Hope and Comfort in these Times: An Advent Retreat

This Advent season will be like no other with quarantine restrictions; altered holiday celebrations; inability to be with loved ones; and continued economic and political turmoil. How does the Rule of Benedict help us to find hope, peace and even joy during these times?

Join us for a virtual retreat, including a livestreamed concert of Advent hymns and carols and a Taizé service; workshops on Waiting, Hope and Praying with Mandalas plus opportunities for integration or lectio divina via Zoom; and a Zoom social hour.

This retreat is open to oblates and the public.

Retreat leaders

• Concert: Sherri Hansen & Mark Brampton-Smith
• Taizé: Ann Baltes, Bill Rosholt, Grace Rosholt
• Workshops: Bryan Sirchio, Brad Lutz, Camille Banks

Schedule

• Friday
  • 7:00 pm – Advent concert
• Saturday
  • 7:30 am – Centering Prayer
  • 8:00 am – Morning Prayer
  • 8:30 am – Welcome
  • 9:00 am – Session 1: Hope led by Pastor Bryan Sirchio
  • 10:00 am – Break
  • 10:30 am – Session 2: Waiting led by Brad Lutz
  • 11:45 am – Midday Prayer
  • 1:00 pm – Session 3: Praying with Mandalas with Camille Banks
  • 2:00 pm – Break
  • 2:30 pm – Integration for oblates
    Lectio divina for non-oblates
  • 3:30 pm – Break
  • 4:30 pm – Evening Prayer
  • 5:00 pm – Social time
  • 7:00 pm – Taize Prayer
• Sunday
  • 9:00 am – Sunday Assembly
  • 10:30 am – Closing Ritual

Cost

$60 (both live and recorded access; recorded access available through 12/25/20)

If you are in need of a scholarship, please contact Chris Todd.

Register

Register by Friday, November 27, 2020

• Registration for retreat closed
• Pre-order your recording of the retreat by clicking here
• There is a 50% refund until the registration deadline, no refund after deadline.