Events
Lenten Mini Retreat: Drawing from the Well (Day 1)
Gita Grady will be leading this time together to “reset” during our Lenten journey.
Living as a faithful Christian requires thought, discipline and action. This commitment happens best when it is sustained by more than what we see at the surface of our lives. This weekend is meant to support ways to sustain faith and examine the different wells from which we draw as we journey as Christians.
This event takes place over two days — March 6 at 5:30 p.m. and March 7 at 9 a.m. — and participants are welcome to join for either one or both sessions however they feel led.
On Friday evening, March 6, we will have an informal dinner discussion in the Parish Hall. We will take a look at our spiritual journey to date during Lent, and discussion may include the study, prayer time or service projects we have taken on. Special attention during the discussion will be focused on what we wished to do, what we have been able to do, and barriers to the spiritual path. Participants are encouraged — but not required — to share from their own experience. We will end with a brief Compline service.
On Saturday, March 7, we will get started at 9 a.m. with morning prayer in the Side Chapel. We will briefly learn about centering prayer and meditation, have some time to learn about the lectio divina (divine reading) steps and process, and then have some time to deeply read and discuss the story about the Samaritan woman at the well in the Gospel of John. We will conclude with a prayer service in the Side Chapel.
Margreta Grady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years of experience working with groups, families and children. She is a lifelong Episcopalian who has enjoyed many different retreat experiences all over the country. She is currently a postulant to Holy Orders in the Diocese of Virginia and plans to attend seminary in the near future. She is also an Associate of Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York, which means she follows a rule of life based on Benedictine principles. She has been a member of Saint James’ Warrenton for over 10 years.
Lenten Mini Retreat: Drawing from the Well (Day 2)
Gita Grady will be leading this time together to “reset” during our Lenten journey.
Living as a faithful Christian requires thought, discipline and action. This commitment happens best when it is sustained by more than what we see at the surface of our lives. This weekend is meant to support ways to sustain faith and examine the different wells from which we draw as we journey as Christians.
This event takes place over two days — March 6 at 5:30 p.m. and March 7 at 9 a.m. — and participants are welcome to join for either one or both sessions however they feel led.
On Friday evening, March 6, we will have an informal dinner discussion in the Parish Hall. We will take a look at our spiritual journey to date during Lent, and discussion may include the study, prayer time or service projects we have taken on. Special attention during the discussion will be focused on what we wished to do, what we have been able to do, and barriers to the spiritual path. Participants are encouraged — but not required — to share from their own experience. We will end with a brief Compline service.
On Saturday, March 7, we will get started at 9 a.m. with morning prayer in the Side Chapel. We will briefly learn about centering prayer and meditation, have some time to learn about the lectio divina (divine reading) steps and process, and then have some time to deeply read and discuss the story about the Samaritan woman at the well in the Gospel of John. We will conclude with a prayer service in the Side Chapel.
Margreta Grady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years of experience working with groups, families and children. She is a lifelong Episcopalian who has enjoyed many different retreat experiences all over the country. She is currently a postulant to Holy Orders in the Diocese of Virginia and plans to attend seminary in the near future. She is also an Associate of Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York, which means she follows a rule of life based on Benedictine principles. She has been a member of Saint James’ Warrenton for over 10 years.
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