Grief Retreat
This retreat will be a space to give some breathing room for our grief. The goal is not so much to work through grief as a problem to be solved and rid of so that we can move on with our lives, but to let grief rise to the surface. To hear what it has to say. Without a proper container, our grief often gets buried down within us, time and time again, burying pieces of ourselves with it. Many of us hold within us a lifetime of congested grief. From death and familiar losses to the grief occurring in disappointment and the places often untouched by love, my hope and intention is to provide a space for this that notices the sacredness of such a task, and surrounds it with comfort, beauty, and honor.
Given the nature of grief, and that it is often heavy, this retreat will take place in 2 parts, on sub sequential Saturday evenings. Weather permitting, we will spend some time around a fire, as this is often a welcome companion to grief. Each evening will have an element of teaching, an invitation to sit with Jesus, and an invitation to witness/share in our grief together. Our first week will be spent looking more at the large collection of grief we each are holding. During our second week, we will spend time learning and experiencing what it looks to enter in to one of these griefs with more depth.
There is an optional/additional week 3, in which we will spend time walking through some teaching, reflection, and exercises in lament as a spiritual practice. This is a great opportunity to begin to learn what it might be like to create space for grief in the natural rhythm of your days, weeks, and months. Week 3, on lament, will take place Saturday, Aug. 5th from 7-9pm. You can choose to register up front for week 3 as a bundle ($120 total) or add at a later date for $35.
This retreat will be a space to give some breathing room for our grief. The goal is not so much to work through grief as a problem to be solved and rid of so that we can move on with our lives, but to let grief rise to the surface. To hear what it has to say. Without a proper container, our grief often gets buried down within us, time and time again, burying pieces of ourselves with it. Many of us hold within us a lifetime of congested grief. From death and familiar losses to the grief occurring in disappointment and the places often untouched by love, my hope and intention is to provide a space for this that notices the sacredness of such a task, and surrounds it with comfort, beauty, and honor.
Given the nature of grief, and that it is often heavy, this retreat will take place in 2 parts, on sub sequential Saturday evenings. Weather permitting, we will spend some time around a fire, as this is often a welcome companion to grief. Each evening will have an element of teaching, an invitation to sit with Jesus, and an invitation to witness/share in our grief together. Our first week will be spent looking more at the large collection of grief we each are holding. During our second week, we will spend time learning and experiencing what it looks to enter in to one of these griefs with more depth.
There is an optional/additional week 3, in which we will spend time walking through some teaching, reflection, and exercises in lament as a spiritual practice. This is a great opportunity to begin to learn what it might be like to create space for grief in the natural rhythm of your days, weeks, and months. Week 3, on lament, will take place Saturday, Aug. 5th from 7-9pm. You can choose to register up front for week 3 as a bundle ($120 total) or add at a later date for $35.
This retreat will be a space to give some breathing room for our grief. The goal is not so much to work through grief as a problem to be solved and rid of so that we can move on with our lives, but to let grief rise to the surface. To hear what it has to say. Without a proper container, our grief often gets buried down within us, time and time again, burying pieces of ourselves with it. Many of us hold within us a lifetime of congested grief. From death and familiar losses to the grief occurring in disappointment and the places often untouched by love, my hope and intention is to provide a space for this that notices the sacredness of such a task, and surrounds it with comfort, beauty, and honor.
Given the nature of grief, and that it is often heavy, this retreat will take place in 2 parts, on sub sequential Saturday evenings. Weather permitting, we will spend some time around a fire, as this is often a welcome companion to grief. Each evening will have an element of teaching, an invitation to sit with Jesus, and an invitation to witness/share in our grief together. Our first week will be spent looking more at the large collection of grief we each are holding. During our second week, we will spend time learning and experiencing what it looks to enter in to one of these griefs with more depth.
There is an optional/additional week 3, in which we will spend time walking through some teaching, reflection, and exercises in lament as a spiritual practice. This is a great opportunity to begin to learn what it might be like to create space for grief in the natural rhythm of your days, weeks, and months. Week 3, on lament, will take place Saturday, Aug. 5th from 7-9pm. You can choose to register up front for week 3 as a bundle ($120 total) or add at a later date for $35.