This retreat explores our capacity to adapt gracefully to change. Any living thing that stops changing has died. But our God, we believe, is with us in each moment as we navigate both the difficult and even the welcomed changes which bring new life into our hearts and souls. The retreat will provide opportunity for rest, reflection, interactive workshops, inspiring music, home-cooked meals, and free time. A buffet dinner is available on Friday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The retreat concludes with Sunday brunch at noon.

This retreat explores our capacity to adapt gracefully to change. Any living thing that stops changing has died. But our God, we believe, is with us in each moment as we navigate both the difficult and even the welcomed changes which bring new life into our hearts and souls. The retreat will provide opportunity for rest, reflection, interactive workshops, inspiring music, home-cooked meals, and free time. A buffet dinner is available on Friday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The retreat concludes with Sunday brunch at noon.

During this 4 day retreat, participants will follow step by step instructions and complete an icon from start to finish. Over the past few years, thousands of people from a wide variety of spiritual traditions have found themselves drawn to the mysterious and prayerful images found in the icons of Eastern Christianity. We will discuss the development of iconography, the spirituality of creating an icon, and praying with icons along with a number of related issues. Aside from the materials provided for use during the retreat or workshop, additional materials and texts will be made available to further the participants’ pursuit of iconography. Each workshop session includes time for prayer and a blessing of the icons created during our time together. No prior experience is required, all skill levels are welcome.

Rev. Peter Pearson has been a student of iconography for over forty years. He studied under Russian iconographer Dr. Nina Bouroff in Bethesda, Maryland and studied with Philip Zimmerman at the Saint John of Damascus Academy of Sacred Arts. Peter has created hundreds of icons for private collectors, churches and other institutions throughout the world. He is the author of “A Brush with God” and “Another Brush with God.” His passion for this art is obvious and highly infectious.

This retreat explores our capacity to adapt gracefully to change. Any living thing that stops changing has died. But our God, we believe, is with us in each moment as we navigate both the difficult and even the welcomed changes which bring new life into our hearts and souls. The retreat will provide opportunity for rest, reflection, interactive workshops, inspiring music, home-cooked meals, and free time. A buffet dinner is available on Friday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The retreat concludes with Sunday brunch at noon.

This retreat explores our capacity to adapt gracefully to change. Any living thing that stops changing has died. But our God, we believe, is with us in each moment as we navigate both the difficult and even the welcomed changes which bring new life into our hearts and souls. The retreat will provide opportunity for rest, reflection, interactive workshops, inspiring music, home-cooked meals, and free time. A buffet dinner is available on Friday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The retreat concludes with Sunday brunch at noon.

This silent retreat for both men and women offers an opportunity to grow closer to God through a deeper contemplative prayer life, strengthened by the presence of others. The retreat is open to persons of all religious and non-religious affiliations; it includes zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), chanting, dharma talks and daisan (one on one interviews with the teachers) and beginners’ instruction. Easy on and off shoes are recommended. Dinner is on Friday evening from 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Mandatory beginners’ instruction at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening.

Fr. Robert Kennedy, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and Zen teacher in the White Plum lineage. He studied with Yamada Roshi in Kamakura, Japan, with Maezumi Roshi in Los Angeles, and with Glassman Roshi in New York. Glassman Roshi installed Kennedy as sensei in 1991 and conferred Inka (his final seal of approval) in 1997, making him a roshi (master). Kennedy Roshi is the author of Zen Gifts to Christians and Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit.

At Holy Family, we invite people in recovery into a peaceful atmosphere where you can rest, renew your spiritual life, and deepen sobriety. Our Matt Talbot weekends are open to ALL people, from ALL backgrounds, regardless of whether or not you are a member of a church. The retreat begins on Friday with a buffet dinner from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and concludes on Sunday around 11 a.m.

Words are an artistic medium close at hand. They invite you and me to be co-creators. Many spiritual writers describe our soul as our essential wildness. This Wild With Words (WWW) writing retreat will explore spiritual practices in general through a particular writing practice. WWW taps creative expression, wholeness and wellbeing, community building, and intentional spiritual rhythms. WWW provides opportunities to surrender to the leading of your pen, to remain rooted in the present moment, to pay attention to God’s presence, and to entertain surprise and spontaneity. A buffet dinner is available on Friday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The retreat concludes with Sunday brunch at noon.

Rev. Martha Brunell has been a pastor, teacher, chaplain, and writer in the United Church of Christ for over 30 years. Her journey has wound its way into urban churches, interim ministry, non-profit administration, domestic violence, end of life care, community education, seminary classrooms, and spiritual formation. Wild With Words is one aspect of the ministry she calls Bricolage. Bricolage is a mosaic of spiritual programs, practices, rituals, and resources for piecing together beauty and meaning. Martha’s M.Div. is from Andover Newton (1978) and her D.Min. in preaching is from Aquinas Institute (2002). She loves to read, write, hike, cook, travel, and compose life with all sorts of people. And she finds great joy in her two young adult daughters. She is currently the pastor of Bethlehem United Church of Christ in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

How can we experience God in the midst of daily life with all its busyness, activity, and responsibility? This retreat will explore the practice of Centering Prayer as a contemplative practice of silence. While silence in community is observed a good portion of each day, there are opportunities for questions and discussion. The retreat will provide an opportunity for intensive Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina. Beginners welcome. A buffet dinner is available on Friday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The retreat concludes with Sunday brunch at noon.

Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler is a founding member and the current president of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. Currently, she along with Fr. Carl Arico and others, comprise the Gift Committee, which is dedicated to ensuring the legacy of Fr. Thomas Keating. Gail is a mother, grandmother and had a private psychotherapy practice from 1982-1992, all at a time when she was engaging more deeply in the practice of Centering Prayer and laying the foundations for what would become the worldwide community of Contemplative Outreach. She understands the difficulties of balancing the activities of an ordinary life while taking the time each day to sit in Centering Prayer which has had amazing effects in her daily routines of life.

At Holy Family, we invite people in recovery into a peaceful atmosphere where you can rest, renew your spiritual life, and deepen sobriety. Our Matt Talbot weekends are open to ALL people, from ALL backgrounds, regardless of whether or not you are a member of a church. The retreat begins on Friday with a buffet dinner from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and concludes on Sunday around 11 a.m.

At Holy Family, we invite people in recovery into a peaceful atmosphere where you can rest, renew your spiritual life, and deepen sobriety. Our Matt Talbot weekends are open to ALL people, from ALL backgrounds, regardless of whether or not you are a member of a church. The retreat begins on Friday with a buffet dinner from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and concludes on Sunday around 11:00 a.m.