You are invited to spend
Good Friday and Easter Sunrise
at Rolling Ridge
March 29, 2013 at 5 pm
April 1, 2013 for Easter Sunrise
in the Meditation Shelter
Join us for our traditional "non-traditional" Stations of the Cross at Rolling Ridge on Friday, March 29 — this is the walking meditation we have done here for more than a decade, through the sacred spaces and forest paths in and near the Retreat House. The details of the script for this change every year but the core remains the same: re-visioned Stations created lovingly and prayerfully from gathered pieces of our lives (and always visually compelling), time for walking mindfully and in silence together through the springkissed forest, opportunities for speaking aloud the cry from our hearts, and finally a gathered community waiting in darkness and hope.
We'll begin with a simple Lenten meal of soup and bread at the Retreat House at 5 pm, followed by the Stations (probably beginning around 6).
The Retreat House will be available for overnight stays both Friday and Saturday.
After Stations, we enter the Great Silence for the rest of the night. The Stations will remain up until Saturday afternoon for those who want to revisit them.
You can stay as long or as short as you like. On Easter morning, at sunrise, anyone still on the land is welcome to join us at the Meditation Shelter for an informal but quietly joyous gathering. Bring what's in your heart?a reading, song, poem, silence. We'll read the ancient Easter story again and share what we have.
This is an invitation; there is no cost, although a donation from those who will be joining for Friday supper and staying at the Retreat House will help us cover expenses.
We would like to know whether you will be joining us. Please RSVP to Lindsay@rollingridge.net. You will need to bring your own provisions for meals other than Friday supper and bedding and towels if staying overnight. The Retreat House is available also for personal retreat during Holy Week on the days preceding Good Friday if you desire.
We are located on a 1400 acre wilderness preserve 6 miles southeast of Charles Town, WV. For information and directions visit www.rollingridge.net or call (304) 724-1069.