The Practice of Wellness in Christ

Schedule Subject to Change

Monday Aug 18th

 

4:00 PM- Check-in

 

6:00 PM- Dinner for all participants

 

7:15-8:30 PM- Session 1- Invitation to Integration

 

8:30-9 PM- Cultivating Calm

Tuesday, Aug 19th

 

7:30-9 AM  Breakfast for overnight guests

 

9-10:45 AM- Session 2- Integrating With The Mind of Christ

10:45-11 AM- Break

 

11 AM- Moving Meditation- Gentle movement to promote better physical health while focusing on the mind of Christ.  Chair modifications offered and movement is appropriate for all levels. 

 

12:00 PM- Lunch for all participants

 

1:30-3 PM- Session 3- Bringing My Story to Jesus.  Christ with me yesterday, today, and tomorrow. 

 

3-4 PM- Optional break out sessions

1. Quiet time for personal reflection and the practice of lament or forgiveness 

2. Artistic reflection practices- Art as Healing

 

4- 6 PM- Free time

 

6 PM- Dinner for all participants

 

7:30-8:30 PM- Session 4- The practice of reorientation to God’s goodness.  My identity is grounded on the cornerstone.

8:30-9 PM- Reflection- Letting God into all my senses

Wed., Aug 20th

 

7:30-9 AM- Breakfast for overnight guests

 

9-10:30 AM- Session 5- The practice of rest- what is it, and how do we grasp it?

 

10:30-10:45 AM- Break

 

10:45 AM-12 PM- Worship, Wonder, and a call to Rest- Contemplating with God in the beauty of His creation. 

 

12:00 PM- Lunch for all participants

 

1:30 PM- The Great Silence- An invitation to experience the presence of God.

6 PM- Dinner for all participants- Breaking the silence with bread. 

 

7:30-8:30 PM- Session 7- Hungry and Thirsty- God and Me, God and Food, Me and God, Me and Food- A biblical look at our true longings and desires.  

 

8:30-8:50 PM- Evening reflection- Life is Like a River

 

Thursday Aug 21st

 

7:30-9 AM- Breakfast for overnight guests

 

9:00- 10:30 AM- Session 8- A Well Integrated Life- Planning with God for my future. 

 

10:30-10:45 AM- Break

 

10:45-11:15 AM- Physical and Spiritual balance through the seasons- Autumn leaves

 

11:15-11:45 AM- Closing thoughts, Consecration, and Prayer  

 

Dismissal right before Noon- Lunch available for purchase in the bookstore at the Carriage House.