One of the gifts of summers on Turtle Island is taking time to be outside hiking, camping, playing in lakes, and cottages. This choice enables us to pay attention to the earth and be refreshed by the choice to be more open, permeable and awake to the beauty and wildness around us. We are gifted, held, encouraged, refreshed by trees, lake, sky, sun or rain. It allows us to rewild our theology and spirituality.

Our summers may be different this year, which is why KAIROS is excited to co-host an at-home retreat with the Naramata Centre. The Summer Sabbath Series provides the opportunity to intentionally make space for paying attention to the earth and our relationship with it from our residence in the city or from just about anywhere (as wifi is available).

This is a place-based series making room for contemplation, exploring the geographic location of the participants, theological reflection and creative responses. Programming will occur Mon- Fri and be comprised of group time over Zoom and individual time with activities.

August 24 - 28, 2020
Time: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm PDT

*Group gathering will take place in the morning and late afternoon. Self-directed activities are encouraged in the early afternoon.

Cost: $250

This series will be facilitated by Sarah Arthurs.

Rhythm of the Week

• Monday launch event
• Subsequent days themed for Water, Sky And Earth
• Friday concluding event - Personal Reflection triptych focused on the participant’s relationship with the Earth: past present and future through art, photos/ icons/ poems/journaling; and local food feast

Rhythm of the Day

• 8:30 – 10:30 PDT. In Zoom. Earth-based meditation practices and instruction.
• Reflection. Prompts or resource materials for the afternoon.
• Early Afternoon self-directed activities: being outside, meditating, reading, art making , writing
• Late Afternoon 2:00 – 4:00 PDT. In Zoom. Community sharing.

KAIROS is co-hosting this series as part of its Reconciliation in the Watershed program. For more information about this program, please contact Beth Lorimer, Ecological Justice Program Coordinator at blorimer@kairoscanada.org.