Labyrinth Retreat
With Anne Montgomery Schmid
October 22, 2023
Join us in community as we embark on a labyrinth journey.
Come with your curiosity and willingness as Anne Montgomery Schmid, Certified Labyrinth Facilitator and Founder of Encircled Grace, will explore with us this ancient spiritual practice and serve as our guide for the labyrinth walk. During our time together, you will learn about concepts, history, and benefits of labyrinth walking. You will then have opportunity to engage in holy listening while walking our newly created outdoor labyrinth. If inclement weather, our walk will take place inside on two different labyrinths. This nonjudgmental path opens new possibilities for prayer and spiritual practice. Time for journaling, group reflection, and questions will follow the walk. Please bring a journal or sketchpad for time of individual reflection. Lunch will be provided.
Schedule:
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Presentation and Q & A
2:30 – 3:30 Walk and journal/individual reflection time
3:30 – 4:00 Group reflection and opportunity for additional Q & A
“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” -Jeremiah 6:16
Solvitur ambulando – “It is solved by walking” – St. Augustine
ABOUT LABYRINTHS
A labyrinth is an ancient spiritual resource that offers opportunity to invite people into a deeper spiritual connection by quieting the mind, opening the heart, and engaging the body. Walking a labyrinth allows dedicated time and space for prayer, meditation, and thoughtful reflection. It is a place to retreat, restore, and renew. The labyrinth provides nonjudgmental space for community building, healing, and contemplation. They may be found at churches, synagogues, hospitals, wellness centers, spas, prisons, schools and universities, playgrounds and community centers, as well as backyards and beaches.
About the Spiritual Director
Anne Montgomery Schmid
Anne is the founder of Encircled Grace and a Veriditas Certified Labyrinth Facilitator. Feeling a natural call to the labyrinth, Anne’s journey has taken her to training with Lauren Artress, an internationally known spokeswoman in the labyrinth community, walking labyrinths as she travels to all 50 states, and sharing her gifts with diverse communities. Anne […]
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