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SeekaRetreat - Maryland retreats, retreat workshops, programs and events. Directory of retreat leaders and spiritual directors and coaches. Retreats include themes with topics including: spiritual retreats, religious retreats, healing, yoga, self improvement etc...
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Maryland is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W) and Pennsylvania (N). |
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Retreat Centers with Scheduled Retreats
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Among the many events held at Am Kolel Sanctuary, there are groups that offer retreats that are open to the public. These retreats provide opportunities for new experiences, for expanding present talents, skills and abilities, and/or to deepen your own practices with an intentional group.
Attending these retreats can support your own growth and interests, the groups themselves, and Am Kolel Sanctuary's mission and vision to provide an environment that honors body, mind and spirit.
Check out the upcoming retreats for 2008 and see if something strikes your fancy! And if you know of groups looking for a beautiful space to hold a retreat or training, please guide them our way.
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Dayspring Retreat Center
Germantown, Maryland
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Telephone (301) 428-9348
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Retreat at Dayspring is a time to be silent, to expect an encounter with God in the interior and exterior silence made possible by the setting. Yet silence is always a gift, God's gift. We enter into retreat, rest, and are still; we wait, are open, and receptive.
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The Shalem Institute has been a resource for prayer and deepening in the life of the Spirit for over 30 years and has earned a reputation for assisting people in developing a deeper spirituality in their work and personal lives.
Shalem provides programs and support for spiritual directors, clergy, leaders of contemplative prayer groups and retreats, other lay leaders, and individuals--all who seek to deepen their relationships with God and bring the gifts of contemplative living and leadership to their ministries.
Shalem programs are grounded in the Christian contemplative tradition, with its emphasis on being present to God in all that is, and are also graced by the contemplative wisdom from other faith traditions.
The depth and breadth of experiential programming, integrated with understanding of contemplative classics, spiritual community, and discernment for action have drawn thousands in the Washington DC area, nationally, and internationally. We hope you will join us.
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Highlighted Retreats
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Dayspring Retreat Center
11301 Neelsville Church Rd.
Germantown, MD 20876
web site
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Telephone (301) 428-9348
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- Winter Within, February 12-14, Open Weekend Retreat
Winter invites us to experience the barren places in our soul and rest in God, letting the seeds of new life gather energy under the surface. Marjory Bankson will be offering some thoughts from her new book, Creative Aging, as a way to explore seeds of new life that may be forming in the darkness.
Leader: Marjory Bankson is the author of Call to the Soul and Seasons of Friendship. Her new book, Creative Aging: Rethinking Retirement and Non-retirement in a Changing World will be published in March. An artist and seasoned spiritual guide, she is a Steward of Seekers Church.
- A Pilgrimage of Peace, March 19-21, Open Weekend Retreat
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 chaplain at American University and adjunct faculty at Memphis Theological Seminary.
- The Mystery of Christ In Us, May 21-23, Open Weekend Retreat
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.
Upcoming Day Retreats include:
- Ash Wednesday Quiet Day, February 17, 10-2
- Ember Day, Tuesday, February 23, 10-4
- Hindu Multifaith Day, Sunday, March 14, 3:30-8
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Praying with the Mystics Series
Make a Date with a Mystic
A Free Series and Open to the Public
Tuesdays, 7:30-9pm
January - June 2010
"When I think of mystics, I think of ordinary people living out an incredibly intimate experience of relationship with God - gifted, too, with wisdom, grace and spiritual communion. And I wonder what the message is for me in my life today."
Please join us Tuesday evenings as we immerse ourselves in the stories of fourteen ordinary men and women who led extraordinary, God-gifted lives. Learn what they have to teach us today and how their lives can still inspire and influence us.
Each evening will include an introduction to the mystic, prayer, and small group sharing. No registration necessary. Free will offerings gratefully accepted.
Click here for a complete list of those events
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- March 4th, 7:30-9pm Etty Hillesum - a young Jewish mystic and writer whose letters and diaries describe her life during German occupation.
Led by Rose Mary Dougherty
Location: Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
Click here for directions.
- June 1st, 7:30-9pm Therese of Lisieux - young Carmelite sister known for practicing a simple love and a simple life
Led by Margot Eyring
Location: St. Rose of Lima Church, 11701 Clopper Rd, Gaithersburg, MD
Click here for directions.
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- Sign Language of the Soul: Workshop Level 1
presented by Dr. Dale Schusterman
Attend a two-day workshop to learn the Sign Language of the Soul healing methods.
DATES: March 19-20, 2010
TIMES: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Friday)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Saturday)
TUITION: $200 (50% deposit required; non-refundable)
LOCATION: Hampton Inn Hagerstown
1716 Dual Highway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Click here for a brochure
- Sign Language of the Soul: Workshop Level 2
presented by Dr. Dale Schusterman
This one-day course will explore the next level in the Sign Language of the Soul. You will learn how to access an entirely new dimension of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Based on the book, The Sefer Yetzirah, or the Book of Formation, you will learn how to activate the 3-Dimensional Astral Tree, and how to navigate the 7 channels extending from the Spiritual Heart. You will learn new mudras to tune your body-mind to these deeper levels of consciousness. Results from this new protocol are quite remarkable, and greatly extend the healing.
DATES: Sunday March 21, 2010
TIMES: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
TUITION: $140 (50% deposit required; non-refundable)
LOCATION: Hampton Inn Hagerstown
1716 Dual Highway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Click here for a brochure
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Come away to the woods and meadow, wallow in the beauty of silence.......
~ Wellspring's Days of Rest and Prayer ~
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"Pilgrim Companions"
The fundamental grace of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola can be found in the continual petition that is made "to know Jesus more intimately, to love him more intensely and so to follow him more closely." This year's retreat focuses our prayer on this petition and the deepening of our Christian life in this grace.
Click here for more information
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Am Kolel Sanctuary and Renewal Center
19520 Darnestown Road
Beallsville, MD 20839-3308
(301) 349-2799 Fax (301) 349-2744
www.sanctuaryretreatcenter.com
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Am Kolel invites you to Open Shabbes at Sanctuary. Open Shabbes begins on Saturday morning at 9:30 AM with a light breakfast. At 10 AM we continue with gentle Yoga and Hebrew letter meditation, followed by devotional singing and chanting and a taste of Torah wisdom. At 12:30 PM everyone is invited to a pot luck vegetarian/dairy Kiddush lunch (nothing that needs to be warmed or cooked, please). On Open Shabbes days all are welcome to hike, relax, learn and play the rest of the day! Please see the Am Kolel web site for Open Shabbes days at www.am-kolel.org.
For those who would like to come Friday afternoon and stay for Shabbat dinner and sleep over, please contact Gilah Rosner, our retreat manager at 301-349-2799 OR
gilah@am-kolel.org to make arrangements.
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