Mission Statement: Companions on the Inner Way is a five-day guided retreat grounded in the Christian Tradition. By honoring body, mind and soul, companions are invited to the inner journey with the Spirit.

NEXT RETREAT:

March 13-18, 2011 at Serra Retreat Center, Malibu, California with Susan S. Phillips, Ph.D

Topic: “Stop! In the Name of Love …”

Description: Our days together will offer time to retreat, refresh and recreate in good company. The scriptural focus will be on the accounts of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances to his friends. Together we will catch a glimpse of how we too can live in post-resurrection time.

(a more expansive description will soon be posted)

About our Speaker: Susan has worked in Berkeley, California for many years serving the past 16 as Executive Director of New College Berkeley.  She is also on the faculty of the Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction at San Francisco Theological Seminary.

Susan is an author and spiritual director. Some of her books include: Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction and The Crisis of Care: Affirming and Restoring Caring Practices in the Helping Professions, along with others. Check out her website: http://www.susansphillips.com

Registration material will be available soon.

Buy from Companions:

Companions CD: My Soul Companion Cost: $15.00, plus postage & handling: $4.50 [Also available, My Soul Companion Sheet Music. Cost: $15.00, plus postage and handling: $4.50]

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Contact Us: companions@seventhavenuechurch.org
Joan Currey (Director)
Email:
Phone: 415.235.1027
1329 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco CA 94122-2507

A Typical Companions Retreat includes:

• Lecture/dialogue with various Keynote Speakers
who are respected in the area of Spirituality and Prayer.

• Time of integration, incorporating the body and the arts.

• Small group community around spiritual readings (Lectio Divina)

• Corporate and individual times of silence and contemplation

• Afternoon worship with Eucharist

• Concluding evening prayer service (Compline)

• Various optional activities i.e.: body prayer/t’ai chi, workshops, focus groups, etc.

What others are saying about Companions Retreats:

• “Inspiring, stimulating, loving, nurturing – pure gift!”

• “Nourishing–soul filling.”

• “A wonderful combination of food for the mind and spirit, with a balance of solitude and communal time.”

• “A time to refresh and renew, to re-connect with God, myself and others, to be consciously open to God’s spirit without the usual distractions, busyness and demands of others.”

• “I have been attending these retreats on and off for 20 years and have always found them to be a wonderful and deep and powerful experience of faith and a great opportunity for growth.”

• “A time of spiritual growth and a validation that God loves me just as I am.”

• “It was so much more than I ‘d expected!”