Retreats and Pilgrimages

As a busy urban parish, it is essential that we take a break, as a community, and rest and refresh ourselves. This year we have two great opportunities to do so!

Shrine Mont Parish- wide Retreat Weekend
October 17-19, 2008

The historic Shrine Mont Retreat Center in Orkney Springs, Virginia offers a beautiful setting for St. James’s annual fall retreat in the mountains! Participants will have the opportunity to unplug, relax, and enjoy the gorgeous fall mountain scenery and each other’s company. There will be activities for adults and children, delicious meals, and comfortable accommodations. This is a special weekend for our parish and designed to be fun for all ages and stages, young and older, singles and families.

Contact Anita Lisk for information and registration: 804-355-1779, ext. 13 or alisk@doers.org.

The Palestine of Jesus: A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
July 21- August 3, 2009

This is a two-week travel tour of Israel and Palestine. 20 of us would be guided by fellow Anglicans who call Israel and Palestine home, while guests in the secure and lovely St. George’s Anglican College in Jerusalem. St. George’s College shares grounds with the Episcopal Cathedral in East Jerusalem and is a short walk from the Damascus and Herod’s Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. We will explore Bethlehem, Nazareth, the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee, Mount Tabor, the Judean Desert, and others. After focusing on the Galilean ministry of Jesus, our course will follow the Passion Narratives through visits to Bethany, the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulcher), with a devotional Way of the Cross. On the final day of the course we will celebrate the Resurrection, and the way of discipleship with a journey to Emmaus and a festive Eucharist.

For information, including trip cost, contact Whitney Zimmerman 804-355-1779, ext.17 or wzimmerman@doers.org.