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WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: JUNE 12TH 2024 MEET & TAG ON WRAP UP NOTES

Many thanks for attending the June 12th Meet & Tag On. It was a glorious Seattle evening, yet a group of 46 gathered in the church on the balcony, eager to learn more about the Sander Windows, spend time together in spiritual formation, and enjoy one another despite the unusually balmy weather outside. Steve Sander

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: JUNE 2024 WRAP UP NOTES

We had a lively discussion for our last Saturday morning retreat until September. After a delicious breakfast and introductions, we had a brief liturgical calendar update and learned that we are in Ordinary time, theme color Green, and this lasts until Advent! Our theme was from 1 Timothy 6:6 “Of course, there is great gain

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: MAY 2024 WRAP UP NOTES

Many thanks for joining us at the March WRG gathering.  We have one more gathering before transitioning to our summer Meet & Tag On series and welcome the new WRG co-chairs, Karen Forbes and Valerie Conn.  Please see more details below WRG Lead Ann Beck’s wrap up notes. We had a wonderful gathering this morning…

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: April 2024 Wrap Up NOTES

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

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: MARCH 2ND MEETING NOTES

 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

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: February 3RD MEETING NOTES

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

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: JANUARY 6TH MEETING NOTES

  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

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: December 2 Retreat WRAP UP NOTES

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

WOMEN’S RETREAT GROUP: NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING NOTES

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