Annual Spring Retreat
April 19-21, 2024
Listening One Another Into Wholeness
Nurture your spirit with a weekend retreat designed to uplift your sense of hope and interconnectedness through listening deeply to self, others and to nature. We will have the opportunity for loving conversations and activities with fellow travelers on the Spiritual Journey.
We are pleased to provide an opportunity to gather with .O, a member of Central Philadelphia Meeting and a seasoned facilitator of workshops focused on Quaker values rooted in love, peace, and social justice. Additionally, we will be joined by Molly Hicks, a member of Old Haverford Meeting, who will share her creative music and songs that express her spiritual relationship with God and with others.
We will meet at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, a beautiful Quaker Retreat Center on 24 acres. Enjoy comfortable accommodations and delicious homemade meals, made with local organic ingredients.
REGISTER HERE
Note: Registration closes March 2, and is non-refundable.
Weekend Schedule:
Friday, April 19
- 4:00-5:30pm register and check-in to Pendle Hill
- 6:00-7:00pm Dinner
- 7:15-9:00pm Spiritual Journeys: Taking care of ourselves
Saturday, April 20
- 7:30-8:30am Breakfast
- 8:30-9:00am Meeting for Worship/The Barn
- 9:30-11:45am Program presented by .O
- 12-1:00pm Lunch
- 1-2 Free Time
- 2:00-5:00 Reaching for the Divine
- 5-6 Free Time
- 6-7:00 Dinner
- 7:15-8:30 Music for Healing and Celebration. Molly Hicks, a member of Old Haverford Meeting, will be sharing through her own creative music and singing her spiritual relationship with God and with others.
Sunday, April 21
- 7:30-8:30am Breakfast
- 8:30-9:00am Meeting for Worship
- 9:00-11:00 Holding One Another in the Light
- 11:00-11:30 Closure
- 12-1:00 Lunch
Presenter:
To address both environmental and social justice issues, .O has made health and well-being their life’s purpose. S/He has worked for over 25 years as a practitioner and educator in the areas of body work, self-care, social services, and health care support. S/He is a seasoned facilitator and leads workshops for individuals and groups to support their goals of healing our society’s legacies of racism, sexism, homophobia, and class privilege in order to build healthier and stronger relationships and organizations. Drawing on their Quaker values rooted in love, peace, and social justice, .O’s practice embraces a care-based, trauma-informed, healing justice approach to community organizing in support of social and environmental justice. .O is a staff member and spiritual midwife of Philly Thrive, a Philadelphia-based environmental justice organization focused on improving the health and well-being of the city’s residents and supporting a just transition to a cleaner, healthier future. S/He is a founding member of Alternatives To Gun Violence, a community healing collaborative committed to social justice in the Philadelphia area. A longtime Quaker, .O is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, and leads Love and Respect Transform, a ministry that focuses on deepening our understanding and experience of alternatives to social and environmental violence by exploring the transformative power of love.
Registration Details:
- Cost: Single Room – $255
- Double Room – $215
- Commuter – $ 75
For More Information and Requests for Scholarship:
Contact: Susan Thompson, Clerk of the Spiritual Formation Collaborative, at srthom1031@gmail.com /267-847-6396
