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Making God Alive – An Advent Quiet Day Retreat
Quilt by Harriet Powers, an enslaved woman (1895-1898 Annalena Tonelli, a woman who served the desert nomads of northern Kenya dying of tuberculosis penned the following words: The poor are waiting for us. The ways of service are infinite and left to the imagination. Let us not wait to be instructed in how to serve. …
Contemplative Photography group
Online gathering. All are welcome. Fill out the registration form to be added to the email announcements. Check the link for more information about the gathering.
Contemplative Photography Group
Online gathering. All are welcome. Fill out the registration form to be added to the email announcements. Check the link for more information about the gathering.
Lent Quiet Day – The Truth About Freedom
The Hermitage 11321 Dutch Settlement Rd, Three RIvers, MILent is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for “spring.” It denotes the lengthening of days. In Christian practice, it is a time for honest introspection and long reflection on the life and work of Jesus and readies us for an entry into Holy Week culminating in the celebration of Resurrection. We believe we are made …
Feast of the Transfiguration – Celebration and Stories
The Hermitage 11321 Dutch Settlement Rd, Three RIvers, MICome Celebrate Transitions and Transformations This year's Feast of the Transition will focus on celebrating the work of Kevin and June these past four years, the arrival of the Bierma family assuming leadership for the Hermitage, the work of the Wengers on the new staff residence, and the work of staff and volunteer Ursula and …
Women’s Silent Retreat
A silent retreat for women at the Hermitage will be hosted by the Sanctuary at Bear Creek on 14-16 October 2022 . There are a few openings still available! Please use the link below to see if this opportunity is for you. Women's' Retreat Offering
Advent Quiet Day 2022 – Presenter Naomi Wenger
“...Christ plays in ten thousand places, Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of men's faces.”
These words from the closing of Gerard Manley Hopkin’s untitled sonnet, form a framework for an Advent Quiet Day reflection on Being, Doing, Incarnation and Divinization. Join with Naomi in a day-long meditation on one of Hopkin’s most beloved poems. As we prepare for the darkening days of Advent and the remembrance of the incarnate birth of the son of God, we take a few hours to remember that we participate in this great movement of God earthward by approaching the fullness of “our life ... hidden in Christ with God” (Colossians 3:3).