11301 Neelsville Church Road Germantown
MD 20876
Theme: PREPARE THE WAY. The Advent stories are full of listening – Zechariah and Mary listening to Gabriel, Elizabeth to Mary’s astonishing greeting, Mary to Elizabeth’s inspired proclamation, Joseph to an angel in a dream, neighbors to the news of the birth and naming of John, shepherds to a whole heavenly host out in the fields. In every story there is a message from on High which invites and prepares the hearers to be full participants in the Good News announced. In Advent we, too, are invited to listen, to be available for encounters with the Holy that prepare a way for us to become today’s hearers and full participants in the Good News. This retreat will offer deep rest in the Word, in the natural world, in story and in quiet as ways to foster such availability.
Leader: Karen Johnson is a seasoned retreat leader who has been a part of the Dayspring community since 1994. She is an Episcopal priest whose primary work is spiritual direction.
