Come for a weekend of creating shalom in your home! The end of summer and start of new school year is a time of new beginnings: new clothes, new books, new friends, new schedules. So much change is exciting and exhausting as we are tempted to try to “do it all.” We invite you and your family to come and discover a practice of making shalom (peace) in your home so that your family has a place to retreat, be refreshed and nourished to engage the world around them. Shalom is a Hebrew word that roughly translates into “peace” in English. But the meaning of shalom is a rich and deep well, tapping into God’s peace that passes all understanding and offers healing to all of creation.
Cost: $100 adults, $ 75 youth (under age 18), $ 400 Family Maximum
Includes: 2 nights lodging, 6 meals, program & recreation with faith activities for the entire family, age-group programs and lots of “take home” shalom practices. Your family can choose from recreation options including the ropes course, swimming in the junior Olympic pool, hayrides, crafts, sports, outreach projects, environmental activities and relaxation.
Music ministers gather at this annual retreat designed by the Diocesan Commission on Music and Liturgy. The keynote speaker is the Rev. Meredith Kefauver Olsen, St. Mark's Church in Highland, who will speak on the Role of the Church Musician. Eileen Guenther, President of the American Guild of Organist, will lead a workshop on World Music and John Brooks will lead a hands-on workshop on the Royal School of Church Music's program. Join other music leaders for choral anthem reading and worship.
