Signs of Hope
"Mutual benefit is breaking out and ubuntu steps are among us each day," says Bishop Dan Schwerin. In this article he includes some tanka, a form of poetry that comes from Japan. These keep an eye on the small as…
One Day Retreat sponsored by NIC Spiritual Formation Committee
Date: November 3
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Grace United Methodist Church, 1718 Avalon Ave., Joliet, IL
Cost: $25
“Praying for Discernment: Changing the Way We Do Church”
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt, Director, The Rueben P. Job Institute for Spiritual Formation Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Workshops:
Dream & Spiritual Interpretation – Rev. Dr. Regina Davis
Centering Prayer – Wendy Mospan
Spiritual Journaling – Rev. Irene Taylor Basic
Labyrinth Walking – Becky Potter Lectio Divina – Barbara Miller
Sacred Moments with Yoga – Joanne Richter
Prayer with Beads – Becky Potter
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