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21st Annual Summer Ministry School & Retreat
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Come grow
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| Logo design: Claudia McGehee |
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We invite you to join Episcopalians from all of Iowa to learn, grow, enjoy, build relationships, and praise God together.
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Old favorites and some new tracks are waiting for you to sign up.
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Children and Youth: come sing together in a new choir camp!
WORSHIP TOGETHER
Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline We gather to worship and rest in God. Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Compline services follow The Daily Office. Music is led by Andrew Hicks.
Eucharist is celebrated Sunday before lunch at the end of the retreat. Bishop Alan Scarfe will preside, and the Iowa Choir Camp participants will sing.
Eucharist is celebrated Sunday before lunch at the end of the retreat. Bishop Alan Scarfe will preside, and the Iowa Choir Camp participants will sing.
STUDY TOGETHER
Learning Tracks During 8 hours of “track” time over the course of the weekend, track leaders lead your group in a relaxed, informal and often hands-on learning time on the topic you’ve chosen.
FREE TIME & REJUVENATION
Evening Social Time Bring a snack to share and hang out with other retreat participants each evening where lively conversation over a nice glass of wine may be had!
Free Time on Saturday (1-4p.m.) is for you to relax and take time to find center. The following optional opportunities are available:
Healing Touch Ministry Clinic From 1-1:30 an introduction to healing touch spiritual ministry will be offered. Appointments follow offering the ancient practice of laying on of hands to assist those who seek spiritual healing, wholeness, and renewal of energy. Advanced registration is recommended. A free-will offering is suggested though not required.
Swimming Indoor pool on the Grinnell campus. (Parental supervision required for those under age 18.)
Social knitting/crafting Here’s your chance to sit quietly, knit, embroider, or indulge another hobby while visiting with craft-minded people.
Bike Ride Bring your bike and safety equipment. An “even more gentle ride than last year” option is being planned for this year in addition to the trail taken last year, but please pre-register your interest so we can be prepared.
Shopping The lobby of the Joe Rosenfield building will have Cokesbury Books, and the Fair Trade shop “Wander This World” on hand to offer a wide variety of items for sale as well as a display by IRMS.
Converse, Read, Journal, or Nap The Grinnell College Campus and dorms offer many nooks and lobbies both indoors and outdoors that you can use to create a sacred space for your own renewal.
Free Time on Saturday (1-4p.m.) is for you to relax and take time to find center. The following optional opportunities are available:
Healing Touch Ministry Clinic From 1-1:30 an introduction to healing touch spiritual ministry will be offered. Appointments follow offering the ancient practice of laying on of hands to assist those who seek spiritual healing, wholeness, and renewal of energy. Advanced registration is recommended. A free-will offering is suggested though not required.
Swimming Indoor pool on the Grinnell campus. (Parental supervision required for those under age 18.)
Social knitting/crafting Here’s your chance to sit quietly, knit, embroider, or indulge another hobby while visiting with craft-minded people.
Bike Ride Bring your bike and safety equipment. An “even more gentle ride than last year” option is being planned for this year in addition to the trail taken last year, but please pre-register your interest so we can be prepared.
Shopping The lobby of the Joe Rosenfield building will have Cokesbury Books, and the Fair Trade shop “Wander This World” on hand to offer a wide variety of items for sale as well as a display by IRMS.
Converse, Read, Journal, or Nap The Grinnell College Campus and dorms offer many nooks and lobbies both indoors and outdoors that you can use to create a sacred space for your own renewal.
