Retreats:

• Bread Baking :: January 7-10
  As we stir, proof, knead and shape loaves we will reflect on the stirrings, bubblings, and pummelings of our own lives.
• Handwork and Meditation :: January 21-24
  Many find handwork provides a place for centering and reflection. On this retreat, we will knit (or hook, cross stitch, quilt) as we try some kinds of meditation to provide greater depth and peace in our lives.
• Peace Fibres: Stitching a Soulful World :: January 28-31
  Joining, connecting, unifying. Creating harmony. Making beauty. Enlisting the metaphor of fibre, psychologist, author and educator Karen Lohn guides participants in developing relationship to self, to one another, and to the larger world.
• Transformation: Moving from idealism to reality in your committed relationship :: February 12-14
  Those who choose a committed life relationship know it's not easy. Therapists Drs. Mahinder and Guibord will lead us in ways to deepen communication, intimacy, and understanding of ourselves, our spouse, our partnership and our life with God.
• Creativity and Spirituality :: February 25-28
  The centering and openness of the creative process parallels our growth toward spiritual depth. In this retreat we will reflect on these synergies - finger painting, making collages, beach combing, and considering our (often latent) artistic selves.
• Build Your Own Prayer Book :: March 11-14
  We will use prayers and poems from a number of sources (from around the world and back in time) to put together our own prayer books, as a source of inspiration and to deepen our habit of prayer.
• Recreated Through Creation :: April 22-25
  Many people feel closest to God in creation. How can our closeness with nature deepen our spirituality in our evolving world? Celebrate earth day, spend time on the beach and on the Superior Hiking Trail.
• Dogged :: May 13-16
  What would it be like if we believed God loved us as much a Dog? Our God images affect our spiritual lives, and we will consider how we might renew our images to deepen and freshen our faith.
• Women in Recovery :: May 21-23
  Inviting women who are living the twelve step recovery program to deepen their spiritual journey and their relationship with their higher power on a weekend retreat.

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