Registration for “The Good, the True, and the Beautiful: Creativity and Spirituality” has opened! Sign up for a weekend [April 13 – 15, 2018] focused on creativity, the arts, and a life in the Spirit.
The Good, the True, & the Beautiful retreat will welcome the Rev. Becca Stevens back to the diocese, as well as her husband, Marcus Hummon, for a weekend of creative activities that will lead to the culmination of worship. Stay on site at beautiful Camp Capers for workshops, fellowship, teaching, and worship.
The Rev. Becca Stevens, Episcopal priest and founder of Thistle Farms, and Marcus Hummon, award-winning singer/songwriter, will lead group plenary conversations and individual workshops, all culminating in worship Sunday morning and focused on the Walk to Emmaus passage from Luke 24.
The retreat begins with dinner at 6:30 PM, Friday (4/13), followed by the Welcome and Plenary Session 1: “Starry Nights and Broken Dreams … Stories and Songs”. Saturday will include two more Plenary Sessions (2: “How Love Heals”, 3: “Singing with Our Truest Hearts”), free time for relaxation and fun on Camp Capers’ beautiful 188 acres, morning breakout workshops with Becca (“Justice as Worship – Creating an Economy of Love”) and Marcus (“Then Sings My Soul – The Music Workshop”), two hands-on creativity workshops in the afternoon with local artists and leaders (see list below), and evening gatherings for prayer and fellowship. Wake Sunday morning for final conversations after breakfast, then Closing Eucharist before returning home filled, refreshed, and energized by the Spirit.
Saturday Afternoon Workshop Opportunities:
1. Art: Collage, led by Patti Reed
2. Art: Lettering
3. Art, led by painter Kirk Clark
4. Cooking in the Capers Kitchen
5. Creative Writing
6. Dance as Worship
7. Drama, led Sam Carter Gilliam
8. Journaling/Memoirs
9. Music, led by Marcus Hummon
10. Photography
11. Yoga / Meditation
There are two weekend rates, determined by where you choose to stay. Sign up with your spouse or a friend and stay in the River Bluff and Meadowcross Lodges ($200/person, double occupancy) or select the Cabins ($150/person, group lodging with private bathroom). Cabin mate and lodge roommate requests accepted from all.
So clear your women’s Bible Study or men’s Life Group calendars and sign up to share a weekend experience of creativity and spirituality! Click here to sign up.
Young Adult / College Student scholarship rates available at request. Contact Camp Capers (830-995-3966) or the Camps & Conferences offices in the Bishop Jones Center (888/210-824-5387) for more information about available rooms, rates, and retreat specifics.
