Rolling Ridge 2008 Annual Meeting

Stirrings on the Land: Seeds of Hope
November 15, 2008
9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Retreat House


Rolling Ridge Annual Meeting
November 15, 2008

Stirrings on the Land:
Seeds of Hope

Hosted by Rolling Ridge
Study Retreat Community
at the Retreat House
 

In the tapestry that is Rolling Ridge, we continue to weave new threads that connect us to the land and to each other. We invite you to come out to the mountain to hear the whispers of the trees and the waterfalls, meet companions drawn deeper into the warp and weft of our lives together, and share glimmers of hopes and dreams unfolding.

9:30 - Welcome

Greet one another over muffins, coffee, tea or juice

10:00-11:30 Annual Meeting

an opportunity to reflect on partner group gatherings and retreats,
affirm members of the board,
visualize plans for retreat house renovation,
and hear about connections with our partners on the land
from FLOC and the Friends Wilderness Center
to local hunt clubs and neighbors.

12:00 - Potluck Lunch

bring your favorite seasonal dish --
contact Vivian Headings about what you plan to bring
(vvatrr@juno.com or 304.725.2312)

1:00-2:00 - Walk and talk

a chance to see the "western border" or relax and chat

2:00-3:00 - Stirrings on the Land

a chance to meet our new neighbors along Christ Church Road,
and hear about Still Point, the River House,
and other new beginnings on land adjacent to Rolling Ridge

3:00-4:00 - Sustainable Building

see the progress on the fifth community house
and reflect on sustainable living

4:00-5:00 - Mountain Dulcimer and Country Banjo Music
with Jay Hurley of Shepherdstown

we hope everyone will stay and listen
to this gift of beautiful music

5:00 - Dinner

Tasty Wraps for the road
or stay for a light supper with friends

The Retreat House is available for those
who would like to come the day before
or stay for the day after the annual meeting.

Please RSVP and let us know if you are planning
to stay overnight at the Retreat House

Transparency to the Divine

Contemplative Tissue Collage
October 10-12, 2008
Retreat House

Transparency to the Divine:
Contemplative Tissue Collage

Rolling Ridge Meditative Arts Retreat
October 10-12, 2008
Friday Evening - Sunday Afternoon
Hosted by Rolling Ridge
Study Retreat Community
Harpers Ferry, WV

Artists as varied as O'Keeffe, Picasso, Matisse, and Ezra Jack Keats have used the medium of tissue collage to convey brilliantly colored images. However, tissue collage evokes an amazing creative response in people who do not consider themselves artistic. Creating tissue collage in the context of a retreat experience will aim not at making images but rather at bringing transparency and consciousness to our spiritual experiences. We invite you to a soul-stirring weekend amidst the beautiful mountain wilderness of Rolling Ridge.

Retreat leader Rev. Georgia DuBose studied tissue collage and participated in workshops with the late Jungian analyst, Edith Wallace, M.D., from 1976 until 1998. Though using the same material technique as Dr. Wallace, Georgia, an Episcopal priest, leads her workshops to help others connect with their spiritual being rather than this being an analytical process. She often incorporates into the collage method the ancient contemplative prayer practice of scripture reading, Lectio Divina. In sacred silence, working individually but in the same studio space, retreatants will create a series of collages using the tissue paper and glue solution application technique that Dr. Wallace perfected and have ample time for quiet reflection and journaling.

For more information and to register: visit www.rollingridge.net or call/email Trish Stefanik at 304-725-4301/tstefanik@aol.com.

Participants are welcome to arrive at the Retreat House between 5 and 7 pm on Friday night. Dinner will be served at 6:30. The retreat will conclude with lunch on Sunday. Cost for the weekend is $100 (which includes materials, lodging, and meals). Space is limited. Please send a $25 deposit (or the full amount) to reserve your space. Checks should be made out to RRSRC and mailed to RRSRC, c/o Oct 08 Med Arts, 186 Tupelo Lane, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425. Registrations should include any dietary or special needs.

View or print PDF version of retreat flyer, and help us spread the word about the retreat.

Annual Labor Day Work Retreat

September 1, 2008
Retreat House

House Building Retreat

August 15-27, 2008
Retreat House

Rolling Ridge Music Festival

July 4-6, 2008
Retreat House

House Building Retreat

June 20-22, 2008
Retreat House

Children and Ecology

May 9-11, 2008
Retreat House

A Day Away

For Pastors and Church Leaders
April 14, 2008
10:00 am - 1:00 pm or 4:00 pm
Retreat House

Throughout his ministry, Jesus regularly took time to withdraw to a quiet place, to reflect and pray.

Retreat and rest is vital, and yet busy schedules often prevent us from setting aside the time we need.

We invite you to join us on the second Monday of each month for "A Day Away," a Sabbath day especially set aside for pastors and church leaders at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community.

 

Rhythm of the Day

We will gather at the Retreat House at 10:00 a.m. for brief input, followed by your own time for prayer and reflection. Lunch will be served at noon. Retreatants may choose to leave at 1:00, or stay until 4:00 to hike the trails, sit quietly in the Meditation Shelter, get creative in the Art Cottage, or settle into a room to journal, rest or pray.

Second Mondays

"A Day Away" for pastors and church leaders will take place the second Monday of each month. The day is offered at no cost to attendees. Donations are accepted. Join us as often as you wish!

RSVP

Please let us know you will be attending by calling 304-724-6653 or emailing us at community@rollingridge.net. But if you forget to let us know in advance, come anyway!

About Rolling Ridge

Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community is a non-profit, ecumenical retreat center, begun in 1986. It is located on 1400 acres of wilderness land in the Blue Ridge mountains. Facilities include a Retreat House, Meditation Shelter, and an Art Cottage.

