2020-2021 · 2020-05-05 · Contemplative Peace Summit Friday June 12, 2020 9:30 am - 4:00 pm Come join us for our second annual Oasis Summit! Our theme this year is Contemplative

Program Guide2020-2021

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Our cover art is by Paul Grout of Bellingham, Washington, and is part of a series of owl paintings he has been working on. Paul is my friend of many years and the Director of A Place Apart, an emerging community, https://apartvermont.org, and the author of Encounter A Place Apart. Paul passionately explores the edge of what connects us and what captivates us, what affirms our depth of freedom and where

we remain caught in unfreedom. A print of this image hangs on my bedroom wall. I awake every morning in its gaze though I never see it in the morning because I always rise in the dark. But, it is an owl, and so it sees from the heart of the deep-down dark and so symbolically it all works. I’m held every morning by what I can’t see. What connects us most deeply in our lives remains hidden. What matters most is not the grasp of our understanding but that we come alive to how deeply we are seen and loved and how completely we are joined to everything and everyone. The dome of the owl’s head and the arc of the moon are one; the pattern on the owl’s feathers and the pattern in the night sky reveal the pattern of connection. The gaze of the owl and the gaze of God become the same gazing. Meister Eckhart, b 1260, had it right when he suddenly realized: The eye in which I see God is the same eye in which God sees me. My eye and God’s eye are one eye and one seeing, one knowing and one loving.

May this year be indeed a year full of one seeing, one knowing and one loving. - Glenn Mitchell, Co-Director

Oasis is experiencing a new depth of connection with other organizations in this season. Along with our relationship with Princeton Theological Seminary, our partnership with The Urban Well in Lancaster, and The House Next Door in Princeton Junction, NJ, we are also partnering with The Samaritan Center in Lancaster. With the Samaritan Center, we are offering a joint retreat day for clergy in March of 2021. Together, we are exploring ways in which we can connect and serve each other and our communities. A theme that has been resounding with us is the illusion of our separateness, and the constant invitation to realize the interconnectivity of all things. We are so blessed by all these partnerships and the understanding that in unison and connection we can reach more people with the contemplative message of hope, love, and peace. We continue to be aware and notice the gentle flow of Spirit and the many invitations to new birth and new risings that are placed on the Oasis path, that we might change the world one person at a time through loving presence. - Rachel Lindemuth, Co-Director

MESSAGE FROM OUR CO-DIRECTORS

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The Contemplative Way: A Year-Long Program in Personal Deepening is a brand new offering presented in partnership with The Urban Well, located on the Saint James Episcopal Church campus in downtown Lancaster. Both Rachel and I are all in for this fresh offering along with Oasis grad and Board member, Mary Jane Kistler. It promises to be a whole new path of pairing Oasis-style community with the depths of a contemplative journey.

Oasis has always been passionate about contemplation. We teach spiritual direction from the well of contemplation, and we have offered a number of programs over the years that focus on contemplation apart from spiritual direction training. This coming year we offer two new programs in contemplation, both open to newcomers and returning Oasis graduates:

Walk in the World: Creating A Rhythm of Life through Spiritual Practice, led by B.J. Katen-Narvell and Dale Selover, is a new experiential program in contemplative practices. Walk in the World is offered with The House Next Door in Princeton Junction, NJ, and brings a rhythm of engaging prayer practices and community spread over 8 monthly meeting days.

And as we do every year, if what you are looking for is a path to take your gift of listening and being a companion to others to a whole new level, we offer Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guides, now training in Bethlehem, PA, with distance learning options also available.

- Glenn Mitchell

LEADERS B.J. Katen-NarvellDale Selover

The House Next DoorCreate contemplative communityIntegrate practices into our “walk in the world”Introduce and experience a variety of spiritual practices

173 Princeton-Hightstown Road Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

Location:Goals of the Program:

Dates: Fridays10:00 am - 4:00 pm 10/16/20 11/20/20

3/19/212/19/21

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Do you long for a way to walk through your days anchored in the peace and assurance of Divine Love?

Come join a community that will gather monthly to rest in God, explore contemplative spiritual practices, and develop ways to

incorporate these practices into daily living. The monthly retreat format will include large group, small group, and individual time.

Participants will be equipped with spiritual practices and an individually developed rhythm of life to anchor and enrich their

walk in the world.

