Oasis Ministries Author Series

ADVENTURING THROUGH LENT A Retreat Day with authors and teachers, Bruce and Kate Epperly Friday, March 5, 2010 10:00AM-3:00PM (9:30AM Check-in and fellowship) Cost: $35-55 (as you are able) Location: Palmyra First United Methodist Church 520 E. Birch Street, Palmyra, PA 17078 Leaders: Bruce and Kate Epperly are co-pastors of Disciples United Community Church in Millersville, PA Learn more about Bruce and Kate To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller betsykeller@oasismin.org or, 717-737-8222	Drawing from Bruce’s book, Holy Adventure: 41 Days of Audacious Living, a book that challenges Christians to take bold moves in connecting with God and to move beyond trendy Christianity to a meaningful relationship, Bruce and Kate will provide participants with an invitation to a deeper experience of Lent as well as tools for the adventurous journey. The retreat will include silence and contemplative prayer, theological reflections and creative experiences.

"Landscapes of the Sacred and the Spiritual Life." An Evening with Belden Lane 7:00pm, Thursday. April 15, 2010 Open to the Public! Co-sponsored by State College Presbyterian Church In this conversation, Belden Lane will introduce us to the power of sacred places in our lives, how we experience particular (often ordinary) places as able to mediate God's presence, and how this is exemplified in Native American, Protestant, and Irish/Spanish Catholic spirituality. Closing out the evening, Rev. Joel Blunk will share a sound and light presentation on sacred places in the Celtic tradition. NO COST -- JUST COME! Location: State College Presbyterian Church 132 West Beaver Avenue State College, PA 16801 directions Belden C. Lane is Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. He is a Presbyterian minister who has taught on a Jesuit, Catholic faculty for 30 years. In addition to being an avid backpacker and storyteller, he has served as an MROP Weaver with MALES, works with the Mankind Project, and helps with a men's therapy group in St. Louis, MO. His books include The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality (Oxford, 1998) and Landscapes of the Sacred (Johns Hopkins, 2001). Belden Lane is also leading Oasis' "Inward Bound" Men's Retreat April 16-18, 2010
Part of Oasis' Souls on the Journey Baptized into Wilderness: Living and Praying Simply, Poetically A Retreat Day with author and teacher, Oasis’ Founding Mentor, Kent Ira Groff Learn more about Kent Ira Groff Our day will consist of Kent's interactive presentations, periods for silence and prayer, and group conversations. We will explore Ignatian rhythms of desolations and consolations, how to live fully alive, and a process for discerning life's choices. Cost: $35-55 (as you are able) Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: Kenbrook www.kenbrook.org 190 Pine Meadow Road Lebanon, PA 17046 Rev. Dr. Groff will also be present for a conversation and book-signing at Lancaster Seminary April 21, 2010 click here to learn more	Poetry can illuminate our path in dark times and shake us to action in times or ease. Just as a poem can create a vivid focus in few words, living and praying poetically means creating rhythm and simplicity with purpose. You need no experience with poetry for this day apart. Kent will draw on his new book of prayer poems, based on scriptures and the Ignatian Exercises and times in Asia and Africa, Facing East, Praying West: Poetic Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises (Paulist Press, January 2010). Copies will available at the retreat. learn more about Facing East, Praying West To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller betsykeller@oasismin.org or, 717-737-8222

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