Third Annual "REST, REFRESHMENT, AND RENEWAL"

A GIFT FOR WOMEN

Saturday, February 21, 2009
9:00-3:45

 

BEAUTIFUL FEET

The theme of this year's "Rest, Refreshment and Renewal Day for Women" is about your feet, your beautiful feet. God has called each of us to a specific daily vocation through which we bring the Good News. Whether that vocation includes family, neighbors, work, or community, our calling is to travel through our days bringing good news to those we serve and meet. Although this makes our feet beautiful, it also can make them tired, sore, callused, blistered, and in need of a day of rest.

Set aside one day to relax! Come and put your feet up, soothe your soles, pamper your toes, and take time to reflect upon your beautiful feet!

Special this year:

• Clergy Sister Gathering: Bunion Removal - An opportunity for pastors to talk through issues in their parishes and their personal lives that might cause them to limp into Lent. Refreshing toners for Lenten preaching also available.
• Refresh Service Project:  Northwest Interfaith Hospitality Network - Please bring the following donations: washcloths, soap, toothpaste, and toothbrushes.

Schedule, Saturday, February 21, 2009

9 am	Registration and Refreshments
10 am	Morning Prayer
10:45 am	Welcome
11 am	Holy Time or Central Gathering Central Gathering: "Soles for Christ: A Walking Tour of Biblical Feet" Our feet have sexual, sacred and mission meanings in Scripture. We'll explore how these metaphors come together at the foot of the Cross. (The Rev. Dr. Robin D. Mattison, Associate Professor, New Testament and Greek, LTSP)
12 pm	Community Lunch
1 pm	Holy Time or Rest, Refreshment and Renewal Gatherings Attend an Afternoon Gathering: (descriptions) OR Clergy Sister Gathering: Bunion Removal An opportunity for pastors to talk through issues in their parishes and their personal lives that might cause them to limp into Lent. Refreshing toners for Lenten preaching also available. with The Rev. Robin Dr. Mattison does not repeat at 2:15
2:15 pm	Holy Time and Afternoon Gatherings repeated
3:30 pm	Sending service
3:45 pm	On your way home rested, refreshed and renewed!

Afternoon Gatherings

(Program registrants may drop in at any session without signing up in advance - click the title for more details)

Prayerful Yoga

Dancing Before God

Praying at the Crossroads

Refresh Service Project  - Northwest Interfaith Hospitality Network

"Beautiful Feet" Songs for the Journey

"Ruth: The Mother of the Messiah in Judaism and Christianity"

WarmFeet^®

Spiritual Direction

Book Discussion: The Shack