• 23 - 25 Jun 2023
  • hybrid

A Benevolent Community Circle For Educators – Creating Space That Nurtures The Soul

We invite you to join us for a weekend Retreat that will be the beginning of building a Benevolent Community Circle for Educators. Our intention is to continue gathering together following our time in retreat, via Zoom (twice a month), for a year to continue the conversations and relationships.

Date

June 23, 5:00 PM- June 25, 2023 12:00 PM for retreat, then 2nd & 4th Tuesdays by zoom

Cost

$400, to register email 4hoping@gmail.com

Venue

hybrid

16815 Orchards Way, Milton, DE, USA

Registration Deadline

Jun 9, 2023

“As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.” – Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life

Educators are natural Givers – We give freely to our students and their families, to each other, to our school community, to our own family and friends, often at the risk of depleting ourselves of the time we need to replenish our energy, our spirit, our creativity, and our enthusiasm for all that we love.

In our generosity of heart we can forget to care for ourselves – to build and foster a community that shares our dreams, our joys, our fears, our questions and challenges – a community tied to relational trust and confidentiality, a space outside of the classroom that is safe enough to speak our truth, courageous enough to live with integrity, compassionate enough to hold another’s dignity and care for a colleague’s well-being.

It is with this in mind that we humbly invite you to join us for a weekend Retreat that will be the beginning of building a Benevolent Community Circle for Educators. Our intention is to continue gathering together following our time in retreat, via Zoom (twice a month), for a year to continue the conversations and relationships – to be thought partners, sacred listeners, supporters of ideas, holders of disappointments, and successes – engaging each other with openness and kindness.

Our time in Retreat will follow the Courage & Renewal® Approach, created by Parker J. Palmer and The Center for Courage & Renewal – spending time together, in small group discussion, and individual reflection, known as a Circle of Trust®. We will use poetry, music and photography as generative companions, inspiring us to connect more deeply to ourselves and others – all with an intention to create a foundation from which to build a benevolent community for educators that will continue to provide support throughout the year.

Meet Your Courage & Renewal Facilitators

June 23, 5:00 PM- June 25, 2023 12:00 PM for retreat, then 2nd & 4th Tuesdays by zoom
The community we begin to build in Retreat will continue with 75 minute Zoom calls on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, beginning July 11th at 7:00 p.m.

The Farmhouse
16815 Orchards Way
Milton, DE 19968
United States
Our meeting space:
Welcome to Lori’s quaint 100 year old Farmhouse, located near the Delaware shore towns of Lewes and Rehobeth Beach. The home provides comfy indoor meeting spaces, an expansive wrap-around covered porch, a bunkhouse for additional small group meeting, an inground swimming pool, and outdoor fire pit.

The rural town of Milton is about a 2 and 1/2 hour drive from the Washington DC area and a 2 hour drive from the Baltimore and Philadelphia areas. Nearest Airports are Baltimore/Washington or Philadelphia International Airports, with the closest train station in Wilmington, DE.

Program Cost: $400
The program costs include: retreat journal and materials, and meals that begin with Dinner on Friday and conclude with Breakfast on Sunday, snacks and beverages, and the year long Benevolent Community Conversation space following the in person retreat.

Accommodations:
The Farmhouse has four shared up-stair Bedrooms, each with 2-3 twin beds. There are three full bathrooms in the house. You are invited to stay at the Farmhouse for an additional $100.

There are also many Airbnb’s, motel and hotel rooms nearby – this is a summer beach resort area so if you prefer to stay off property please make your reservation early and note that we kindly remind our off property retreaters to please follow the retreat schedule – arriving on time and remaining until the retreat day has finished. Friday will begin at 5:00 pm. We usually begin our Saturday at 9:00 am and conclude after our evening session – about 8:30 pm. Sunday – 9:00 am – 12:00 noon.

We are a small group retreat – And we understand that unexpected situations occur. If you cancel six weeks prior to the Retreat we will refund you fully. If you find that you have to cancel within four-five weeks of the Retreat we will do our best to fill your spot so to provide a full refund, if we cannot fill your space we will refund $300. If you must cancel 2-3 weeks prior to the retreat and we cannot fill your space -we will refund you 50% as at the 2-3 week mark we will have purchased materials, and provided payment to the caterer. We thank you for your kind understanding.

Scholarships:
We want to make this Retreat and Year of Community Conversation open to everyone. If you need financial assistance please email Lori at 4hoping@gmail.com.

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