Weekend Retreats

For information about the theme and leader visit www.seekerschurch.org.

For Seekers Church. Others welcome as space permits.

Theme: BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN YOU...who, trudging through the plains of misery, find in them an unexpected spring, a well from deep below the barren ground... strengthened themselves, they lend courage to others. And God will be there at the end of their journey. Psalm 84 (Jim Cotter tr.) will frame our retreat as we look for strength and courage to follow Jesus on the way of compassion.

Leader: Carol Wilkinson Martin, member, Lazarus Church; former director of the Silent Retreat Center at Dayspring.

Open Retreat

Theme: GATHERING RESOURCES FOR THE JOURNEY: the confidence that comes from faith; the energy that comes with hope; the power of surrender that goes with love of God and neighbor.

Leader: Fred Taylor served as Executive Director of For Love of Children (FLOC) for 37 years until his retirement in 2003. He has also served as a pastor and work counselor and is currently active as a retreat leader, Bible teacher, preacher, and consultant. He is a part of Eighth Day Faith Community.

Open Retreat

Theme: INVITATION INTO DIVINE LOVE. After an introductory meditation on Friday night the silence will not be broken until a time of sharing and worship on Sunday morning.

Leader: Killian Noe is co-founder of Samaritan Inns, a ministry in Washington, DC, New Creation Community (in the tradition of Church of the Saviour) in Seattle, and Recovery Café, a center for men and women recovering from homelessness and various addictions, also in Seattle.

For Lazarus Church. Others welcome as space permits.

Theme: WHEN AUTUMN COMES-THE ART OF LETTING GO. Falling leaves and whirling seeds mark the season of release, of harvest and pruning. Our spiritual lives also move through seasons of ending and release. The land and living things at Dayspring will invite us to leave our "many things" and trust the bare bones of God's love.

Leader: Marjory Zoet Bankson is an author, artist, relational teacher and a long-time Steward of Seekers Church.

Open Retreat

Theme to be announced.

Leader: Allen Goetcheus, pastor, Christ House Church; president, Columbia Road Health Services and Christ House.

For residents of Christ House.

After an introductory meditation, led by a member of the church, the Great Silence will begin. The silence will not be broken until Sunday morning when we will gather for sharing and worship.

For Festival Church. Others welcome as space permits.

Theme: ENCIRCLING THE WORLD WITH COMPASSION AND LOVE. Meister Eckhart wrote: "We are each meant to be mothers of God." During this sacred season of Advent, we remember and celebrate the birthing of Christ. In community, we will listen for how we are invited to give birth to compassion and love in ever new ways even as we weave a prayer of healing, love and peace for our broken and hurting world.

Leader: Patience Robbins is a spiritual director and Director of the Personal Spiritual Deepening Program at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation.

Open Retreat

After the introductory meditation on Friday evening, we will enter the Great Silence, which will not be broken until Sunday morning at 10:00.

Leader: Potter's House Church membership.

For Potter's House Church. Others welcome as space permits.