Sunday Dinner
We will meet in the Dining Hall at 5:30 PM CT for a meal blessing and dinner with your small group as you reflect on the past quarter. The conveners for each group are listed below and they will help to make the most of the time you have together.
Group Spiritual Direction
In addition to Sunday dinner, groups will meet two other times — Monday evening to look back over your experience together and Tuesday morning for Group Spiritual Direction.
Conveners for this retreat are: Tamara Eropkin, Mark Gossage, Chris Daniels, Jess Scholten, Joel Newton, Stacee Gehring, Emily Bouche, Anne Fallow, Gilbert Smith, Linnea Spicer, Nilton DaSilva, Bill Shereos, Kimberly Jordan, Jen Oswald, Ingrid Goranson and David Arnold.
Monday Night
Monday evening will be devoted entirely to celebrating community—both the small group communities and the larger community. Small groups will eat dinner together and participate in an intentional conversation about the journey they have shared. Guidance will be provided for this conversation. Then we will go directly to the celebration where there will be a dessert reception as we move into a time of sharing in the large group. This will be our opportunity to offer testimony regarding what the community has meant to each of us... the ups and downs, the laughter and tears, and everything in between. If words seem inadequate, feel free to plan a skit or offer special music if you would like! Following the sharing time, we will conclude with a simple but meaningful Night Prayer and Communion service.
