Fall 2010 Retreats
First Fridays in the Quiet Garden
Join us at the beginning of the month as we take time to slow the pace and enjoy a quiet place to pause and let our bodies and minds rest and our hearts awaken. We begin at 10:00 am with an opening meditation and gather again at 2:45 pm for a closing circle. The time in between is intentionally unstructured to allow each person time and space to do what is most nurturing whether it is expressing with creative materials, reflecting, praying or meditating in the outdoor chapel or the labyrinth garden, enjoying one of the many gardens and natural areas, reading or even napping. Come for all or part of the day as your schedule permits.
Come any first Friday of each month from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- July 2: Interdependence Day
- August 6: Fruits of the Spirit
- September 3: A Labor of Love
- October 1: Preparing to Follow the Fallow
- November 4: Gratitude, Gratitude, Gratitude
- December 3: An Expectant Heart
Led by Pat Bailey and Dee Irwin, Co-Directors of Healing Ground and Healing Ground volunteers
Bring a bag lunch; beverages and snacks provided.
Suggested donation: Any Love Offering is appreciated.
Micro-finance and Dining for Women
Lunch Study Group
This is a joint offering between Servant Leadership School and Healing Ground that follows up on last Spring’s book study, Half the Sky, as we continue to explore micro-finance options both locally and globally. The even months will focus on local projects and the odd months will be contributing to Dining for Women, a national group that targets specific micro-finance projects abroad. Anyone is invited to drop in and learn more. Each month we invite participants to make a contribution equal to (or greater) than they would have spent on lunch as a means of building our micro-financing capital.
For more information, contact Pat Bailey 336.644.0076 or email healingground@triad.rr.com or Emily Reeves, contact person for Dining for Women, at 336.315.6430 or email bandereeve@aol.com.
Third Thursdays each month 12:30 to 2pm in Broome Hall at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greensboro - Bring your own lunch.
Love offering for micro-finance projects.
Open Studio for SoulCollage®
Designed for those who have taken at least one SoulCollage® workshop (with us or elsewhere) and would like to share your processing with others who share in this journey. Stay and work on cards as late as you wish.
Please call 336.644.0076 and let us know you are coming.
Fourth Mondays each month (July 26, August 23, September 27, October 25, November 22) From 4:30 to 6 pm or if you choose, bring something to share for dinner and then stay and work on your cards. Simple love offering.
An Altar in the World Wisdom Circle
Barbara Brown Taylor's book, An Altar in the World, is a beautiful vehicle for groups to use to explore the sacramental nature of common human experiences. We will examine one chapter each week, discussing the ways we can mark the presence of God in our everyday lives. The study of this book along with the covenant to pray for and listen to each other during this twelve-week period might be a good way to center ourselves and prepare for a more meaningful holiday season.
Led by: Marcy Reid-Smith, retired Disciples of Christ pastor, multimedia artist, spiritual director, and fellow seeker. Twelve week session from 10am to Noon beginning September 13 through November 29.
Suggested donation: $100
A New Earth Study Group
This highly interactive study group, based on Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth, will encourage participants to look at their life “purpose.” Experiential processes will engage the group so that issues such as: how we make ourselves happy or not; how to get our minds unstuck; managing our ego so it becomes a more effective servant; practicing presence, and more will be offered in a safe and supportive learning environment.
Led by Kevin Haggerty, teacher, counselor, executive coach, consultant for Farr Associates. Kevin’s life goal is to help people understand that their purpose in life is to be happy through self-awareness and to share that happiness with their families, friends and community. For further information, call Kevin at 336.509.5777
Six Monday evenings from 7:00 to 9:30 pm beginning September 13 and ending October 18, 2010.
Suggested donation: $100 per person or $175 per couple.
Becoming an Alchemist of the Heart:
An Enneagram Wisdom Circle
The Enneagram constantly invites us to consciously accept responsibility for the quality of our experiences rather than fall into projections of blame-shame-guilt. It is challenging work for we are more prone to re-acting (against) than being response-able for our own thoughts and emotions. Michael Brown’s Alchemy of the Heart offers helpful guidance in awakening the heart in our quest for authenticity, integrity and intimacy. We will study this work together and explore its relationship to the deeper wisdom of the Enneagram as a tool for transformation.
Led by Dee Irwin, Enneagram teacher, spiritual director and retreat leader. Every other Wednesday, 9 to 11:30am, September 15 through December 8.
