Thank you for joining us in Union, WA, for a rousing deep dive into our retreat on purpose at St. Andrew’s House Retreat Center led by Shannon Polson. She used the outline and details found in chapters one and two of The Grit Factor to help us drill down on purpose. Despite Shannon needing to depart early to
Many thanks for joining us in March and please sign up to join us at our away retreat in April. You can find details and RSVP here: LINK. We were blessed to have Lorelle Shearer, our first non-committee member, lead us in March. When we first asked Lorelle, we had no idea that we would be
Many thanks for joining our February Women’s Retreat Group this past Saturday. We were blessed to have a full house and arrive on a book group date. This detail leads to two important logistical announcements. Tuesday, February 20th at 6:30 pm in the Fireside Room Book Group, The Grit Factor. Saturday, March 3rd, our WRG meeting
Dear Women of Epiphany, We were thrilled to have twenty eight women join us for the Epiphany day Women’s Retreat Group the morning of January 6 at Christie House. After an opening prayer by Karen Forbes, and the daily Hour by Hour, we commenced our discussion about the Day By Day readings. Our meeting
Dear Women of Epiphany, We came together for our December retreat for two+ hours of reading and discussing Scripture, sharing and learning from one another, and enjoying warm fellowship in Christ. Our guest speaker was Diane Carlisle, who talked about the spiritual discipline of Pilgrimage. Our overall theme was based on 1 Peter 4:10. Like good stewards of the
Dear Women of Epiphany, Our November meeting was a four-hour retreat, an in-depth exploration of the topic “On Influence”. It was beautifully presented by Epiphany’s own Lisa Ozaeta, Associate Rector, and Susan Pitchford, parishioner, former professor at UW, and frequent teacher in our adult formation. After introductions, and a prayer by Karen Jackson Forbes, Lisa presented a clear
Dear Women of Epiphany, We had another one of our extra sessions of the WRG when several of us met to discuss the book, Enduring Grace by Carol Lee Flinders. This discussion was led by Margie Einstein and Karen Forbes. We discussed the author and her history and the life of Teresa of Avila, a
A multigenerational group of approximately 25 men from Epiphany gathered on the first weekend of October at Saint Andrew’s House in Union, WA on the Hood Canal for a weekend of conversation, reflection, and fellowship. The retreat was lead by Brother Dennis Gibbs of the Community of Divine Love, an Episcopal monastic community whose monastery is
Dear Women of Epiphany, We had a lively discussion for the first of the season Saturday morning retreat on September 9th. The Episcopal Church designated the day in memory of the Martyrs of Memphis, who in 1878 cared for the sick and dying during a yellow fever epidemic. We also honored the health care workers