| Pathways Rhythms September 2023 Silent Auction Fundraiser September 9-16 Pathways’ annual Silent Auction fundraiser is quickly approaching! This fully online auction will begin on Saturday, September 9, at 8am and end on September 16, at 4pm. Bidders will have an opportunity to view auction items in person from 3-4pm on Saturday, September 16. Winning bidders can pick up their items at Pathways on Saturday, September 16 from 4-5:30pm. This annual event is a great way to support Pathways by bidding, sharing with friends and family, and donating items to the auction. If you have an item that you’d like to donate, please contact Janell Stoltzfus by September 4. Upcoming Events: Saint Francis Animal Blessing Sunday, October 1, 4-5 pm Bring your beloved animal friend for Pathways Retreat’s annual Animal Blessing which includes a walk through the woods, a short blessing service, and snacks. Please bring your own chair for this outdoor event and check our website home page if the weather is questionable. Be praised, O God through all your creatures . St. Francis Breathing in Harmony with Sacred Time: A Yoga Practice for Every Body Appropriate for all levels of participants, this hatha-style yoga class is designed to help us live in harmony with what Christine Valters Paintner calls sacred time, that is, “time spent being present to the moments of eternity available to us whenever we choose to pause and breathe.” Mondays 4:30-5:30pm Cost: $15/session Facilitator: Malinda Elizabeth Berry Space is limited to 9 participants each week View Schedule & Register Renewing Your Spirit in Nature's Bounty Spending time in nature is known to make us happier, reduce stress and increase our well-being. As we prepare to move from summer into fall, this four-part series will offer us time to wander outdoors as well as experience a harvest of creative spiritual practices. Saturdays, September 9, 16, 23 and 30, 10:00 - 11:30 am Suggested donation: $15-35 for each session Register for the ones you can attend - all four or only one. Facilitator: Dawn Stegelmann, Episcopal priest, spiritual director, seminary professor and retreat leader Space is limited to 12 participants each week learn more and register Living that Matters for Men Men, what kind of man do you want to be and how can you live a life that matters? In this half day retreat, we will: examine the scripts we've been given; explore differing expressions of masculinity; reconsider our purpose and aims in life. This retreat draws from Living That Matters: Honest Conversations for Men of Faith (Herald Press, 2023), which each participant will receive. Saturday, December 9, 8:30am - noon (begins with a light breakfast) Suggested donation: $30-50 (includes the book Living That Matters ) Facilitator: Steve Thomas Space is limited to 12 participants Learn more and register Meditative Zentangle-inspired Art Zentangle-inspired Art is the practice of mindfully drawing images from repetitive and structured patterns. It becomes a form of artistic meditation as one becomes completely engrossed in making each pattern. There are no mistakes, only opportunities in Meditative Zentangle-inspired Art! When: November 11, January 20, February 17 Register for one class or all three Anyone can do Zentangle-inspired art! No artistic training or natural gifts are needed. Limit of 8 participants Suggested donation: $25-45. All art supplies are included. Facilitator: Sylvie Gudin, artist & spiritual director Learn more and register Advent Retreat Save the Date! December 2, 9am-noon Facilitated by Julie Stegelmann Stay tuned for more details Creation Care Volunteer Event September 23, 1-3pm Upcoming Dates: October 14, 9-11am November 11, 1-3pm Join us for our Creation Care event Saturday, September 23 from 1-3 pm. These volunteer events are an enjoyable time of working outside and getting to know other volunteers. We hope to see you there! If you are interested in hearing about these regular events or other volunteer opportunities at Pathways, consider completing our Volunteeer Survey . Empty Saline Solution Bottles Wanted If you wear contacts we would love to have your empty saline solution bottles! We use these bottles for a variety of land maintenance applications and we can always use more. Simply bring empty bottles with you next time you visit Pathways and leave them in the Retreat House or on the porch. Thanks! Stay up-to-date with events happening at Pathways Retreat Calendar of Events Pathways is on Facebook & Instagram Visit pathwaysretreat.org Pathways Retreat is a spiritual retreat center for Rest, Reflection and Renewal. |
Silent Auction Fundraiser | |
Pathways’ annual Silent Auction fundraiser is quickly approaching! This fully online auction will begin on Saturday, September 9, at 8am and end on September 16, at 4pm. Bidders will have an opportunity to view auction items in person from 3-4pm on Saturday, September 16. Winning bidders can pick up their items at Pathways on Saturday, September 16 from 4-5:30pm.
