“The hush of Heaven holds my heart today.” (Lesson #286)
Just a ‘hearts up’… our second annual Christmas Retreat will take place in Colorado Springs at the Franciscan Center from Dec. 1st to the 4th, 2016, which is three full days compared to the two full days last year. It runs Thursday afternoon through Sunday noon.
The Theme: “Christmas, the Healing of the Heart.”
To register, scroll down to “Registration” below:
The Course uses the word “heart” more than one hundred times. What is the heart? Where is the heart? How do we recognize and change the desire of our heart? What does healing of the heart then mean?
Jesus tell us to that to say… “we want the peace of God is nothing, but to mean these words is everything.” (Les. 185) How do we make this the true prayer of our heart?
Come explore with us this process of accepting the Atonement, the true meaning of Christmas, into our hearts as a real and practical healing experience in our daily lives, during this Christmas season and throughout the year.
Jesus says in Chapter Five… “I place the peace of God in your heart and in your hands, to hold and share. The heart is pure to hold it, and the hands are strong to give it. We cannot lose.”
All are welcome, both new and ongoing students of the Course!
Facilitators:
There will be three presenters from the School for A Course in Miracles in Denver, including Lyn Corona and Tim Wise. Lyn has been studying and teaching the Course since the late 1970’s, and Tim since 1985. Both love the Course, continue to practice it daily, and collectively have taught hundreds of classes and done dozens of retreats and seminars on the Course over the years. You can see their bios at: https://www.schoolforacourseinmiracles.org/about/
We are pleased to announce that Whitney , an excellent presenter from the SFACIM, will be our third facilitator. Her bio can be seen also at the above link.
The Program:
Each price per person will include:
- two group sessions a day on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and a final morning session on Sunday,
- all the meals ( Thurs. dinner through Sun. breakfast)
- lodging for three nights,
- one-on-one mentoring sessions if requested, and
- optional evening showings of films based on very moving stories.
The Place:
We love the Franciscan Center in Colorado Springs for retreats, nestled in a lovely location in the foothills of the Rockies. The staff has been consistently great, accommodations wonderful, and the meals more than satisfactory. This will be our third retreat there in a year.
Costs:
Cost includes entire program, room for four days/three nights, and all eight meals (Thursday supper thru Sunday breakfast):
$375 per person for double room, and $455 for single room.
Commuter Rate: $238 (includes entire program and 5 meals: dinner Th,Fr,Sa & lunch Fr,Sa)
Registration:
Last Day to register… Sunday, Nov. 13th
Please call Tim @ 720 391 9294 to see if there is still space….
If you would like to talk one-on-one with one of the presenters during the retreat, you can pull them aside during a break and arrange to meet for a 15-20 minute session in the afternoon, during the after-lunch break, or evening after supper (on Friday or Saturday).
Refund Policy: Regretfully if a refund is given on a Paypal transaction, Paypal charges a 3% processing fee to you on the refund… Requests for full refunds can be made up to 30 days prior to retreat. Fifty percent refunds can be given for requests made 30 days to two weeks before the retreat. No refund can be given for less than two weeks notice (except for full refund due to Franciscan Center closing due to bad weather), since the registration and funds will be finalized with the Franciscan Center..
Suggested Readings & Listenings Prior to Retreat:
1) Lessons # 161, 182, 303
2) Chap. 14, sec. IV & V on Atonement
3) Listening: “Sign of Christmas is a Star” and/or “Holy Christ is Born in me Today”
4) Ken Wapnick 9 minute Youtube videos on Christmas and New Year and Christmas
All meetings and meditations are now in the Aspen Room.
All meals are in the Franciscan Center Cafeteria.
The Marian Hall kitchen area (on the Marian Hall ground floor) will be available for hanging out at anytime.
Tentative Schedule
Thursday:
1:30-3:45 pm… Registration (Pick up your room key and sign in @ Registration Table in “Francis Place” Building in main hallway adjacent to Aspen Room )
2:30-3:45pm… During Check-ins: (Optional) lively, insightful 2001 video presentation in Aspen Room of Ken Wapnick and Judy Skutch talking about Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford (with more than 100 photos of Helen, Bill, Ken, and Judy):
