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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.

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