Building Life Skills
Writing the Children’s Book You Hold in Your Heart
June 9 - 13, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Becky Birtha
Is there a children’s book or story you’ve longed to write, perhaps begun, or maybe just carried in your heart for years?
Befriending Earth: An Invitation to Earth Literacy
July 14-18, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Brad Stocker
Our ecological crisis calls for a new way of thinking. Earth Literacy is that; it is understanding the sacredness and implications of the universe story as it is told through science.
Women Weaving Work and Worship
August 11-15, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Sara Knisely Bixler
Practice weaving, spinning, and knitting with women who love working with fibers. Learn new skills, create beautiful products, share your stories, and have fun.
Free Flow: Creativity as a Spiritual Practice
August 16-18, 2013 Fri-Sun (2 nights)
Melanie Weidner
Experiment with simple, yet profound, exercises to open the flow of Spirit in your life.
Creative Spirit: Paper Arts Collage
August 18-22, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Melanie Weidner
Explore art-making as spiritual transformation. Nurture your inner life and activate your expressive energies by creating paper arts collages in a variety of forms, including three-dimensional possibilities.
Lives of Service: A Working Retreat
September 20-22, 2013 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Lloyd Guindon and Bob Denison
Join the Pendle Hill maintenance team for a working weekend of fun, service, fellowship, and celebration as we engage in weather-appropriate work projects to spruce up the grounds and buildings.
Permaculture Design Certification Course
October 20-30, 2013 Sun - Wed (9 nights)
Benjamin Weiss
Permaculture is a design science grounded in a three-fold ethic of care for the earth, care for people, and the fair distribution of wealth and resources.
Strategic Thinking: How Do I Get There from Here?
October 25-27, 2013 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Clinton Pettus
This weekend course is designed to enhance our understanding of strategic thinking by drawing on our collective and individual experiences of planning and doing, or thinking purposefully about how we can get from where we are to where we want to be.
Journey Toward Wholeness: A Courage & Renewal® Retreat Series
Valerie Brown and Carol Kortsch
Based on the work of Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal®, this retreat series explores issues of transition, vocation, passion, life purpose, meaning, direction, and underlying life patterns to help us live in greater alignment with our values, reconnecting who we are with what we do.
Compassionate Communication
November 8-10, 2013 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Jane Connor and Pamela Freeman
Drawing on the work of psychologist Marshall B. Rosenberg and universal spiritual precepts, learn and practice skills to help you create and sustain fulfilling relationships.
Embracing the Shadow Self
November 10-14, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Jeremy Taylor
With one of the foremost projective dreamworkers practicing today, we will explore the shadow side of ourselves – the parts we deny and project onto others.
Clerking: Serving the Community with Joy and Confidence
November 22-24, 2013 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Arthur Larrabee
This is an opportunity for both new and experienced clerks of Friends’ meetings and committees to meet and think together about the role of presiding clerk.