Spiritual Practice
The Refuge of Awakening: A Seven-Day Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
Apr 21 - 28, 2013 Sun – Sun (7 nights)
Mary Grace Orr, assisted by Anne Briggs
This retreat will be a time of silence, with periods of sitting and walking practice, opportunities to talk about your own practice, and formal presentations.
The Sacred Art of Spiritual Discernment
July 21-25, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Nancy Bieber
Are you seeking God’s guidance for your life? Learn practices to see yourself, your choices, and your calling more clearly.
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.
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.
Journey Toward Wholeness: A Courage & Renewal® Retreat Series
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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.
Open Heart, Peaceful Mind: A Retreat for Rest and Reflection
December 28, 2013 – January 1, 2014 Sat - Wed (4 nights)
Valerie Brown
Relax into a time of serene rest and renewal. Open to the new year’s unfolding with a retreat that honors your heart, mind, and soul.
Spirit-Mind-Body Practices for Wholeness
January 10-12, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Amy Ward Brimmer, Katy Hawkins, Kevin Greene, and Walter Hjelt Sullivan
Take good care of yourself! Discover self-care practices that can sustain you in your work and support you on your spiritual path. Experiment with several disciplines that can help you live a more balanced and centered life – yoga, qigong, the Alexander Technique, and Breema®. Spiritually grounded, experienced teachers will help you sample a variety of techniques and then explore a single modality more deeply. Come away with the basics to pursue a sustainable daily practice.
Couples in Transition: Nurturing Your Relationship in Middle Age and Beyond
January 31–February 2, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Jacob and Gretta Stone
Couples in their 50s and 60s find their lives and their couple relationship shifting focus as they approach retirement age. What are our hopes and fears for this next, uncharted phase of our lives?
Clerking
February 7-9, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Deborah Shaw and Deborah Fisch
Looking to develop or improve your clerking skills? Join two Friends with years of experience as clerks of their monthly and yearly meetings, and as teachers and mentors to others with gifts for clerking.
Compassionate Listening: Healing the World from the Inside Out
February 14-16, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Jan Hutton
How do we engage those who differ from us so we can find our shared humanity? Developed by Quaker Gene Knudsen-Hoffman, the Compassionate Listening Project evolved in grassroots peacebuilding efforts in the Middle East and elsewhere.
The Refuge of Awakening
February 16-23, 2014 Sun - Sun (7 nights)
Mary Grace Orr and Anne Briggs
This retreat will be a time of silence with periods of sitting and walking practice, opportunities to talk about your own practice, and formal presentations.
Water Ecology
February 28 – March 2, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Jen Karsten and Soledad Alfaro
This is a workshop for middle-school teachers seeking the training and materials necessary to promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of wetlands and watersheds.
The Spiritual Discipline of Recording Minutes
March 21-23, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Nancy Reeves and Kenneth Sutton
Whether you are an experienced recording clerk or newly called to this service, you are invited to join in a weekend on the practical and spiritual dimensions of recording.
Yoga, Self-Care, and Personal Practice
March 7-9, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Katy Hawkins
Explore everyday practices that bring the yogic teachings to life.
Building Organizational Trust: Finding Ways to Work with and through Others
April 25-27, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Clinton Pettus
To work effectively and efficiently with and through others, it is important to build and maintain organizational trust.This course is designed to respond to the recognition that we cannot do all that needs to be done ourselves; therefore, we must find ways to work with and through others.
A Language for the Inward Landscape
May 9-11, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Brian Drayton with Fran Taber
How can you describe Quaker spiritual experience in words? During this weekend, we will explore this language and use it to gain new awareness concerning our own spiritual lives, the lives of our meetings, and our ministry.
In the Life and Power of God: On the Spiritual Journey with Early Friends
May 11-15, 2014 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Marcelle Martin
At the beginning of Quakerism, great power moved through the faithful lives and witness of ordinary people who responded to God's transforming call. This course will provide the opportunity to examine the spiritual journey experienced by early Friends and to reflect on our own experiences today.
The Goodness Workshop
May 30-June 1, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
John Calvi
Slow down . . . for goodness’ sake. Pull off the highway and into the beautiful rest area that Pendle Hill provides, and gather a deeper sense of your own goodness.