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Lenten Retreat

March 17, 2023–March 18, 2023

$40 – $145

2023 Lenten Retreat for Men, Women, and Couples

Tired of Covid? Weary from watching the news? Need some gentle time for your spirit? Then it’s time to register for this year’s Lenten Retreat, “Let Love Be the Desert.” Led by Angier Brock, the retreat will invite us to step away from busy-ness and fatigue to enter a quiet space where scripture, poetry, and reflection can nourish us. The retreat will include journaling, group discussion, and silence, with time after lunch for walking Chanco’s labyrinth, strolling through the woods, engaging in a quiet indoor reflective activity, or simply sitting. Those wishing to spend some time outdoors should wear clothes and shoes suitable for that day’s weather.

Angier Brock, a veteran retreat leader, is a communicant of Grace Church, Yorktown, where she serves as an EfM mentor and a Centering Prayer facilitator. She has an MA in Christian education and an MFA in creative writing, and several dozen of her hymn and anthem texts have been set to music by both English and American composers and sung in a variety of churches in the U. S. and abroad. Retired from 30 years of teaching, she often leads small adult writing classes, frequently on Zoom, and is mother of two, grandmother of five, a Virginia Master Naturalist, and a birder.

This retreat will cost $40 for one day only, $120 for a shared room and $145 for a single room. Ages 18+

EVENT SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

Lenten Retreat

Time	Activity	Location
6:30-7 pm	Arrive	Office Window
7:15-8 pm	Introductions, Collages	Flournoy
8-8:20 pm	Compline	Flournoy
8:20-bedtime	Social Time, Campfire and S’mores	Bluff

SATURDAY

Time	Activity	Location
8-9 am	Breakfast, Check in for Saturday only guests	Large Dining room/Office Window
9:15-9:30 am	Gathering	Spirit Center
9:30-10:30 am	First session: TBD	Spirit Center
10:30-10:45 am	Break
10:45-noon	Second Session: TBD	Spirit Center
12-12:45 pm	Lunch	Large Dining Hall
12:45-2 pm	Third Session: TBD	Spirit Center
2-2:10	Break
2:15-3:30	Fourth Session: TBD	Spirit Center
3:30-4	Wrap up Reflections and closing Eucharist/Worship	Spirit Center/Bluff
4-4:30	Check Out	Office Window

Details

Start:: March 17, 2023
End:: March 18, 2023
Cost:: $40 – $145
Event Category:: RETREATS

Venue

Chanco on the James; 394 Floods Drive
Spring Grove, VA 23881 United States + Google Map
Phone:: 888-724-2626