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Events:
Chronological Listing
August, 2010 - June, 2011
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Beginning Dates
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Aug. |
28 |
Info Session for Retreat
in Everyday Life (DM) |
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27-28 |
“Listening to God,” The
Oratory (PL) |
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Sept. |
10 |
Clergy Series, #1 (CPo) |
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23 |
Fall Caregivers, “Strength
for the Journey” (PD) |
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Oct. |
1 |
Clergy Series #2 (MF)
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15-16 |
“Listening to your
Stories” at Snails Pace (CPa)
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Nov. |
1-8 |
7-Day Directed Retreat at
Mepkin (PW) |
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5 |
Clergy Series # 3 (MW)
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12 |
Fall Quiet Day: “Time for
Listening” (MH) |
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Dec. |
2 |
Advent Retreat: “Making
Room in the Inn” (PD) |
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3 |
Clergy Series #4 (MF)
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Jan. |
7 |
Clergy Series #5 (MW) |
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12 |
Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Reunion (DM, CPo)
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21-23 |
Beach
Retreat: Thomas Merton (CS) |
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23-25 |
Praying the Hours (at the beach) (CPo) |
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Feb. |
4 |
Clergy Series #6 (RM) |
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18-20 |
Artists/Mystics Retreat, Snails Pace, (AM, CPo) |
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Mar. |
4 |
Clergy Series # 7 (JR) |
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10,17,24,31 |
Lenten Book Study (CPo)
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25-27 |
“Greatest Silence Retreat”
TBA (SD) |
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Apr. |
1 |
Clergy Series #8 (CPa)
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7 |
Lenten Book Study (CPo) |
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8 |
Spring Quiet Day: “Present
to Presence” (CPo) |
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11-15 |
Spring 4-day Mepkin
Directed Retreat (CPo) |
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May |
6 |
Clergy Series #9 (HM)
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19 |
Spring Caregivers, “Seeing
God’s Love” (PD) |
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Retreat in
Everyday Life |
This form of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of
Loyola is for any who cannot be away for the classic
30-day retreat. From late September to early May, this
graced 28-week commitment to prayer coincides with the
liturgical year from Advent to Pentecost. Each
retreatant meets individually with Donna for spiritual
direction most weeks.
INFO SESSION to learn more:
Wednesday, August 25 7 – 8:30 pm
Please let us know if you plan to attend.
Fee: $550 Deposit ($50) by Aug. 28
(Includes 28 spiritual direction sessions; valued at
$1680.)
Balance payable: $125 in Oct., Dec., Feb. and April
Led by Donna Meyer, The Anchorage Office, Greenville, SC
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Clergy Quiet Day
Series |
These Clergy Quiet Days set apart to be with God, from
Sept. thru May, offer ongoing replenishment to sustain
the ongoing demands of ministry. While Cathie is on
Sabbatical, Holy Cross Episcopal Church has graciously
offered to host the October, November and December Quiet
Days. They have an outside fireplace and labyrinth. The
rest will be in Gower Estates as before.
First Fridays most months 9:30 – 3:30
9/10, 10/1, 11/5, 12/3, 1/7, 2/4, 3/4, 4/1, 5/6
“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: $180 for all 9 days Dep. ($10) by Aug. 21st
$150 for 6 days, $93 for 3 days, $35 for 1 day
Led by Mike Flanagan, Robert Miles, Henry Mitchell,
Carroll Page, Cathie Powell, Jeff Rogers and Molly
Wilkes
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Listening to God, Ourselves and Others |
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We talk--to
ourselves, to others, and to God. But do we listen? This
retreat will invite us to talk and to listen, to open
our hearts and deepen our relationship with God, with
ourselves, and with one another. It will include
listening practice, silence, consciousness examen,
lectio divina and other ways to learn to hear.
We will enjoy a gentle rhythm of quiet reflection
together as a group as well as in solitude. We will
offer overnight silence. Each retreatant has a single
room, but may share a bath. The food is excellent and
the setting at The Oratory is serene, full of God’s
presence.
