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Bishop’s Retreat
May 6, 2020 - May 8, 2020
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Reflection, Rest, and Renewal: A time away along streams of living water
Upper Susquehanna Synod 2020 Bishop’s Retreat
May 6-8, 2020
Camp Hebron (www.camphebron.org) 957 Camp Hebron Road, Halifax PA 17032
Register Now With credit card OR Pay by check (payable to Upper Susquehanna Synod).
The Bishop’s Retreat for 2020 will be held May 6-8 at Camp Hebron in Halifax, PA. Nestled along the Appalachian Trail just north of Harrisburg, they have 340 acres of wooded sanctuary. Camp Hebron is only 8 miles northeast from the bridge at Duncannon and just a few miles from the junction of Routes 147 and 225 south of Halifax.
We will stay in the Sylvan View all-in-one retreat center, which features 35 comfortable motel-style rooms accommodating up to 4 people each. There is a private bath in each room and linens are provided. The camp has hiking and walking trails for various abilities. Other possibilities include walking the Prayer Labyrinth, a full-size gymnasium, bike riding, and sitting by a campfire.
Our Retreat begins on May 6 at 9:30am and concludes at 11:30am on May 8. The agenda includes worship, prayer, group discussions, conversation with the bishop, and plenty of time for personal and group reflection and recreation. You will have opportunities for spiritual direction and massage at an additional cost.
This year we will be joined by colleagues from Lower Susquehanna and Allegheny Synods.
Jn 7:37b “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’”
How do you make space for creativity and imagination? Are there practices that you can experience that will allow you to make space for inspiration and writing? Are there ways to dialogue with a scripture text that will open you to the movement of the Spirit to spark your own creativity in inviting others to hear the word of God’s promises in Christ along with you. We want to invite you to a time away for reflection, rest, and renewal that will have a two-track approach to opportunities for experiencing creative, reflective writing and poetry and concrete dialogues with texts for deepening approaches to preaching and teaching.
We are pleased to welcome Rev. Kevin Shock from the Allegheny Synod to facilitate the track on dialogues with the text. Kevin is one of the contributors to the Sundays and Seasons and has a passion for thinking deeply about scripture texts. Barb Debski and Rev. Robert Doll will facilitate the creative writing track as ones who have a love for poetry and the spiritual practice of writing.
Cost for registration by April 15, is $310 single; $200 double; $70 commuter.
Online registration is now open!
To pay by credit card use this link: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/1170589
To pay by check (to Upper Susquehanna Synod) use this link: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/1170642.
