| Pathways Rhythms December 2023 Christmas Holiday Sabbatical December 19 - January 5 Pathways' Rhythm of Prayer will pause for three weeks beginning on December 19. Daily prayers will resume on January 9. Individual and group retreats will continue to be available depending on staff availability. Upcoming Events: Breathing in Harmony with Sacred Time: A Yoga Practice for Every Body Series 3 registration is open Join us as we use yoga to begin the new Christian year with Advent! Using Jan Richardson’s book Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas , our practice will include lighting Advent candles and setting intentions for a contemplative Christmas season. 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 Feedback on Malinda's facilitation from yoga participants: "I appreciated her calm, down to earth presence." "I like the emphasis on different breathing techniques." View Schedule & Register Meditative Zentangle-inspired Art December 8, 3-4:30pm January 20 & February 17; 10-11:30 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! The December class will include making Christmas cards! Friday, December 8, 3-4:30 pm (full!) Saturday, January 20, 10-11:30 am (only 2 spots left!) Saturday, February 17, 10 - 11:30 am Register for one class or three Limited to 9 participants Suggested donation: $25-45. All art supplies are included. Facilitator: Sylvie Gudin, artist & spiritual director Learn more and register Living that Matters for Men Back by popular demand! Saturday, December 9, 8 am - noon 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 am - 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 (only 5 spots left!) Learn more and register Past participants of this retreat said: "Very good workshop - timely topic, well thought out." "Thank you for the chance to gather, to share and hear each other; to know that others think about these things too." Candlemas Service Thursday, February 1 Mark your calendars! Pathways' tradition of blessing the candles to be used in the coming year continues on February1, 2024. More details to come in the January newsletter. 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. |
Christmas Holiday Sabbatical | |
Pathways' Rhythm of Prayer will pause for three weeks beginning on December 19. Daily prayers will resume on January 9.
Individual and group retreats will continue to be available depending on staff availability.
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Series 3 registration is open | |
Join us as we use yoga to begin the new Christian year with Advent! Using Jan Richardson’s book Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas, our practice will include lighting Advent candles and setting intentions for a contemplative Christmas season.
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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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Feedback on Malinda's facilitation from yoga participants:
"I appreciated her calm, down to earth presence."
"I like the emphasis on different breathing techniques."
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December 8, 3-4:30pm
January 20 & February 17; 10-11:30
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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!
The December class will include making Christmas cards!
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Friday, December 8, 3-4:30 pm (full!)
Saturday, January 20, 10-11:30 am (only 2 spots left!)
Saturday, February 17, 10 - 11:30 am
Register for one class or three
Limited to 9 participants
Suggested donation: $25-45. All art supplies are included.
Facilitator: Sylvie Gudin, artist & spiritual director
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Saturday, December 9, 8 am - noon | |
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 am - noon (begins with a light breakfast)
Suggested donation: $30-50 (includes the book Living That Matters)
Space is limited to 12 participants (only 5 spots left!)
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Past participants of this retreat said:
"Very good workshop - timely topic, well thought out."
"Thank you for the chance to gather, to share and hear each other; to know that others think about these things too."
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Mark your calendars! Pathways' tradition of blessing the candles to be used in the coming year continues on February1, 2024. More details to come in the January newsletter. | |
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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