This annual event is a great way to support Pathways by bidding, sharing with friends and family, and donating items to the auction. If you have an item that you’d like to donate, please contact Janell Stoltzfus by September 4.
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Sunday, October 1, 4-5 pm | |
Bring your beloved animal friend for Pathways Retreat’s annual Animal Blessing which includes a walk through the woods, a short blessing service, and snacks. Please bring your own chair for this outdoor event and check our website home page if the weather is questionable.
Be praised, O God through all your creatures. St. Francis
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Appropriate for all levels of participants, this hatha-style yoga class is designed to help us live in harmony with what Christine Valters Paintner calls sacred time, that is, “time spent being present to the moments of eternity available to us whenever we choose to pause and breathe.”
Mondays 4:30-5:30pm
Cost: $15/session
Facilitator: Malinda Elizabeth Berry
Space is limited to 9 participants each week
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Spending time in nature is known to make us happier, reduce stress and increase our well-being. As we prepare to move from summer into fall, this four-part series will offer us time to wander outdoors as well as experience a harvest of creative spiritual practices.
Saturdays, September 9, 16, 23 and 30, 10:00 - 11:30 am
Suggested donation: $15-35 for each session
Register for the ones you can attend - all four or only one.
Facilitator: Dawn Stegelmann, Episcopal priest, spiritual director, seminary professor and retreat leader
Space is limited to 12 participants each week
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Men, what kind of man do you want to be and how can you live a life that matters? In this half day retreat, we will:
- examine the scripts we've been given;
- explore differing expressions of masculinity;
- reconsider our purpose and aims in life.
This retreat draws from Living That Matters: Honest Conversations for Men of Faith (Herald Press, 2023), which each participant will receive.
Saturday, December 9, 8:30am - noon (begins with a light breakfast)
Suggested donation: $30-50 (includes the book Living That Matters)
Space is limited to 12 participants
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Zentangle-inspired Art is the practice of mindfully drawing images from repetitive and structured patterns. It becomes a form of artistic meditation as one becomes completely engrossed in making each pattern. There are no mistakes, only opportunities in Meditative Zentangle-inspired Art! | |
When: November 11, January 20, February 17
Register for one class or all three
Anyone can do Zentangle-inspired art! No artistic training or natural gifts are needed.
Limit of 8 participants
Suggested donation: $25-45. All art supplies are included.
Facilitator: Sylvie Gudin, artist & spiritual director
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December 2, 9am-noon
Facilitated by Julie Stegelmann
Stay tuned for more details
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Upcoming Dates:
October 14, 9-11am
November 11, 1-3pm
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Join us for our Creation Care event Saturday, September 23 from 1-3 pm. These volunteer events are an enjoyable time of working outside and getting to know other volunteers. We hope to see you there!
If you are interested in hearing about these regular events or other volunteer opportunities at Pathways, consider completing our Volunteeer Survey.
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Empty Saline Solution Bottles Wanted | |
If you wear contacts we would love to have your empty saline solution bottles! We use these bottles for a variety of land maintenance applications and we can always use more. Simply bring empty bottles with you next time you visit Pathways and leave them in the Retreat House or on the porch. Thanks! | |
Stay up-to-date with events happening at Pathways Retreat | |
Pathways is on Facebook & Instagram | |
Pathways Retreat is a spiritual retreat center for
Rest, Reflection and Renewal.
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