2025 Silent Directed Retreat
2-Night Option A: Friday, Sept 19 (4pm) – Sunday 21 (1pm)
2-Night Option B: Sunday, Sept 21 (4pm) – Tuesday, Sept 23 (1pm)
4-Night Option: Friday, Sept 19 (4pm) – Tuesday, Sept 23 (1pm)
Enjoy a guided weekend of silence, spiritual renewal, rest, and listening to the voice of God. Our guest speaker and facilitator is Rev. Terry Cathcart, a seasoned pastor, spiritual director, and silent retreat leader. He has been involved in retreat ministry for over 40 years. He’ll be accompanied by worship leader Rob Engelhart, as well as a team of spiritual directors with whom participants may meet during the weekend.
This retreat offers participants an opportunity to explore and experience a variety of spiritual practices with a group of about 25 others. These practices include silence, solitude, spiritual direction, lectio divina, visio divina, singing of chants, journaling, lament, centering prayer, healing prayer, contemplative worship, holy communion, and the examen.
Check-in for 2-Night Option A opens at 4:00 pm and the retreat begins with dinner at 5:30 pm (Central Time) Friday and concludes at 1:00pm Sunday. Check-in for 2-Night Option B opens at 4:00 pm and the retreat begins with dinner at 5:30 pm (Central Time) Sunday and concludes at 1:00pm Tuesday.
You may also register for both options, and join us for the entire 4-days.
2025 Theme: Praying with the Stories of Your Life
Serving on the facilitating team for this year’s retreat will be: Terry Cathcart (pastor, spiritual director, and retreat leader), Rob Engelhart (worship leader), and several other spiritual directors.
The 2025 retreat theme will be Praying With the Stories of Your Life.
The talks at the worship times during the retreat will be about looking back at our life stories and the presence of God in these stories from our past.
Psalm 37: 23-26
Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way; though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the LORD holds us by the hand.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.
John 16: 12-13
I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
2025 Silent Retreat Pricing:
- 2-Night Options: $195
- 4-Night Option: $335
(to join the 4-night option, register for both option A & B)
A $25 processing fee will be kept in the case of any cancellation one week (7 days) or more from the start of the retreat. In the case of a cancellation less than one week from the start of the retreat, no payments will be refunded.
Packing List:
- Bedding, towel, and toiletries
- Clothing for all weather
- Walking shoes
- Swimsuit for sauna (if interested)
- Bible, notebook and pen
- Flashlight