Walk in the WorldWalk in the WorldCreating Rhythm of Life Through Spiritual PracticeCreating Rhythm of Life Through Spiritual Practice

12/11/20 1/22/21

4/16/21 5/14/21

Practices to be Explored:Labyrinth, Walking Meditation Sabbath Keeping

Jesus Prayer, Breath Prayer Centering Prayer

Journaling Ignatian Spirituality

Lectio Divina, Scripture Body Prayer

What’s New

with Oasis!

TWO NEW PROGRAMS IN CONTEMPLATION

LEADERSGlenn Mitchell

Rachel LindemuthMary Jane Kistler

Distance Options Available!

Saint James Episcopal Church119 North Duke St

Lancaster, PA 17602

Location:In Partnership with:

9/20/20 - 9/21/20Opening Retreat

Closing Retreat5/16/21 - 5/17/21

Monthly Meetings10/19/20 2/15/21

1/18/21 4/19/213/15/2111/16/20

There comes a time on the spiritual journey when we recognize that contemplation is more about how we live than how we pray. We long for a life anchored in Spirit. The Contemplative Way accompanies the seeker in this

exploration and tailors prayer, presence, community, and learning to a conscious and centered life.

Enjoy . . .Patterns of prayer

The Contemplative WayThe Contemplative WayA Year-Long Program in Personal DeepeningA Year-Long Program in Personal Deepening

Recognizing the gold of the self

Deepening body awareness

Contemplative community

Poetry and gestures

Sacred chant

Enlivening awareness

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Hybrid Track andDistance Options

Working to make spiritual direction training available where you are.

Spiritual Direction for Spiritual GuidesSeptember 2020 - May 2022

Two - Year Training Program

Photo by Zachary Maser

Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guides (SDSG), now in its 30th season, is a two-year training program in contemplative spiritual

direction. During the two years of learning the art of spiritual direction, participants will discover the richness of contemplation in community, the intimacy of small group interaction, and the gift

of close supervision in the practicum portion of the program.

SDSG

I DAT

ES

Opening Retreat9/26/20 - 9/27/20

Monthly Meetings11/4/2012/2/201/6/21 4/7/21

3/3/212/3/21


SDSG II DATES

Opening Retreat10/9/20 - 10/10/20

Monthly Meetings11/5/2012/3/201/7/21 4/8/21

3/4/212/4/21


LEADERS

Glenn MitchellJo Ann Kunz

Melanie Taorminaand others

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Classic Meeting Location:Hybrid Track andDistance Options St. Francis Center for Renewal

395 Bridle Path RdBethlehem, PA 18017

Working to make spiritual direction training available where you are.

LEADERS B.J. Katen-NarvellDale Selover

The House Next DoorResting in the Presence of GodBeing immersed in a contemplative communityIntegrating practices into our daily lifeExperiencing a variety of spiritual practices

173 Princeton-Hightstown Rd Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

Location:Blessings of Creating a Rhythm of Life

Dates: Fridays10:00 am - 4:00 pm 10/16/20 2/19/21

4/16/2112/11/20


Do you long for a way to walk through your days anchored in the peace and assurance of Divine Love?

Come join a community that will gather monthly to rest in God, explore contemplative spiritual practices, and develop ways to

incorporate these practices into daily living. The monthly retreat format will include large group, small group, and individual time.

Participants will be equipped with spiritual practices and an individually developed rhythm of life to anchor and enrich their

walk in the world.

Walk in the WorldWalk in the WorldA Year-Long ProgramA Year-Long Program

Creating A Rhythm of Life Through Spiritual PracticeCreating A Rhythm of Life Through Spiritual Practice

11/20/20 3/19/21

1/22/21 5/14/21

Practices to be Explored:Labyrinth, Walking Meditation Sabbath Keeping

Jesus Prayer, Breath Prayer Centering Prayer

Journaling Ignatian Spirituality

Lectio Divina Body Prayer

Contemplative Peace SummitFriday

June 12, 20209:30 am - 4:00 pm

Come join us for our second annual Oasis Summit! Our theme this year is Contemplative Peace and the event will be held at the St. Francis Center for Renewal in Bethlehem, PA. Come to

be inspired by our keynote speaker, Rachel Lindemuth, to enjoy contemplative worship, to learn about new programs at Oasis, to engage in workshops, and to connect with Oasis classmates and new friends. Last year was a special time of realizing the beautiful connection when the Oasis community gathers and

we look forward to the same this year! Think of others you can bring who might be blessed by the Oasis community.

Lunch included!