Friday, August 27th - Saturday, August 28th
Please arrive to begin at 5pm; we will conclude at 3:30
Fee: $145 Deposit ($10) due by July 31st
Location: The Oratory, Rock Hill, SC
Led by Patty Levering.
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Fall Caregivers’ Dinner: Strength for the Journey |
In times of caregiving, whether it is for a family
member, as a volunteer or as a professional, we can all
become weary and spent. The dinner will be a time for
renewal and to experience again God’s love and care for
us as we care for others. We will explore together
prayers for restoration and renewal.
Thursday, September 23rd 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Fee: $30 Deposit ($10) by Sept. 16th
Location: First Baptist Church, Greenville, SC
Led by Peggy Dulaney
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Listening to Your
Stories |
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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."
Snails Pace has a long tradition of honoring the
slower page, in order to be more present to God and to
each other. Retreatants will have single room, but will
most likely share a bath.
Friday, October 15th - Saturday, October 16th
Please arrive by 4pm and plan to leave by 3pm
Fee: $175 Deposit ($10) by Sept. 30th
Includes single room, 3 meals and all materials.
Location: Snails Pace, Saluda, NC
Space for 11 and may fill up quickly.
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.
This may be our last 7-day
retreat at Mepkin Abbey as they need to limit the number
of days to 4, so if you have been planning on this, now
is the time.
Mon., November 1st – Mon., November 8th
Please arrive by 4pm and
plan to leave by noon.
Fee: $280 for spiritual
direction Dep. ($10) by Oct. 24th
(The monks offer room and
board to all guests. You are encouraged to consider a
generous gift to Mepkin Abbey.)
Location: Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, SC
Led by Peggy Walsh.
Space for 4 (Two openings at print
time)
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Time for
Listening: Fall Quiet Day |
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Enjoy a day in spacious silence within a
gentle rhythm of music and quiet reflection together and
in solitude. Walk a labyrinth, rest by a gentle
fountain, or sit in a lovely sanctuary, to receive God’s
love and care.
Friday, November 12th 9:30 – 3:30
Fee: $30 (includes lunch) Deposit $10 by Oct. 29th
Location: Garden Room at Furman University
Led by Margaret Hardy.
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Making Room in the
Inn (XIII): An Advent Retreat” |
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Each year, as we enter the Holy Season of
Advent, many of us ask God to help us be more aware of
the real "reason for the season." We know that it takes
intentional effort to "Make Room in the Inn" for Jesus.
Sometimes it means keeping the calendar more flexible,
taking on fewer projects, or deciding not to add one
more thing to an already impossible schedule.
These are all good and even necessary in order to
make time to realize again the wonder of God becoming
one of us. This Advent Retreat gives you a chance to put
something on the calendar that will help you do just
that: pay attention to what God is doing during this
season full of awe, to be still and remember who is God.
Thursday, December 2nd 6:30 – 9:00
Fee: $15 Deposit ($10) by Nov. 24th
Location: The Anchorage, downtown Greenville
Led by Peggy Dulaney.
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Suscipe:
Spiritual Exercises Reunion |
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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
Location: The Anchorage, downtown Greenville
Led by Donna Meyer and Cathie Powell.
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Contemplation in a Busy Life: Annual Beach Retreat
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Thomas Merton
has left us an inexhaustible legacy of spiritual
writings. He was first and foremost a contemplative monk
and then a poet, a photographer, a peace activist and on
and on. He is perhaps the most widely acclaimed
spiritual master of the twentieth century.
Our Beach Retreat will focus
on only a few of his basic writings about the gift of
contemplation and offer ample time to enter into the
quiet stillness which Merton treasured above all else.
As always, our rhythm will
include silence from evening 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 21st - Sunday, January 23rd
Please arrive to begin by
5pm and plan to leave by noon.
Fee: $340, (includes
ocean-front single room, 5 meals and all materials.)
Deposit ($10) by Dec. 29th
Location: Springmaid Beach Resort, Myrtle Beach
Led by Caroline Smith.
Space for 25 fills up quickly.
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“Praying the
Hours” at the Beach |
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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 23rd – Tuesday, January 25th
Plan to begin at 5pm and
leave by noon. You are welcome to stay over one night,
or two.
