Seasonal Retreats with Oasis Ministries

Weaving Peace: An Overnight Retreat download flyer

Retreat Fee: $175-$195 (as you are able)

Registration Deadline: January 29, 2010

Using small looms and yarn (provided) we will reflect on the stories of our lives, noticing the places where our wise Creator, the ancient weaver of life, is weaving a beautiful tapestry, mending the tears in the fabric of our lives, and gently weaving the soft fibers of our being. No prior knowledge of weaving is necessary for this retreat. Each participant is invited to bring one skein of yarn of any color and texture, preferably wound into a ball.

Dates: February 13-14, 2010; Retreat begins on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday

Location: Kenbrook Camp, 190 Pine Meadow Road, Lebanon, PA; www.kenbrook.org

Leadership: Alicia Conklin-Wood is an experienced retreat leader and spiritual director with training from the Shalem Institute in Bethesda, MD. She is a retired minister serving as a Parish Associate at First Presbyterian, Lancaster. She and her husband Len have three grown children and five grandchildren. They also have a very large yellow lab, “Calvin”, who is a certified therapy dog. In her spare time Alicia enjoys reading, quilting and counted cross stitch, cooking, walking and tending her houseplants.