Schedule9:30 am - 10:00 am Registration10:00 am - 10:30 am10:30 am - 11:00 am11:00 am - 12:00 pm12:00 pm - 1:00 pm1:00 pm - 1:45 pm1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

Contemplative WorshipKeynote Speaker

Partner Peace WalkLunch

Breakout Session #1Break

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Breakout Session #23:30 pm - 4:00 pm Closing Circle

St. Francis Center for Renewal

395 Bridle Path RdBethlehem, PA 18017

Event is FREE, but registration

is requiredFOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER

717-737-8222WWW.OASISMIN.ORG


Oasis Pilgrimage: A High Desert Retreat

August 16-22, 2020

Ghost RanchAbiquiu, New Mexico

Glenn Mitchell and Theresa Shay will be providing the leadership for the week. Group time will include centering prayer, a regular rhythm of silence and sharing, and lots of opportunity for hiking and time in solitude and community in the unique high desert environment of Ghost Ranch. Our group will be housed on the main campus and will gather for meetings in the courtyard of the lovely Agape Center.

Oasis returns this summer to Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, for our sixth pilgrimage to the southwest, August 16-22, 2020. Our space is limited and early registration is encouraged.

302 Bridle Path LnWeatherly, PA 18255

Green Pastures

Celtic Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland with time in Edinburgh, and Lindisfarne

August 16-22, 2020

FOUR SEASONAL RETREATSFridays 5:00 pm -

Saturdays 4:00 pm

As we experience the outward forms in the changing of the seasons in nature—colorful falling leaves, cold rain, bare branches, emerging daffodils, verdant grasses—we are led to consider experiences of the

soul—loss and letting go, darkness, silent growth, newness, fruitfulness.

Led by Andrew Barton

at 7/17/20 - 7/18/20

10/16/20 - 10/17/20

2/12/21 - 2/13/21

5/14/21 - 5/15/21

302 Bridle Path LnWeatherly, PA 18255

Green Pastures

Early October 2021

Celtic Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland with time in Edinburgh, and Lindisfarne


MEDITATION AND MOTION

Led by Arlyne Hoyt


Led by Arlyne Hoyt

ANNUAL SANFORD ALWINE DAYTHE SOUND FAITH OF SANFORD ALWINE

Still Waters Retreat Center

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

501 West Slate Hill RdCarlisle, PA 17013

Led by Melissa Stock

Our spacious day together will include opportunities to pray with

the birdsong, chant, and silence that nurtured Sandy’s soul over the years.

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Elizabethtown Church of the

Brethren777 South Mount Joy St

Elizabethtown, PA 17022

Led by Teresa KnipperIn this contemplative workshop day, we will

explore the ways that intuitive art in the form of SoulCollage® can be a way to welcome the inner stranger and can create a space of hospitality;

welcoming story, shadow and emotion.

10/23/20

9/11/20


Friday

SOULCOLLAGE® AS A PATHWAY TO INNER HOSPITALITY

Friday


Led by Arlyne Hoyt

BECOMING MIDWIVES TO INCARNATION

Led by Angela Uliana-Murphy


Led by Arlyne Hoyt


Led by Arlyne HoytLed by Teresa Knipper

MEDITATION AND MOTIONQIGONG AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

Led by Arlyne Hoyt

Experience a way of knowing that goes beyond one’s rational understanding and embraces the whole of a person:

mind, heart, and body.

BECOMING MIDWIVES TO INCARNATIONAn Advent Pilgrimage of the Heart with Brigid of Kildare

St. John’s United Church of Christ

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

1050 Buffalo RdLewisburg, PA 17837

Saturday

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

The House Next Door

177 Princeton-Hightstown RdPrinceton Junction, NJ 08550

Led by Angela Uliana-Murphy

Join us for a day of quiet, creativity and inspiration guided by Brigid of Kildare

and her Celtic brother and sisters.

Saturday11/7/20


12/5/20


Led by Arlyne Hoyt


Led by Arlyne Hoyt

AN EPIPHANY QUIET DAYHOWARD THURMAN - MEDITATIONS FOR THE HEART & WORLD

Saint James Episcopal Church

9:30 am - 4:00 pm

119 North Duke StLancaster, PA 17602

Led by Glenn Mitchell and Kimberlee Peifer

Join Glenn and Kimberlee in this quiet retreat day in Epiphany, as we open to the

words and spirit of Howard Thurman.

THE ENNEAGRAM AND RELATIONSHIPS WORKSHOPCREATING HARMONY WITH THOSE IN YOUR LIFE

SUNDAY 2/28/219:00 am - 3:30 pm

Millbrook Marsh Nature Center

548 Puddintown RdState College, PA 16801

Led by Michael Naylor

Participants will be guided to use the Enneagram as a profound and immensely

practical way to understand their relationships with others, both intimate and professional.

