| Pathways Rhythms January 2024 Honorably Closing 2023 Practice Angeles Arrien, a cultural anthropologist, writes, "The practice of honorable closure is consciously ending phases and stages of work, relationships, or transitional cycles. When there is honorable closure there are no regrets. In cultures around the world, honorable closure is achieved by expressing gratitude for the people and situations that have helped us or challenged us to grow and by identifying any remaining regrets." As 2023 comes to an end, consider giving it an honorable closure by reflecting upon or journaling about four questions: 1. Name three or four of the most significant challenges and breakdowns you experienced in 2023. 2. Name any growths and strengths that came from those breakdowns. 3. Name three or four significant accomplishments and breakthroughs you experienced in 2023. 4. List the ways you have been blessed and what you are deeply grateful for at the end of 2023. adapted from spiritualityandpractice.com Upcoming Events: Candlemas Service Thursday, February 1, 7pm Mark your calendars! Pathways' tradition of blessing the candles to be used in the coming year continues on February 1, 2024 at 7pm. Join us in-person or online. Open Heart Living: Sacred Encounters with Creation Fridays in February; 3-4:30pm, online Join the Rev. Dawn Stegelman for heart-opening conversations with creation and moments of divine love through pausing, wandering, and reflecting with the natural world. When: February 2, 9, 16, 23; 3-4:30pm Where: fully online - join from anywhere! Suggested donation: $90-120 for all four sessions Learn more & register Transition Journeys for Spiritual Directors & Clergy Monday, February 12, 9:30-noon As a spiritual director or pastor, you've heard people exclaim, "I don't understand!" "Why did this happen?" "Where is God?" "Who am I, now?" How can you walk with people through these questions when you are sometimes asking the same questions? A helpful tool is the framework of transitions. Karla Minter, spiritual director and pastor, will be your guide for this half-day retreat. Join us for meaningful input, experiential prayer practices, story, reflection, group discussion, and solitude. When: Monday, February 12, 9:30-noon, with gathering at 9 Where: Pathways Retreat Suggested donation: $45-60 Learn more & register Transition Journeys for Everyone Saturday, March 23, 9:30-noon Learn more & register Breathing in Harmony with Sacred Time: A Yoga Practice for Every Body Mondays, 4:30-5:30pm Series 4 Registration is open Appropriate for all levels of participants, this hatha-style yoga class is designed to help us living harmony with "sacred time" - that is, "time spent being present at the moments of eternity available to us whenever we choose to pause and breathe." When: Mondays, 4:30-5:30pm Where: Pathways Retreat Cost: $15/session or $12/session when a full series is purchased Facilitated by Malinda Berrry View Schedule & Register Meditative Zentangle-inspired Art Two new dates added: Saturday, March 9, 10-11:30am Friday, April 5, 3:30-5pm Zentangle-inspired Art is the practice of mindfully drawing images from repetitive and structured patterns. When: Saturdays, January 20(full!), February 17 (full!), March 9; 10-11:30am Friday, April 3, 3:30-5pm Where: Pathways Retreat Suggested donation: $25-45 - all art supplies are included Facilitated by Sylvie Gudin, artist & spiritual director Learn more & register 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. |
Honorably Closing 2023 Practice | |
Angeles Arrien, a cultural anthropologist, writes, "The practice of honorable closure is consciously ending phases and stages of work, relationships, or transitional cycles. When there is honorable closure there are no regrets. In cultures around the world, honorable closure is achieved by expressing gratitude for the people and situations that have helped us or challenged us to grow and by identifying any remaining regrets."
As 2023 comes to an end, consider giving it an honorable closure by reflecting upon or journaling about four questions:
1. Name three or four of the most significant challenges and breakdowns you experienced in 2023.
2. Name any growths and strengths that came from those breakdowns.
3. Name three or four significant accomplishments and breakthroughs you experienced in 2023.
4. List the ways you have been blessed and what you are deeply grateful for at the end of 2023.
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Thursday, February 1, 7pm | |
Mark your calendars! Pathways' tradition of blessing the candles to be used in the coming year continues on February 1, 2024 at 7pm. Join us in-person or online.
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Fridays in February; 3-4:30pm, online | |
Join the Rev. Dawn Stegelman for heart-opening conversations with creation and moments of divine love through pausing, wandering, and reflecting with the natural world.
When: February 2, 9, 16, 23; 3-4:30pm
Where: fully online - join from anywhere!
Suggested donation: $90-120 for all four sessions
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Monday, February 12, 9:30-noon | |
As a spiritual director or pastor, you've heard people exclaim, "I don't understand!" "Why did this happen?" "Where is God?" "Who am I, now?" How can you walk with people through these questions when you are sometimes asking the same questions? A helpful tool is the framework of transitions.
Karla Minter, spiritual director and pastor, will be your guide for this half-day retreat. Join us for meaningful input, experiential prayer practices, story, reflection, group discussion, and solitude.
When: Monday, February 12, 9:30-noon, with gathering at 9
Where: Pathways Retreat
Suggested donation: $45-60
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Saturday, March 23, 9:30-noon | |
Series 4 Registration is open | |
Appropriate for all levels of participants, this hatha-style yoga class is designed to help us living harmony with "sacred time" - that is, "time spent being present at the moments of eternity available to us whenever we choose to pause and breathe."
When: Mondays, 4:30-5:30pm
Where: Pathways Retreat
Cost: $15/session or $12/session when a full series is purchased
Facilitated by Malinda Berrry
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Two new dates added:
Saturday, March 9, 10-11:30am
Friday, April 5, 3:30-5pm
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Zentangle-inspired Art is the practice of mindfully drawing images from repetitive and structured patterns.
When: Saturdays, January 20(full!), February 17 (full!), March 9; 10-11:30am
Friday, April 3, 3:30-5pm
Where: Pathways Retreat
Suggested donation: $25-45 - all art supplies are included
Facilitated by Sylvie Gudin, artist & spiritual director
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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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