Fee: $145/night, (with
meals) Dep.($10) by Dec. 29th
Led by Cathie Powell.
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Tending the Soul: A Retreat for Artists and Mystics
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Much of the life of artists
and mystics needs to be solitary, so they can be
faithful to their calling. At last year’s retreat, we
heard from those who attended, how very essential
community is – especially with kindred spirits who
understand what it is to be an artist and/or mystic.
Our retreat this year
provides ample time for both community and solitude with
God. The material used to prompt our reflecting comes
from a variety of sources including
Hal Stowers and
the Art of Life Blending: How to Keep Your Creative
Juices Flowing
by B. J. Stowers. Together a
way of life has evolved that has helped keep the
channels open for enhanced creative flow.
We invite artists of all
kinds: visual artists, poets, musicians, writers,
potters, dancers and everyday mystics to come away. Let
God tend your soul as only God can do.
Friday, February 18th – Sunday, February 20th
Please arrive to begin by
5pm and plan to leave by 2pm
Fee: $225 (includes lunch)
Deposit ($10) by Jan. 30th
Location: Snails Pace, Saluda, NC
Led by Ashlyn Mengel and Cathie Powell.
(Space for 12. Five open at print time)
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A Lenten Book Study of The World Is My Cloister
by John Michael Talbot |
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"We need not
live in a monastery to know the peace of God and be a
blessing to the world. We can cultivate the solitude,
silence and sacred stillness on the spot where we’re
standing. We can see the world as our cloister."
Discover the secret to
happiness that St. Francis knew centuries ago:
"The
world is my cloister, my body is my cell, and my soul is
the hermit within!"
Some chapter titles are: The Music of God, The Gift
of Tears, Breath Prayer, Contentment, Taming the Monkey
Mind, Christian Meditation and Contemplation.
Please plan to attend all 5 sessions.
Thursdays, Mar. 10th – April 7th 6:30 – 8:30pm
Fee: $60 (does not include
book) Dep. ($10) by Feb. 28th
Led by Cathie Powell.
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The Greatest Silence You Will Ever Hear:
A Weekend Retreat |
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This weekend experience is for those of
us who long to enjoy silence and desire to be a bit more
contemplative but either aren’t very good at it, lack
experience in it and/or are downright afraid of it!
Sharon is living proof that even a Type A personality
can learn to enjoy and even long for the power of
stillness, quiet and contemplation with our God.
All you need to do to prepare is to come with an open
heart. We will be learning several spiritual disciplines
that will take you deeper spiritually. There will be
plenty of time for learning and for practice in a warm
and welcoming environment. Bright’s Creek is a 5000-acre
property nestled among the beauty of the Blue Ridge
Mountains in Western North Carolina.
Friday, March 25th – Sunday, March 27th
Please arrive to begin by 5pm and plan to leave at
11am.
Fee: $320 Dep. ($10) Mar. 11th
Includes single room and 5 meals.
Location: TBA - probably NC mountains
Led by Sharon Decker
Space for 25 and may fill up quickly.
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Being Present to Presence: Spring Quiet Day |
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Enjoy a day 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
8th 9:30 – 3:30
Fee: $30 (includes lunch)
Deposit $10 by Mar. 30th
Led by Cathie Powell.
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Spring
Directed 4-Day Group Retreat |
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.
This may be our last 7-day retreat at Mepkin Abbey as
they need to limit the number of days to 4, so if you
have been planning on this, now is the time.
Monday, April 11th - Friday, April 15th
Please arrive by 4pm and plan to leave before lunch.
Fee: $160 for spiritual direction Dep. ($10) by Mar.
30th
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Spring Caregivers’ Dinner: Seeing God’s Love and Care |
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As
caregivers, we often find ourselves focusing on all the
demands on our time and energy. This dinner will give an
opportunity to find new ways of looking for the small
graces and quiet gifts of everyday life that are
evidence of God’s love and care for us.
May 19th 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Fee:
$30 Deposit ($10) by May 11th
Led by Peggy Dulaney.
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