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Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:

Things Hidden, Scripture as Spirituality, by Richard Rohr
St. Anthony Messenger Press 08/08 ISBN: 978086716590

Richard Rohr is the founder and animator of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rohr examines some of the great themes of the Bible. Rohr begins by advocating a beginner's mind in relation to the Bible: a certain openness to mystery and the imponderables of human nature.
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FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

September 8, 2009

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Exploration of Western Christian spirituality

Tuesday,

September 15, 2009

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

 LOCATION

Kenbrook

 www.kenbrook.org

190 Pine Meadow Road

Lebanon, PA  17046


Henri Nouwen still speaks so strongly because he embodied an activist’s energy and a contemplative’s heart. In this day apart, we follow Henri’s rhythms of exhilaration and exhaustion—and mine the gifts in each.   more...

 

RETREAT FEE:

$65-$95 (As you are able)
Lunch is provided.


REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

September 7, 2009

To Register:

Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Henri Nouwen:

Spiritual Mentor, Wounded Prophet

with Kent Ira Groff

Still Waters Retreat Center

501 W. Slate Hill Road

Carlisle, PA  17013
 

Monday, September 21, 2009

9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.


Gerald May (1940-2005) practiced medicine and psychiatry for twenty-five years before becoming a senior fellow in contemplative theology and psychology at Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation.  He authored many books blending spirituality and psychology, including Addiction and Grace, Care of Mind/Care of Spirit, Will and Spirit, and The Wisdom of Wilderness.                           more...

 

RETREAT FEE:

$65-$95 (As you are able)
Lunch Provided

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

October 1, 2009

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Gerald May Day
with Sanford Alwine

Still Waters Retreat House

501 W. Slate Hill Road

Carlisle, PA  17013

Friday, October 16, 2008
9:30 am-3:30 pm


Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:

 

My Stroke of Insight,

by Jill Bolte Taylor

ISBN-10: 0670020745

 
A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities. As the damaged left side of her brain--the rational, grounded, detail- and time-oriented side--swung in and out of function, Taylor alternated between two distinct and opposite realties: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace; and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized Jill was having a stroke, and enabled her to seek help before she was lost completely.   more...

FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

October 14, 2009

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Open exploration with

Tuesday,

October 20, 2009

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

 LOCATION

Kirkridge

 www.kirkridge.org

2495 Fox Gap Road

Bangor, PA 18013


 

Returning to the Well
with Glenn Mitchell

November 9, 2009

9:30 am - 4:00 pm 

Open to All!

Overnight and Second Day open to SDSG grads or equivalent

 

 LOCATION

Mariawald Renewal Center
www.mariawaldrenewal.com

1094 Welsh Road

Reading PA 19607

Mother Teresa: Compassion, Faith, Darkness & Direction
November 9-10, 2009

 

Brian Kolodiejchuk’s book Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, revealed the level of interior struggle that Mother Teresa experienced throughout the many years of her extraordinary service. In this retreat we will encounter this more complete picture of her life and engage in the interplay of our own inner and outer lives as contemplative seekers and practitioners.
                            
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Retreat Fee (as you are able):
One Day: $95-125
Lunch is provided
 
Two Days: $270-295
Includes meals and overnight lodging
 
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 20, 2009

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222


Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:

 

Crossing the Desert Learning to Let Go, See Clearly, and Live Simply

by Robert J. Wicks
Sorin Books 01/07 ISBN: 1933495081


"A few of the brothers came to see Abba Poemen. They said to him, 'Tell us what to do when we see brothers dozing during prayer. Should we pinch them to help them stay awake?'
"The elder said to them, 'Actually what I would do if I saw a brother sleeping is to put his head on my knees and let him rest.' "   more...

FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

November 14, 2009

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Exploration of the spiritual desert using

Friday,

November 20, 2009

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

  (join us for Annual Oasis Gathering Dinner afterward)

 

LOCATION

Kenbrook

 www.kenbrook.org

190 Pine Meadow Road

Lebanon, PA  17046


Mary, Mary: An Advent Retreat Day
with Vicki Kensinger

December 4, 2009

9:30 am - 3:30 pm 

 

 LOCATION

The Wittel Farm
www.lutherancamping.org

1743 Mill Road

Elizabethtown, PA 17022

We will spend the day with Mary, "pondering these things in our hearts." Through poetry and prose, chant and song, we will listen as Mary quietly reveals to us what it means to be a human being bearing Love into Life.

Through icon and art, we will ponder and play with the color green, wondering at this sacred place of divine/human intersection, where creation springs forth into new life.
Join us for this prayerful day of honoring the sacredness of life, and receiving the blessing of Love.                      
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Retreat Fee: $65-95 (as you are able)

Registration Deadline: November 15, 2009

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222


Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:

 

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

by Jean-Yves LeLoup
Inner Traditions 07/02

ISBN: 0-89281911-1
 

Jean-Yves Leloup is the founder of the Institute of Other Civilization Studies and the International College of Therapists. His translation of the Gospel of Mary is presented along with a commentary on the text which was discovered in 1896, nearly 50 years before the Gnostic Gospels were found.    more...

FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

January 12, 2010

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Exploration of spirituality from a woman's perspective

Tuesday,

January 19, 2010

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

 LOCATION

Kirkridge

 www.kirkridge.org

2495 Fox Gap Road

Bangor, PA 18013


Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:

Love & Death, My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow
by Forrest Church
Beacon Press 09/08
ISBN: 9780807072936

Forrest Church served for almost three decades as Senior Minister and is now Minister of Public Theology at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in New York City. In this courageous and wise work, Church recounts his "journey through the Valley of the Shadow." He was awakened to the shock of death with the sudden passing of his best friend when he was in college: "We cannot protect love from death. But by giving away our hearts, we can protect our lives from the death of love."    more...

FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

February 8, 2010

To Register:
Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Exploration of the spiritual psychological

Tuesday,

February 16, 2010

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

 LOCATION

Kenbrook

 www.kenbrook.org

190 Pine Meadow Road

Lebanon, PA  17046


Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:

 

Tuesday, March 16, 2010-Kirkridge
Exploration of spirituality through work of fiction

People of the Book

by Geraldine Brooks
Viking , ISBN-10: 067001821X


One of the earliest Jewish religious volumes to be illuminated with images, the Sarajevo Haggadah survived centuries of purges and wars thanks to people of all faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, has turned the intriguing but sparely detailed history of this precious volume into an emotionally rich, thrilling fictionalization that retraces its turbulent journey.   more...

FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

March 8, 2010

To Register:
Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Exploration of spirituality through
 a work of fiction

Tuesday,

March 16, 2010

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

 LOCATION

Kirkridge

 www.kirkridge.org

2495 Fox Gap Road

Bangor, PA 18013


Returning to the Well
with Glenn Mitchell

March 18, 2010

9:30 am - 4:00 pm 

Open to All!

Overnight and Second Day open to SDSG grads or equivalent

 

 LOCATION

Mariawald Renewal Center
www.mariawaldrenewal.com

1094 Welsh Road

Reading PA 19607

Chant in the Contemplative Life

March 18-19, 2010

 

In recent decades there has been an explosion of contemplative chant—Taize, Iona, and Gouzes chant have extended the foundational place of Gregorian chant in the life of Christian praise and practice. In this retreat we will explore and experience chant in its many forms. Cynthia Bourgeault’s book, Chanting the Psalms, will serve as a primer.

