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Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE).

Featured Retreat Leaders

We are an Interfaith group rooted in the Christian tradition - using peace and silence to emphasize the contemplative practices common to all religious traditions.

Contemplative Retreat Leaders are available to direct retreats and prayer groups at your facility, conference, church or retreat. We are located in the Washington DC metropolitan area. For more information, visit our new web site that is being created.

Martha Mason - Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, Shalem, Contemplative Outreach, John Wesley and Praying with Yoga.

Isabelle Robinson - Art and Contemplation, Contemplative Outreach, Living in the Now, Prayerful Yoga and Praying with Icons.

Phil Stone - Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, Shalem, Contemplative Outreach, Mystics and Saints, and Mindfulness Meditation.

For more information, email us.



Patrick Cleary-Burns

Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader

Contact Pat: pcleary-burns@earthlink.net

216-375-7510

www.patclearyburns.net/

Find God in all things...


Pat is a certified spiritual director and retreat leader who marvels at the profound love our God has for each of Her/His creations. He is a graduate of the Ignatian Spirituality Institute at John Carroll University and is completing his MA in Pastoral Ministry at Boston College in 2008.

Pat is thankful for the impact the Spiritual Exercises have had on his life since he silently celebrated his 20th birthday while making the 30-day retreat in 1974. He has led retreats and discernment workshops for a wide variety of church and social service organizations. He is married to Jeannie Cleary-Burns and lives in South Euclid, Ohio.

Patrick Cleary-Burns is available to lead the following retreat programs:

PHEW!

A weekend of support, respite and celebration for those who minister among God’s People. We will remember, celebrate, lament, and recommit to our call as ministers of the kingdom and explore a variety of abundant wellness ideas and techniques.

Where Next Lord?

A weekend retreat for college seniors who are seeking to discern how our Loving God is calling them to live in the ‘real’ world. How can they continue to blossom spiritually once away from the safe, creative home of their campus ministry program?

Following

As our communities change and evolve, parishes and parish organizations need to grow, adjust, and/or redefine themselves. This day or weekend retreat will help the community discern prayerfully together how the Spirit is guiding them.

Retreats Within Daily Life for Individuals

God wants to meet us where we live. Most retreats expect you to go away to a retreat house. This retreat offers a full experience of the St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises for the retreatant at home with the support of a spiritual director. Meetings with the director will be once a week at a mutually agreeable location. Pat can refer retreatants who live outside the Greater Cleveland area to other experienced directors.

Contact Pat: pcleary-burns@earthlink.net


Lainie Allen
Charlottesville, Virginia

Phone: 434.882.2888
E-mail: info@canterburyretreathouse.com

Lainie is an experienced spiritual director, and helps others nurture their souls by providing spiritual guidance and facilitating prayer, meditation, reflection and other soul care experiences.

Opening soon...


Jane Guyton is a coach and spiritual guide with twenty years experience. As a Program Manager for the Newfield Network, accredited coach training organization, she designs and directs programs of graduate learning. Jane is also Mentor Coach for students in Newfield’s coach training programs. She is a retreat leader and painter with interests in mysticism.

email Jane

More about Jane - Link to Jane at InvisionLLC


Publications: Awakening the Intuitive Heart, First Word Press, 1994

Articles: The Emergence of the Feminine, (Fetzer Institute 1998) Ontological Coaching, (On-Line Journal Article, 2000)

Managing Illness in the Workplace. (On-line Journal Article – Executive Update, 2002)

Trust: a Workbook/CD with Julio Olalla, on building trust in organizations. (Newfield Network, 2003)

Building Trust on your Team (on-line journal article, 2004)


Phil Stone is a graduate of The Shalem Institute Program - Leading Contemplative Retreats and Prayer Groups. He conducts retreats on contemplative prayer methods (Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, etc...) and the saints and mystics (Thomas Merton, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich etc...). He has led retreats at Dominican Retreat, Benedictine Pastoral Center and Dayspring Retreat, all in the Washington DC area.

email phil

More about his ministry - Link to FindtheDivine


Nancy Ferguson

BlueTreeResources
2524 Thicket Greene
Richmond, VA 23233

nanfergi@aol.com

www.bluetreeresources.org/


Nancy Ferguson of BlueTreeResources brings thirty years of experience as church camp director, curriculum writer, workshop leader, and consultant to the development of resources and services for leaders in outdoor ministries.
BlueTreeResources is the expression of Nancy's committment to providing outdoor ministry leaders with high quality program resources and professional consulting services.
Nancy lives in Richmond, Virginia where she wears a variety of hats all related to her love of church camping and her commitment to enriching the ministry of leaders in outdoors ministries.

Nancy is an ordained minister and certified Christian educator in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is a member of the American Camp Association and Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference Association (PCCCA).

Nancy Ferguson is available:

* To lead congregational and camp sponsored retreats.

* To develop retreat designs for congregational and camp-sponsored retreats

* To speak to congregational leaders about the importance of camp and retreat experience for spiritual formation


The Retreat Leader's Manual
A Complete Guide to Organizing Meaningful Christian Retreats

By Nancy Ferguson and Kevin Witt

The Retreat Leader's Manual offers a practical guidebook for those leading retreats, including biblical and theological foundations for retreats, the nuts and bolts of planning, and loads of program ideas.


For more information.

Retreat Leaders

Dan Gilliam

Marion, VA

dangilliam@cox.net

A Simple Plan for Spiritual Formation

Phone: 404-408-3477
www.dangilliam.net


Dan leads individuals and groups through a process that utilizes the six Biblical principles contained in the 12 Steps. These principles include deflation, surrender, confession, restitution, prayer/meditation, and service to others.

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