Private Retreats

In addition, the Retreat House is frequently available during the week for private retreats. Please call the staff community at 304-724-6653 to schedule a time.

Directions

From Charles Town or Martinsburg: Go east on Route 9. After crossing the Shenandoah River, go one mile and then turn right on Mission Road. Go 6.3 miles, and turn left at the Rolling Ridge sign onto the gravel road (still called Mission Road). Go one mile and turn right at the intersection, following Mission Road. Go .3 miles and turn left at Christ Church Road, following the signs for Retreat House.

The Art of Gratefulness

A Meditative Arfts Retreat at Rolling Ridge
April 11-13, 2008
Retreat House

The Art of Gratefulness

A Meditative Arts Retreat at Rolling Ridge

with Patricia Campbell Carlson,
Margaret Wakeley,
and Lindsay McLaughlin

Friday April 11 - Sunday April 13, 2008


"I have been in Sorrow’s kitchen
and licked out all the pots.
Then I have stood on the peaky mountain
wrapped in rainbows,
with a harp and a sword in my hands."
— Zora Neale Hurston

What does it mean to be grateful through the ups and downs of life? How can we appreciate the gift of each day without minimizing the challenges that face us personally and as a global community? Through the mediums of music, movement, poetry, conversation, and collage we will explore how we even come to ask such questions. In the delicate beauty of the awakening springtime forest and the sacred embrace of encircling hills and streams we will ponder how gratefulness applies to our losses, to our everyday lives, and to our relationships.

Participants are welcome to arrive at the Retreat House between 5 and 7 pm on Friday night. Dinner will be served at 7 pm. The retreat will end with lunch on Sunday. Cost for the weekend is $100.

Please send a $25 deposit to reserve your space. Checks should be made payable to Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community (RRSRC) and mailed to Lindsay McLaughlin, 120 Jubilee Lane, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425. Meals will be healthful and vegetarian. Please let us know if you have any special dietary or other needs. For more information call or email Lindsay McLaughlin at 304-724-1069, lmclaughlin@rollingridge.net.

Workshop leaders:

Patricia Campbell Carlson serves as Executive Director of A Network for Grateful Living (ANG*L), a nonprofit dedicated to gratefulness as the core inspiration for personal change, international cooperation, and sustainable activism in areas of universal concern. She works closely with ANG*L’s founder Br. David Steindl-Rast, a pioneer in the interfaith movement, and greatly values the time she spent in the 1980s as part of Sojourners community in Washington, DC.
Margaret Wakeley wears many hats at ANG*L: administrator, designer, researcher, and first contact for visitors. She has worked extensively as a vocalist across the U.S. and Europe. Now, sticking closer to home, she gets great satisfaction tailoring her repertoire for cabaret benefits for local organizations, where she serves in many volunteer capacities, including Hospicare, the Community School of Music and Arts, and the Unitarian Church in Ithaca, NY.
Lindsay McLaughlin lives and works at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community and is the arts coordinator for an alternative school for students with emotional disabilities in Silver Spring, MD. She dances professionally with Carla Perlo at Dance Place in Washington, DC and with St. Martin's Liturgical Dance Ministry. She is a writer, editor and mother of three grown sons.

Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community – "Nurturing Persons and Communities" – is an ecumenical Christian retreat center on 1400 acres of forested land between the Blue Ridge and the Shenandoah River, near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Make your plans now to attend these other retreats sponsored by Rolling Ridge in 2008:

  • Cultivating a Listening Heart: A Silent Retreat At Rolling Ridge, February 8-10, 2008
  • A Day Away for Pastors and Church Leaders: February 11, March 10, April 14 (second Monday of each month)
  • Easter Quiet Days for Holy Week and Stations of the Cross: March 17-21, 2007
  • Children and Ecology: May 9-11, 2008
  • Straw Bale House Building Retreat: June 20-22, August 15-27, 2008
  • Rolling Ridge Music Festival: July 4-6, 2008
  • Straw Bale House Building Retreat: August 10-12, 2008
  • Annual Labor Day Work Retreat: September 1, 2008
  • Meditative Arts: October 10-12, 2008
  • Rolling Ridge Annual Meeting: November 15, 2008
  • Waiting in Darkness, Carrying the Light: An Advent Retreat on Transition, Loss, Grief and Healing: December 5-7, 2008
  • Or create your own private retreat during the week. We offer spiritual direction and directed retreats for individuals during the week days. Call us for details.
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community web: www.rollingridge.net
Lindsay McLaughlin phone: 304.724.1069
120 Jubilee Lane e-mail: lmclaughlin@rollingridge.net
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Easter Quiet Days and Station of the Cross

March 17-21, 2008
Retreat House


Easter Quiet Days
And Stations of the Cross
During Holy Week
At Rolling Ridge Study Retreat

March 17-21, 2007

Monday through Friday
Daily meditations and prayers at 12:00 noon

Good Friday
5:00 pm: Sharing soup and bread together
6:00 pm: Praying the Stations of the Cross

You are warmly invited to participate in any or all of these events

During Holy Week, we invite you to gather with the Rolling Ridge Community for daily meditations and prayers in the Retreat House at 12:00 noon.

There is no registration fee for any of the week's activities. A simple soup and bread meal will be served Friday evening. No meals will be provided the rest of the week, but you are welcome to bring your own provisions. All events will take place at the Retreat House. The Retreat House will be available for retreatants who would like to stay overnight one or more nights during the week.

Please let us know if you will be participating by calling us at 304-725-4172 or emailing us at community@rollingridge.net.

Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community is an ecumenical retreat center nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

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