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Retreat Fee (as you are able):
One Day: $95-125
Lunch is provided
 
Two Days: $270-295
Includes meals and overnight lodging
 
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
March 1, 2010

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222


 PART OF THE OASIS 2010 AUTHOR SERIES

Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:


Facing East, Praying West: A Poetic Journey through the Spiritual Exercises,
by Kent Ira Groff,
Paulist Press, Jan 3, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8091-4628-4
 

Groff is a spiritual companion for journeyers and leaders, a retreat director and a writer poet living in Denver, Colorado. With experience as a pastor, chaplain, and seminary professor, he serves as founding mentor of Oasis Ministries, Camp Hill, PA. Poetry has a way of drawing on intuitive, imaginative, and intellectual dimensions of our response to God’s grace, often hidden in undercurrents of desolations and consolations. Letting the flow of words, images, and metaphors out through our fingertips—or in through our eyes—creates a holistic and primal way of praying.   more...

FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

April 14, 2010

To Register:
Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Poetry Exploration and author visit with

Kent Ira Groff

Facing East, Praying West: Poetic Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises

Wednesday,

April 21, 2010

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

LOCATION

Kenbrook

 www.kenbrook.org

190 Pine Meadow Road

Lebanon, PA  17046

 

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Thursday,
April 22, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
 
LOCATION:

Kirkridge

 www.kirkridge.org

2495 Fox Gap Road

Bangor, PA 18013


 


Bring Many Names
with Rabbi Carl Choper
and Alicia Conklin-Wood

April 30, 2010

9:30 am - 3:30 pm 

 

Registration Deadline:
April 15, 2009

Using the lovely fable In God's Name, by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso as a springboard, we will seek to uncover some of the names, or qualities, by which the Holy One speaks to each of us wherever we are in life. On this day of prayer you will find rest and renewal for your spirit as we open our hearts to some of the many faces and names for God.                           more...


 
LOCATION

Progress-Immanuel
Presbyterian Church
 
www.pipc-church.org

3640 Ash Street

Harrisburg PA 17109-3941
 

Retreat Fee: $65-95 (as you are able)

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222


EXPLORING SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
with Lorelei Oelschlager, Marc Oehler, and Jane Politi 

Tuesday,

May 4, 2010

9:30 am-3:30 pm 

 

 LOCATION

Camp Johnsonburg www.campjburg.org

PO Box 475, 822 Rte 519, Johnsonburg, NJ 07846

Come join us for ‘a day apart’ for an introduction to spiritual direction. We will explore both the receiving of spiritual direction as a part of an individual’s spiritual walk as well as what is involved in a ministry of offering spiritual direction. There will be time for prayer and quiet reflection along with a “real” play of a spiritual direction session, and information about Oasis Ministries’ training program, Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guidesmore...

 

RETREAT FEE: $65-$95 (As you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 24, 2010

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222


Book Discussion and Retreat based upon:

 

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott
Penguin, 2007
ISBN-10: 0143142089
 

This quirky and appealing collection of 28 essays is Anne Lamott's third volume, after Traveling Mercies and Plan B, on her journey of faith as a contemporary Christian. Once again, she shares her idiosyncratic responses to the times in which we live. She sees God as "an equal opportunity employer" and believes it is possible "to experience the divine anywhere." So she stays on the lookout for the spiritual meaning of every experience.    more...

FEE: $35-$55 (as you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

May 13, 2010

To Register:
Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

Souls on the Journey

Exploration of rebirth (Spring)

Tuesday,

May 18, 2010

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

 LOCATION

Kirkridge

 www.kirkridge.org

2495 Fox Gap Road

Bangor, PA 18013


Join us in the beautiful setting of Still Waters, a retreat center along the banks of the Conodoguinet Creek to explore the work of Thomas Merton, (1915-1968), Trappist Monk, writer, poet, contemplative, who was one of the most influential Christian voices of the 20th century. We will explore his contribution in a contemplative and active way and experience the ways in which his life and work still speak to us.

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RETREAT FEE: $65-$95 (As you are able)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 31, 2010

To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org
or, 717-737-8222

 

Join Us for Our Annual

A THOMAS MERTON RETREAT DAY
with Sanford Alwine & Glenn Mitchell

Still Waters Retreat Center
501 W. Slate Hill Road
Carlisle, PA

June 11, 2010
9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

 
 


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