflect together and in solitude. The word
“suscipe” is Latin for “take” from the words of
Ignatius, “Take and receive all my memory, my knowledge
and all my will… Give me only your love and your grace,
that’s enough for me.”
Tuesday, January 12th 6:30 – 9:00
Fee: $15 Deposit ($10) by Jan. 5th
Led by Donna Meyer, Caroline Smith and Cathie Powell
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The Contemplative Activist: Annual Beach Retreat (XII) |
Jesus was a
peacemaker, a prophet and an activist. The gospels
suggest that his public actions sprang from his secret,
contemplative prayer, the profound spiritual
relationship he experienced with his Abba.
This retreat weekend will focus on contemplative prayer
as our entrance point into creative nonviolence in the
struggle for a more peaceful and just world.
Our rhythm will include silence from evening prayer to
morning prayer. We will enjoy reflection together and in
solitude, time to nap, read, walk a labyrinth on the
beach, and just ‘be’ with God and each other.
Friday January 22nd - Sunday, January 24th
Please arrive by 4pm and plan to leave by noon.
Fee: $340, (includes ocean-front single room, 5 meals
and all
materials.) Deposit ($10) by Dec. 29th
The Litchfield Inn, Pawleys Island, SC
Led by Caroline Smith Space for 28 fills up quickly
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“Praying the
Hours” at the Beach |
During this quiet retreat that follows the annual beach
retreat, we observe the monastic ‘hours’ of the day
beginning with Vespers Sunday evening and ending Monday
or Tuesday noon. We honor silence throughout with
interpretation of the hours, liturgical prayer and time
to ‘be’ with God.
Sunday, January 24th – Tuesday, January 26th
Plan to begin at 5pm and leave by noon. You are welcome
to stay over one night, or two. The second day we honor
the hours without interpretation.
Fee: $145/night, (with meals) Dep. ($10) by Dec. 29th
Led by Cathie Powell
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Winter
Directed 7-Day Group Retreat
Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, SC |
The experience at Mepkin Abbey is unique. The Trappist
monks who live there invite us to participate with them
in the liturgy of the hours. You may attend or not – any
or all of the
services. Each retreatant has a single room, but may
share a bath. The food is simple but tasty and ample.
The setting along the Cooper River is inviting and their
lovely mile-long
native plant labyrinth is delightful.
Friday, February 12th –
Friday, February 19th
Please arrive by 4pm and plan to leave before lunch.
Fee: $280 for spiritual direction Dep. ($10) by Jan.
29th
(The monks offer room and board to all guests. You are
encouraged to consider a generous gift to Mepkin Abbey.)
Led by Cathie Powell
Space for 3 and these fill up quickly.
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Tending the Soul: A Retreat for Artists and Mystics |
“Getting out of the way and listening is not
something that comes easily, either in art or in
prayer.” “To serve a work of art, great or small, is to
die, to die to self. If the artist is to
be able to listen to the work, s/he must get out of the
way… To serve a work of art is almost identical with
adoring (God) in contemplative prayer… not to find self,
but to lose self in
order to be found.”
Such insights from Madeleine L’Engle in Walking on
Water: Reflection on Faith & Art will guide us as we
take time to listen, to become more still within and
without.
We invite artists of all kinds: visual artists, poets,
musicians, writers, potters… and everyday mystics.
Friday, February 26 – Sunday, February 28
Please arrive by 5pm and plan to leave by 2pm
Fee: $200 (includes lunch) Deposit ($10) by Feb. 3rd
Snails Pace, Saluda, NC
Led by Cathie Powell and Ashlyn Mengel
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Our Relationship with Money: A Lenten Study at Lunch |
. . . no one can
serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24
Our relationship with
money is very important to God. During our times of
learning and reflecting together and in quiet with God,
we will explore the power of money in our culture and
society; we will look at Biblical attitudes towards
money; and we will reflect on our own life-long
relationship with money. Participants will have
opportunity to begin the process of writing a “money
autobiography.”
This topic, with our economic antennae on alert, is
timely. You are invited to come away to a quiet setting,
where you can pay attention to what God might have to
say to you about money in your life – how it can be both
enemy and friend. You’ll be encouraged to listen for the
words just for you that might well be different from
those for others.
Thursdays, March 4th – 30th 12 – 1:30
Fee: $40 (includes light lunch) Deposit ($10) by Feb.
28th
Led by Robert Miles Please plan to attend all 4
sessions.
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Spring
Directed 4-Day Group Retreat
Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, SC |
The experience at Mepkin Abbey is unique. The Trappist
monks who live there invite us to participate with them
in the liturgy of the hours. You may attend or not – any
or all of the
services. Each retreatant has a single room, but may
share a bath. The food is simple but tasty and ample.
The setting along the Cooper River is inviting and their
lovely mile-long
native plant labyrinth is delightful.Monday, March
22nd - Friday, March 26th
Please arrive by 4pm and plan to leave before lunch.
Fee: $160 for spiritual direction Dep. ($10) by Feb,
28th
(The monks offer room and board to all guests. You are
encouraged to consider a generous gift to Mepkin Abbey.)
Led by Cathie Powell
Space for 5 and these fill up quickly.
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Listening with the Ears of our Hearts: A Spring Quiet
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Enjoy a day
away in spacious silence within a gentle rhythm of music
and quiet reflection together and in solitude. Rest in a
swing on a secluded deck, a bench by the creek, or a
quiet room or prayer garden and be “in Love,” in God’s
unconditional and everlasting love.
Friday, April 16th
9:30 – 3:30
Fee: $30 (includes
lunch) Deposit $10 by Apr. 9th
Led by Cathie Powell
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Spring Caregivers’ Dinner: Precious Lord, Take My Hand |
Our evening out will
feature meditations compiled by Shelly Beach, based on
this well-known hymn. We will use scripture and prayer
to quiet our souls and allow God to love us through the
most difficult times in our lives.
Come away for replenishment and remember that God sees
your servant heart. Consider giving this dinner as a
gift to a caregiver, or come yourself and bring a
friend.
Thursday, May 20th 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Fee: $30 Deposit ($10) by May 11th
Location: 1st United Methodist Church, Easley, SC
Led by Peggy Dulaney
(Note: See Fall Dinner, Sept. 3rd. This dinner will not
be a repeat of the Fall dinner, but will delve even more
deeply into the words of this hymn that have provided
comfort for so many. We encourage you to attend both.)
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Deeper into the
Silence of God |
During Lent, 2009, a
group of ten women and men met weekly to prayerfully
study Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian
Practice of Contemplation. We were a mix of those with
many years of contemplative practice and those without
and the graced deepening that occurred for each of us,
moved us to invite the author to come to this area to
lead this retreat – and he said YES!
Martin Laird will lead us in addressing some of the
fundamental stumbling blocks we all face in deepening
interior silence. Although we all have a longing for
radical openness to God in the depths of our hearts, the
whirlwind of distractions or the brick wall of boredom
can make it difficult.
We will enjoy a gentle rhythm of Martin’s teaching and
quiet reflection in a lovely setting.
Space for 20 may fill up quickly.
Friday, May 21st – Saturday, May 22nd
Please arrive by 5pm and plan to leave by 5pm.
Fee: $195 (single room) Dep. ($10) by May 11th
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