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Programs
LUTHERHOSTEL
2010
How
Do You Spell Life?
…
Abundant, Authentic, Eternal
Our
discussion and reflections about community
will be strongly influenced by the Gospel
of John.
John
has been called the gospel in which a child
can wade and an elephant can swim. First
time readers and life time scholars find
Life in these waters. Here all manner
of people--women and men, Jews,
Samaritans, Romans and Greeks, the
outsider, the insider, the dense, the dying, and
the daring--are welcomed into a community of
servant-friends whose home is in the heart
of the Word made flesh. This community of
the Beloved welcomes us to a vision of
Life--authentic, abundant, and
eternal--lived here and now for the sake of
the world God so loves.
Come
to Spirit in the Desert and celebrate
community.
In addition to the invigorating
discussions with Susan, Mary Preus and Tom
Witt will again share their musical gifts
with us.
As
always, there will be plenty of time for
rest, play, excursions, museums, soaking in
the hot tub, laughing and opportunities for
conversation … in other words, building
community.
 Susan
Briehl, a Lutheran pastor since 1981,
has served as Director of Holden Village, a
Lutheran center for renewal in the North
Cascade Mountains of
Washington
State, campus pastor at
Pacific
Lutheran
University, and pastor of Our Saviour's Lutheran in
Bellingham,
WA. Currently, she is a member of the
Indiana-Kentucky Synod (ELCA), called to her
work with the Valparaiso Project on the
Education and Formation of People of Faith.
She serves as the Distinguished Professor of
the Art of Ministry at Wartburg Seminary,
Dubuque,
Iowa, where she teaches when they need her.
Susan's
work includes a devotional book for families
with children, Come Lord Jesus: Devotions
for the Home (Augsburg Fortress,
1996), two chapters co-authored with her
daughters in Way to Live: Christian
Practices for Teens (Upper Room, 2002),
and, with Marty Haugen, Turn My Heart: A
Sacred Journey from Brokenness to Healing
(GIA, 2003), a resource for those who are
suffering. On
Our Way: Christian Practices for Your Whole
Life, a book for young adults will be
published in January 2010 and a bible
study of the Lent and Easter texts from the
Fourth Gospel, That You May Have Life:
Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of John (GIA)
Her
hymn texts include: "Holy God,"
"Bread of Life from Heaven," “By
Your Hand”, "The Blameless
Lamb" and
“Once we Sang and Danced.” Susan and
Marty Haugen have written Santo: A
Bilingual Communion Rite (GIA 2002) and Unfailing
Light: An Evening Setting for Holy Communion
(GIA, 2004).
Mary Preus is a singer, song leader and choir director, currently directing music at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. She presents and leads workshops on enlivening Christian worship, focusing on the role of the song leader. Mary is a co-founder of the group Bread for the Journey. She is the worship coordinator for the ecumenical Community of St. Martin, in Minneapolis, MN.
 Tom Witt has been keyboardist, worship leader and song leader for a wide variety of Lutheran and ecumenical church events. He has expertise in worship planning and leads workshops on music, liturgy and contemporary society. Tom serves as a worship and music consultant for the ELCA's Division for Global Mission. He is a co-founder and currently serves as staff for Bread for the Journey, a musical and worship-leading ensemble. He has released a recording of his own instrumental improvisations on hymns in the Lutheran Book of Worship, entitled Dusting Off the Green Book.
Both Mary and Tom are part of a team of teachers, along with Marty Haugen, Susan Briehl and
Ben Stewart, called Living Liturgy
(www.livingliturgy.com), offering workshops on music and worship in the church. Their recordings with Bread for the Journey can be found at the website:
www.bfjmusic.com.
The fee for Lutherhostel, which begins with dinner on Sunday evening and ends after lunch on Friday, is
$600 per person and includes room (5 nights, double occupancy), all meals, all events and all field trip expenses. Space is limited so early registration is recommended.
$350 Commuter Rate includes most meals.
Registration Deadline - February 25
$200 registration required
Ministry
Support Staff Retreat Day, April 20, 2010
A Special day to honor the men and women who live out their vocation in our churches and congregations.
We have designed a retreat day that will allow them to rest, renew and replenish themselves.
What a wonderful gift to show your staff how grateful you are for all that they do!
Details: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Time: 9 am to 4 pm
Cost: $75.00 per person includes a Continental
Breakfast, Gourmet Lunch and all Program
Materials
At your request we will send a beautiful gift certificate for you to present to the recipient.
RETREAT TO THE DESERT . .
. . . Whenever your need it most.
Come away to Spirit in the Desert for a one day or overnight individual retreat. You may come with your own prayer material and/or request spiritual direction.
The center's facilities are available to you:
• Swimming pool/spa
• labyrinth
• chapel
• outdoor settings
Choose a date and time that works for you and check with us about availability. Have a couple of options in mind when you call or write in the event the center is full.
Private Retreats
A private retreat gives you time away form the hustle and bustle of everyday life, time solitude, renewal and reflection. Bring your own material for reading, reflecting, or journaling.
Directed Retreats
A directed retreat includes spiritual direction in your schedule, with a skilled director trained in assisting people in paying attention to the presence of God in their lives.
One week’s notice is required to process requests for spiritual direction and overnight.
If you have ideas for programs, please email or call Paul at the Center.
FEES & REGISTRATION: Registration is required for all Spirit in the Desert Programs. Full payment of program fees (& housing if appropriate), except for Lutherhostel are due at the time of registration. Our secure web credit card payment procedure is a handy way to pay your fee. You can also call us to make a credit card payment or you can send in a check. Registration is completed when payment is received.
CANCELLATIONS:
A full refund will be granted if Spirit in the Desert is notified of a cancellation in writing (email, fax or postal mail) at least
4 weeks prior to the event. If the cancellation is received less than
4 weeks prior to the event, 25% of
the registration will be refunded or credited to a future event.
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