September 18 - September 20, 2015
THIS RETREAT IS FULL. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE WAITING LIST.
Theme: THE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OF LETTING GO. How many times in your life have you realized it was better to let go of something, some job, some habit, or someone than to keep it in your life? September is a wonderful time to allow more space for God by letting go of what no longer serves us. Sometimes this releasing is just pulling our hands off the controls, at others it's taking out the trash. No matter how we do it, we arrive lighter for it.
The leaves believe
such letting go is love
such love is faith
such faith is grace
such grace is god
I agree with the leaves
—from Lucille Clifton, “The Lesson of the Falling Leaves”
Leader: Stephanie Burgevin is an associate faculty member of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and a graduate of their Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats program. She has been a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for almost 20 years and leads contemplative, spiritual, and silent retreats and classes.
Open Retreat.