1/29/21Friday


SATURDAY 2/27/219:00 am - 5:00 pm

In partnership with The Urban Well at Saint James Episcopal Church

THE STILL SMALL VOICE

ANNUAL POETRY AS PRAYER DAY

Led by Glenn Mitchell


Led by Arlyne Hoyt


Led by Arlyne HoytLed by Michael Naylor

THE STILL SMALL VOICEAN EVENT FOR CLERGY

Led by Shawn Callender Hogan and Rachel Lindemuth

A day for clergy to gather for a contemplative experience. Through scripture, poetry, imagery,

conversation, prayer and silence, we will listen for the “still, small voice” in our hearts and lives.

ANNUAL POETRY AS PRAYER DAYWILLIAM STAFFORD - ASK ME

The Spiritual Center at St. Thomas

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

301 Thomas RdLancaster, PA 17601

Friday

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Lititz Churchof the Brethren300 West Orange St

Lititz, PA 17543

The deep quiet in William Stafford’s life and poems will be our guide as

we stand in our depths and listen to his loving words.

Monday3/22/21


4/23/21


Co-Sponsored by The Samaritan CenterClergy and Congregation Care

PRAYING THE PSALMS IN NATURE

Peace Valley Nature Center

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

170 Chapman RdDoylestown, PA 18901

Led by Maria Cirillo-Lein

Come hike with us in beautiful Peace Valley Park, in the heart of Bucks County, to experience

the psalms: psalms as song, psalms as poetry, psalms in a wide variety of natural settings and

across many rich and varied translations.

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Still WatersRetreat Center

501 West Slate Hill RdCarlisle, PA 17013

Led by Glenn MitchellThe day will hold reflections, time for retreat along the banks of the lovely

Conodoguinet Creek, and time to share with other seekers.

6/4/21Friday

5/1/21


Saturday

THOMAS MERTON DAY RETREATAN ANNUAL EVENT WITH NEW EXPLORATIONS

Photograph of Thomas Merton by Sibylle Akers. Used with permission of the Merton Legacy Trust and the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.



Photograph of Thomas Merton by Sibylle Akers. Used with permission of the Merton Legacy Trust and the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: JULY 2020 - JUNE 2021July 202017-18 Four Seasonal Retreats

September 202011 Annual Sanford Alwine Day Retreat20-21 CW Opening Retreat26-27 SDSG I Opening Retreat

9-10 SDSG II Opening RetreatOctober 2020

16 Walk in the World Monthly Meeting16-17 Four Seasonal Retreats19 CW Monthly Meeting23 Soul Collage Day RetreatNovember 2020

20 Walk in the World Monthly Meeting

4 SDSG I Monthly Meeting

6 CW Monthly Meeting5 SDSG II Monthly Meeting

7 Meditation and Motion Day Retreat

December 2020


2 SDSG I Monthly Meeting3 SDSG II Monthly Meeting5 Becoming Midwives to Incarnation Day Retreat

January 2021


6 SDSG I Monthly Meeting7 SDSG II Monthly Meeting

29 An Epiphany Quiet Day Retreat

18 CW Monthly Meeting

February 2021



27-28 The Enneagram and Relationships

15 CW Monthly Meeting12-13 Four Seasonal Retreats

March 2021



22 The Still Small Voice Day Retreat

15 CW Monthly Meeting

April 2021



23 Annual Poetry as Prayer Day Retreat19 CW Monthly Meeting

May 2021


4-5 SDSG I Closing Retreat6-7 SDSG II Closing Retreat

1 Praying the Psalms in Nature Day Retreat

16-17 CW Closing Retreat14-15 Four Seasonal Retreats

June 20214 Thomas Merton Day Retreat

Why do people come? For some, it is straight forward--they are looking for training in spiritual direction or contemplation. But for others it is far from straight forward. They feel a draw toward a deeper walk with God and are really looking to find a community where that desire resonates on the faces of others. Some want to take their prayer to new levels of communion. Some come wanting to balance seminary academics with immersion into the mystery of God. Some have walked away from church without walking from Spirit and seek to grow and integrate their spiritual life in new ways and

learn from other seekers on the path.

What draws you? Know from Oasis, if you come we will meet you where you are and surround you with a loving, safe, and contemplative learning community. W

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2020-2021 · 2020-05-05 · Contemplative Peace Summit Friday June 12, 2020 9:30 am - 4:00 pm Come join us for our second annual Oasis Summit! Our theme this year is Contemplative