Weekend Retreats

Through song and silence, shared meals and walking meditation, we journey together to discover the sources of peace. Music includes original chants and songs, Taize chants and Celtic melodies.

Leader: Stefan Andre Waligur is a contemplative musician/composer, retreat leader, and peace activist connected for many years with the Church of the Saviour in Washington DC. He has been closely connected to Taize and Plum Village in France and has served as Liturgical Musician for the Church of the Saviour, chaplain at American University, and adjunct faculty at Memphis Theological Seminary.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

Barbara Moore will lead on the theme of Living In the Power of Jesus' Death and Resurection.  She has been a member of the Church of the Saviour since 1970 and is currently a member of Friends of Jesus Church.  She worked for many years with Good Shepherd Ministries and now works with Jubilee Housing, mainly teaching—her first love. Her main longing these days is deeper surrender.  For New Community Church.  Others welcome as space permits.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

This silent retreat will be led by a member of the church.For Friends of Jesus Church.  Others welcome as space permits.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

Theme: At Play in the Fields of the Lord: She Told Us To!

Leader: Emmy Lu Daly is an Advocate for L'Arche and long-time member of the Kerygma Drama Group.  For information visit www.seekerschurch.org.  For Seekers Church.  Others welcome as space permits.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please contact Seekers Church directly through their web site, www.seekerschurch.org.  

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

A member of Eighth Day will lead an introductory meditation on Friday night.  There will be morning and evening prayers on Saturday, and a time of sharing and worship Sunday morning will end the silence.

For Eighth Day, others welcome as space permits.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

Theme to be announced.  Leader: Carol Martin, a member of Lazarus Church, works with children at Jubilee Youth Services, a ministry of Jubilee Housing.   She is the former director of Dayspring Retreat Center.

For Jubilee Church.  Others welcome as space permits.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

GRATITUDE.  Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (I Thessalonians 5.18) The implication of this oft quoted scripture is that gratitude is not so much something expected of us as something the Divine One wants for us. Similarly, it is not for everything that gratitude is encouraged, but rather in all circumstances.  Through story telling, some optional prayer practices, worship, and silence this retreat will offer opportunity to experience the wisdom of this scripture and how gratitude can be a sustaining grace when things are and are not going well. Leader:  Karen Johnson, whose primary vocation is spiritual direction, will be the leader of the retreat. She has been a participant in the Dayspring community since 1993 and an Episcopal priest since 1981.

For Dayspring Church.  Others welcome as space permits. 

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

Theme: THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST IN US.  Jesus said to his disciples, “Make your home in me as I make my home in you.”  In this statement and other passages from the gospel of John, Jesus makes his intention for his followers clear.  We are called to receive Christ inwardly and surrender to the mystery of Christ’s life flowing through us.  In silent community we will draw upon John’s gospel as we open ourselves to this most precious gift and allow ourselves to be nurtured in it.

Leader:  Sydney Johnson, long-time member of The Church of the Saviour, most recently has been serving as pastor of Friends of Jesus Church and Board Chair of the Festival Center. 

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.

Theme: YOU REFRESH MY SOUL.  Beside still watersy ou refresh my soul.  You guide me on the paths of righteousness that I may serve you with love. (Psalm 23)  This one-overnight retreat will offer a gentle rhythm of time for soul refreshment in the sacred dimensions of silence and spiritual community.  We will hold the intent of listening as primary, opening to God’s embracing love and wisdom in all the circumstances of our lives.  Together we will discover the blessings of “the still waters” that God continually offers our spiritual hearts. 

Leader: Ann Dean is a long-time spiritual director and leader of retreats and conferences.  She is a member of the Dayspring Retreat Mission Group, is on the staff of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation where she is the Program Director of the Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program.

Cost is $120, 6 pm Friday through 8 pm Saturday.

General Information: This retreat runs 6 pm Friday through 8 pm Saturday. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The silence ends after dinner Sunday with a time of sharing and a closing.

The cost for this retreat is $120. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30.  

Theme:  EMBODYING COMPASSION.  During this time, we will be attentive to our bodies—our moving, breathing, sitting, eating and being.  We will take time to become aware of our connection with all of life and to allow compassion to flow within and through us and out to all the world, particularly that which is broken and suffering.

Leader:  Patience Robbins is a spiritual director, retreat leader, a member of the associate staff of Shalem Institute and the author of Parenting: A Sacred Path.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.