The Gift of Divine Time: A Weekend Retreat back
June 19 - June 21, 2015
Theme: THE GIFT OF DIVINE TIME. Sometimes, time can feel like a tyrant, rather than a gift from God. Too often we use our time in ways that do not grow our souls. God offers us love and the gift of divine time. Using Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8, we’ll explore in silence the gift God has given to each of us: time to live the abundant life God has promised, time to be present now. We’ll listen and discern how God desires to express the fullness of God’s love in us and through us in this season of our lives, freeing us from the tyranny of time.
Leader: Rev. Fay Acker is Director of Spiritual Guidance and Pastoral Care at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University. She has completed the Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats program at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and has worked with individuals and groups for more than fifteen years in helping people to discern their calls to serve.
Open Retreat.
Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief reflections with morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends after breakfast Sunday morning with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch and departure.
You must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to attend weekend retreats. We are requiring that masks be worn indoors except when dining or in your personal room.
The cost for weekend retreats is $250. A $100 deposit is required to register. (Let us know if you need financial assistance.) To reserve a space email Nat Reid at office@dayspringretreat.org, or send a check with a note indicating which retreat you wish to register for.
Dinner on Friday at 7 pm is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in between 3:30 and 6:30 pm on Friday. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday. Please plan to stay for the entire retreat.