Registration is now Open!
Click to Register: form.jotform.com/PMR-UCC/4th-quarter-retreat-may-2024
Retired Ministers Retreat 2024
Circles of Connection
3pm Tuesday, May 14 to 2pm Thursday, May 16
In-Person at Bethlehem Retreat Center, Nanaimo BC
— Download the Circles of Connection PDF Flyer (click)
Come, develop, explore, and strengthen your circles of connection through worship, music, art, and facilitated conversation with other retired ministers in a tranquil setting.
- Worship and Music Leader: Rev. Juanita Austin
- Artist in Residence: Rev. Sharilynn Upsdell
- Hosted by the 4th Quarter Planning Network
Register here: form.jotform.com/PMR-UCC/4th-quarter-retreat-may-2024
Questions arising?
Contact Liz Bowyer: elizabethbowyer2007 @ gmail.com
About Your Time at “Circles of Connection”
“Circles of Connection” at Bethlehem Retreat Centre Nanaimo
The Pacific Mountain Regional Council invites you to the first 4th Quarter In-Person Retreat. You are invited to join other retired clergy at this peaceful retreat centre nestled beside Westwood Lake. Take time from your regular or irregular retirement schedule to make some “Circles of Connection”. Register soon because space is limited.
– Click here to go to the Bethlehem Centre website
This retreat will be a time to tend to your spirit. Guided by the Holy One and some helpers, we will gather for worship, music, art, reflection, food, and fun, and maybe help strengthen your faith life in retirement. We are excited to have Rev. Juanita Austin and Rev. Sharilynn Upsdell. on our leadership team. Please bring your musical instruments to share in the fun.
Logistics
Registration deadline is April 15th
– Cost is $200, for meals and accommodation. (Subsidized by Pacific Mountain Region). * Please contact one of the committee below if the cost is a factor. Peggy Jensen: peggyjensen65 @ gmail.com ; Liz Bowyer: elizabethbowyer2007 @ gmail.com; Wendy Bily: wbily @ uniserve.com
– You are responsible for arranging your own transportation and covering those costs.
– Free pick up and drop off from Nanaimo ferries or airport to Bethlehem Retreat Centre is can be selected in the registration form.
– Click here for Before You Arrive to Bethlehem Retreat Centre.
Note: Seniors travel free as BC Ferries foot passengers Monday to Thursday.
Ferry Schedule (check BC Ferries and Hullo foot ferry for up-to-date information prior to travel!)
Tuesday May 14th:
– BC Ferries departing Horseshoe Bay: 10:40am, arriving 12:20pm; 1:00pm, arriving 2:40pm
– BC Ferries departing Tsawwassen: 10:15am, arriving 12:15pm; 12:45pm, arriving 2:45
– Hullo foot ferry departing downtown Vancouver, to Nanaimo: 1:00pm, arriving 2:10pm; 5:30, arriving 6:40pm
Thursday May 16th:
– BC Ferries departing Departure Bay: 1:00pm, arriving 2:40pm; departing 3:20pm, arriving 5:00pm
– BC Ferries departing Duke Point: 12:45pm, arriving 2:45pm; departing 3:15pm, arriving 5:15
– Hullo foot ferry BC Ferries departing Nanaimo, to Vancouver: 1:00pm, arriving 2:10pm; 3:30pm, arriving 4:40pm
Ready to Register?
Click here: form.jotform.com/PMR-UCC/4th-quarter-retreat-may-2024