Information on our past retreats:
2014 Events (September-December)
Journey Toward Wholeness: Courage & Renewal® Retreat Series at Pendle Hill
Location: Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA
Date: October 31, 2014 to July 19, 2015
Details: SORRY THIS IS FULL AND WAIT LISTED
Open Heart, Peaceful Mind: A Retreat for Rest & Reflection
Location: Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA
Date: December 28, 2014 to January 1, 2015
Details: SORRY THIS IS FULL AND WAIT LISTED
2015 Events
Pilgrimage Home: Stepping Into Transformation, Celebrating the Journey Home, Spiritual Directors International Webinar
Location: http://www.sdiworld.org
Date: January 27, 2015
Details: Check www.sdiworld.org
‘Lay My Burden Down’: Re-imaging ‘The Strong Black Woman’ through Mindful Leadership
Location: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date: February 27-28, 2015
Details: www.havard.edu
Be Mindful: Leadership Practices to Transform You and Your School, ASCD 70th Annual Conference
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
Date: March 21-23, 2015
Details: www.ascd.org
Journey Toward Wholeness: A Courage & Renewal® Two-Part Series at Woolman Hill—FULL & WAITLISTED
Location: Woolman Hill, Deerfield, Massachusetts
Date: March 26 – 29 and November 5 – 8, 2015
Details: www.woolmanhill.org
Deeper Learning Conference 2015 Be Mindful: Practices to Transform Your Leadership and School
Location: High Tech High, San Diego, CA.
Date: April 1-3, 2015
Details: What is mindfulness? How do mindfulness practices support powerful, effective, and creative educational leadership? In this practice-oriented session, authors of the just-published The Mindful School Leader: Practices To Transform Your Leadership and School (Corwin, 2014) offer mindful leadership exercises they’ve developed working with hundreds of educational leaders. http://www.deeper-learning.org.
Renewing Our Courage to Live and Work Wholeheartedly: A Courage & Renewal® Retreat—FULL & WAIT-LISTED
Location: Stonehaven Commons, Radnor, PA.
Date: May 2, 2015
Details: www.couagerenewal.org
Courage to Lead for Young United Methodist Ministers: A Six-Month Courage & Renewal® Leadership Intensive for Faith Leaders to Renew, Reflect, and Reconnect
Location: Siena Retreat Center, Racine, Wisconsin
Date: May 5 – 8 and November 17 – 20, 2015
Details: www.couragerenewal.org
Journey Toward Wholeness: A Courage & Renewal® Two-Part Series at Ghost Ranch—FULL & WAITLISTED
Location: Abiquiu, New Mexico
Date: May 18 – 24 and October 5 – 11, 2015
Details: www.ghostranch.org
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Annual Conference—Be Mindful: Practices to Transform Your Leadership and School
Location: Long Beach, CA
Date: July 1, 2015 2:45 to 4:05 pm
Details: Catch this Ted-Talk style presentation on mindfulness and school leadership at this exciting national conference. http://www.naesp-conference.org
Walk in Beauty: Pilgrimage of El Camino de Santiago, Spain—FULL & WAITLISTED
Location: El Camino de Santiago, Spain
Tentative date: September 18 – 28, 2015
Details: www.couragerenewal.org
Habits of the Heart for Healthy Congregations—FULL & WAITLISTED
Location: Techny Towers Conference and Retreat Center,
2001 Waukegan Road, Techny, Illinois 60062
Date: August 3 to August 6, 2015
Details: Habits of the Heart for Healthy Congregations is an annual retreat and learning conference offered by the Center for Courage & Renewal for clergy and faith leaders who seek renewed energy for ministry, courage to lead in the congregation, and practices for building community. www.couragerenewal.org
Journey Toward Wholeness: A Courage & Renewal Retreat Series at Pendle Hill
Location: Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA
Dates: October 23-25, 2015, February 5-7, 2016, April 1-3, 2016, and July 22-24, 2016
Details: Based on the work of author Parker J. Palmer, this Courage & Renewal ® retreat series explores issues of transition, vocation, life passion, purpose, meaning, aging, direction, and underlying life patterns, to live in alignment with one’s deepest values and to experience the power of your own inner wisdom to guide discernment and action. Quaker-style clearness committees are the capstone of each retreat. Visit www.pendlehill.org to register.
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Open Heart, Peaceful Mind: A Retreat for Rest & Reflection FULL & WAITLISTED
Location: Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA
Date: December 28 to January 1, 2016
Details: Exhale deeply and settle in for a time of serene relaxation, reflection, and renewal to enjoy the gifts of the new year. Experience sustained periods of silence, guided mindfulness meditation, personal reflection with poetry and stories, group discussion, and gentle Kundalini yoga – all designed to quiet the body and mind, build community, and support personal healing and societal transformation. Journal, share laughter, rest deeply. Reclaim your true spirit, restore balance, and nurture awareness of the present moment. Take home new tools to create peace and happiness in daily life. Visit www.pendlehill.org to register.