Friend,
We are looking foward to seeing you! Here are a few quick reminders:
COVID protocols and precautions
As we mentioned in the previous email, we will increasing our COVID precautions. In addition to the regular mitigations we adhered to on past retreats, we will be providing high quality masks for everyone to wear in place of a cloth mask. You will receive this at the welcome table when you check in.
Sunday dinner
We will gather in the south dining hall at 5:30pm for a welcome and prayer and then go through the buffet line together. Please plan to begin your conversation as soon as your group is settled.
Your small group and convener
Listed below are the conveners for your small groups. If you will be running late on Sunday or will be absent from the retreat, please let your small group know and respond to this email to inform our team (especially if you are the convener). The convener has responsibility for Sunday's dinner discussion:
- convene with prayer, giving thanks for the meal and asking the Holy Spirit to be present in your time together
- watch the time as each participant shares
- close with a prayer of thanksgiving for the time together
Please judge how much time each person will have to share (5-10 minutes for a larger group) and use the questions for your sharing about scripture over the last quarter (the questions were in Ruth's recent email and also will be in your folder).
While the dinner hour can't have the same rhythm of silence-and-speaking as your group spiritual direction times, it can still contain the same spirit of allowing each person to share their experience with scripture these past three months and receiving their words with listening reverence. Before arriving, consider locating the picture of your small group and spending some time in prayer for each member.
The convener will act as time-keeper for the small group direction experience Tuesday morning. Instructions will be given while on retreat.
Conveners
Tamara Eropkin, Jen Morris, Elizabeth Ricci, Brie Davis, Steve Schorr, Glen Pieters, John Colbert, Anne Fallow, Dawn Rolander, Noboru Nakamura, Jim Porter, Miranda Preuss, Jasmine Bellamy, Michael Thornhill, Kelly Dickson and Bernardine Daniels.
Yoga on this retreat
As we spend these days focused on flesh and blood spirituality, we are pleased to be offering 2 yoga sessions during solitude on Monday of this retreat. If you would like to participate in one of these identical experiences, please plan to bring a yoga mat.
Reflection Papers
Turn in your paper to TC17papers@transformingcenter.org, and refer to your formatting guidelines found in the During the Quarter document to avoid getting your paper sent back to you.
Community Website
Remember to use the TC17 webpage to get information about past communications, dates or documents. You can access it by clicking on this link.
See you soon!
The TC17 Team
