The Women’s Retreat is this Friday through Saturday, May 20-21. The tentative schedule for the retreat is as follows (please note: the convent is also available on Saturday night if you would like to stay a second night at no additional cost.) :

Friday 4pm: Check in starts at the convent for overnight guests

6:30 potluck dinner (please post what you are bringing on Facebook so we get an idea of the meal)

7:30pm: Opening prayer service/ reflection/ singing

8:30 social time and dessert (bring some dessert too!)

10pm Quiet time on second and third floors/ first floor remains open for socializing and games/ etc.

Saturday 8:30am: breakfast (anyone is welcome, even if you didn’t spend the night)

9:30am Singing

10am: reflection on scripture

10:30 – 11:25: quiet time throughout the house

11:25- 11:45 break/ transition

11:45- 12:30 small group conversations on the first floor

12:30 -1 break

1ish lunch

2:30 closing worship service

after we finish the convent will remain open. There are no outisde reservations for Saturday night so anyone is welcome to stay on, and even spend another night. we will have an informal dinner of leftovers and pizza. Please consider staying if you have the time!

The VC Women’s Retreat is soon to happen!

Sustainable Faith (the retreat ministry of the Convent) will be hosting the VC Women’s Retreat again this year. Cost will be $25 per person, which will include use of the whole building for Friday night through Saturday afternoon, and breakfast and lunch. Dinner on Friday night will be potluck.

Jody Nixon will be collecting the money, which can be paid through their website or directly to her: checks written to sustainable faith.

Please RSVP to  Mary Ellen Mitchell (maryellenmitchell@gmail.com) or through the Facebook event (preferred)before April 20, but as soon as you are able, so we can get an idea of how to move forward.

If you are interested in spending the night, please post that on the wall below and we will reserve space for you. Rooms will be shared, but over night accommodation is included in the $25, on a first come first served basis.

Please pay Jody Nixon ASAP.

The Vineyard Central Women’s Retreat is quickly approaching. It will be held April 9-10 at the Convent on Lincoln. Rooms are available overnight for $25 a night. If you are interested in participating please e mail maryellenmitchell@gmail.com by April 5.

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Please save the date for the Vineyard Central Women’s Retreat April 9-10, a celebration of resurrection in the Easter Season (with hopefully brighter days and warmer climate). The retreat will be held at the Convent on Lincoln (the Nixon’s home) and include a gathering with singing and desserts on Friday night; brunch, prayer time, an art activity, and dinner on Saturday. We are asking for a $20 donation to cover food and art costs (which will be prepared and organized by house churches). You are welcome to come to all, or only a portion.  Rooms are also available in the convent for both Friday and Saturday night, at $25 a night– the full retreat option.  If you are interested in attending or helping please email maryellenmitchell@gmail.com.