Suggested donation: $100
Are You My Type?:
An Enneagram Wisdom Circle
There are a variety of personality inventories organized around Types — the different filters that we use to interpret our experiences and understand ourselves and the world around us. The Enneagram is a particularly powerful tool for not only understanding our personality type, but for awakening to the deeper gifts that reside within each of us at the core of our authentic or True Self. It also helps us realize that ultimately, we are all One; we have all of the types within us and the more we awaken to our True Self, the more we access the gifts of each type.
Led by Dee Irwin, Enneagram teacher, spiritual director, retreat leader, and faculty member of the Servant Leadership School of Greensboro.
Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30pm, September 16 through November 11. Classes meet in The Café at 211 W. Fisher Ave.
Suggested donation: $100
Exploring the Divine Feminine
through SoulCollage®
Arundhati Roy says “The Divine Feminine is the unseen dimension of soul to which we are connected through our instincts, our feelings, and the longing imagination of the heart.” This retreat will combine SoulCollage® card making, meditation and movement under the inspiration of the full moon.
Led by Kim Goldstein, a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice and a collage and jewelry artist, and Donna Anthony is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a fabric assemblage artist and pastel artist. Donna and Kim completed the facilitator training for SoulCollage®, led by Seena Frost in 2008. Thursday, September 23, from 6:30pm to 10pm.
Suggested donation: $40 - $50
Coming to God through Stories:
Dwelling in Stories that Change our Lives
This workshop introduces short teaching stories from a variety of faith traditions, East and West. We shall approach the stories in such a way that (1) we are all the characters in the story — heroes, heroines, villains and supporting players, (2) the stories are taking place here, now and always, (3) the stories are pointing to the Great Mystery — our Ever-present Origin and Goal, and (4) the stories are calling us to come to life more fully so we can serve life with more love and compassion, joy and peace.
Led by John Sullivan, local author and Powell Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Elon University where he taught for 36 years. He is the author of The Spiral of the Seasons: Welcoming the Gifts of Later Life.
Friday, September 24, from 10am to 4pm.
Suggested donation: $45 -$55 with lunch included.
The Oneness Beyond Dimension:
SoulCollage® Workshop
Come explore the three transpersonal cards of the SoulCollage® deck — the Source, the Witness, and the SoulEssence — and learn how to read your cards. This workshop is for people who are experienced at making soul collage cards.
Led by Kim Goldstein and Donna Anthony. Saturday, November 13 from 10 am to 3pm.
Suggested donation: $40 – 50. Bring your lunch, beverage and dessert provided.
Advent Retreat at St. Francis Spring Prayer Center, Stoneville, NC
In Healing Ground tradition, we are inviting folks to spend some quiet time in preparation for the coming of the Christ child. This year we have reserved five double rooms at St. Francis Springs for two nights in very gracious accommodations that include six meals. The “Christmas at the Springs” retreat will begin with a Taize program at 3pm on Sunday. There will be two devotional periods to begin and end each of the days and a special exhibit to help frame the Advent season as well as Calling Circle for our participants.
Pat Bailey and Dee Irwin invite you to join them for this special event. Register early as we expect that the space will go very quickly.
Sunday, December 5 through Tuesday, December 7
Cost is $105 — all inclusive of accommodations, meals, and activities
Advanced Pilgrimage Information
Healing Ground is organizing two different pilgrimages in 2011. We would love to give you more information if you are at all interested in either or both pilgrimages. A ten-day pilgrimage June 30 through July 9, 2011, to Iona, Scotland with Rev. Virginia Herring and Pat Bailey and a ten-day Desert Pilgrimage September 24 through October 3, 2011, in New Mexico at Casa del Sol at Ghost Ranch and Christ in the Desert Monastery with Dee Irwin and Pat Bailey. Call 336.643.8898 or email healingground@triad.rr.com for more information.
The suggested Love Offerings are just that—suggestions. We welcome you at any retreat for any amount you may wish to give. Scholarships are always available and we welcome barters or work exchanges if you would like to trade your time and talent for a retreat offering or a personal retreat. If you are financially blessed, you may want to sponsor someone who is blessed in other ways.
Walking the Labyrinth at Healing Ground
This form of meditation or prayer walking has been helpful to people throughout the ages and continues to be an effective way to center oneself, restoring peace and calm.
Healing Ground has a beautiful outdoor labyrinth in the Quiet Garden which is always available for use. You can also bring the experience of walking the labyrinth to individuals or groups by taking advantage of Healing Ground’s portable 11-circuit canvas Chartres labyrinth (rental fee is $100).