RETREAT SCHEDULE |
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| Friday, July 23 | |
| 3:30-6:45 pm 6:30 pm 6:45-7:30 pm 7:45-9:15 pm 9:30-9:45 pm 10:00 pm |
CHECK-IN Lazier Hall Lobby Child Track 14 opens WELCOME & ORIENTATION Joe Rosenfield Center TRACK GROUPS COMPLINE SOCIAL TIME snack food potluck provided by Tracks 6-13 |
| Saturday, July 24 | |
| 7:45-8:30 am 9:00-9:30 am 9:45-11:45 am 12:00-12:45 pm 1:00-4:00 pm 4:00-5:30 pm 5:45-6:30 pm 6:45-7:15 pm 7:30-9:15 pm 9:30-9:45 pm 10:00 pm |
BREAKFAST MORNING PRAYER TRACK GROUPS LUNCH FREE TIME REJUVENATION TRACK GROUPS DINNER EVENING PRAYER TRACK GROUPS COMPLINE SOCIAL TIME snack food potluck provided by Tracks 1-5 |
| Sunday, July 25 | |
| 7:45-8:30 am 8:45-10:45 am 11:00 am-12:15 pm 12:15-1:00 pm |
BREAKFAST & CHECK OUT TRACK GROUPS HOLY EUCHARIST LUNCH |
TRACK OFFERINGS |
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Track 1: Track 2: Track 3: Track 4: Track 5: Track 6: Track 7: Track 8: Track 9: Track 10: Track 11: Track 12: Track 13: |
A Theology of Creation The Rev. Alice Haugen The Book of Job The Rev. Kathleen Milligan Celebration of Marriage The Rev Cn Ron Osborne & The Rev. Bill Moorhead Come & See: A Cistercian Mini-Retreat The Rev. Kathryn S. Campbell Anglican Prayer Beads The Rev. Jane Stewart Wellness: Caring for yourself as God’s Child Lacey Howard Faithful on Paper: Scrapbooking & Card Ministry Leigh Hollis Exploring Diaconal Ministry The Right Rev. Alan Scarfe The Gospel IS Good News Anne Tanner and Ronda Menke Paperless Music in a Circle of Drums Ben Allaway Spiritual Caregiving Everywhere Bill Kupersmith & The Rev. Anne Williams Godly Play: Training for Teachers Wanda Stahl Solo Retreat (Self Directed) |
| TRACKS for Children & Youth Registration by July 5 and signed parental release forms required |
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Track 14: Track 15: |
Abwenzi Means Friends Ages 0-14 Angela Zahn and professional childcare staff Iowa Choir Camp kids leaving grades 3-12 Andrew Hicks and Meg Wagner |
Topic Links:
Message from the Director
Staff Contacts
Track Offerings
Schedule & Check-In
Corporate Worship
Community Covenant
Free Time Rejuvenation
Registration Information
How Do I Get There?
Online Registration
View/download Registration Form (.pdf)
View/download Information & Registration Booklet (.pdf)
View/download Bulletin Insert
Scenes from 2008
Join us for the 20th Annual Summer Ministry School and Retreat at Grinnell College
• Choose from over fifteen tracks to deepen your spiritual life, ministry, and growth in God.
• Worship, learn, laugh, and refresh your soul among people from all over The Diocese of Iowa and beyond.
• Cultivate your inner life, tranquility of heart, and both devotion and God consciousness (“unceasing prayer”) amid your daily life and work. Group gather times will enfold spiritual exercises and wisdom based on The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis whose Feast Day we honor this weekend.
• Receive renewed energy and wholeness through the Healing Touch Ministry Clinic, a gentle bike ride, and other rejuvenating opportunities.
• Intergenerational offerings including nursery care, Swaziland-based children’s program, and a diocesan youth event.
• Consider optional CEU credit through Episcopal Divinity School.
• Take it all in, then return home to share and serve.
• Worship, learn, laugh, and refresh your soul among people from all over The Diocese of Iowa and beyond.
• Cultivate your inner life, tranquility of heart, and both devotion and God consciousness (“unceasing prayer”) amid your daily life and work. Group gather times will enfold spiritual exercises and wisdom based on The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis whose Feast Day we honor this weekend.
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• Intergenerational offerings including nursery care, Swaziland-based children’s program, and a diocesan youth event.
• Consider optional CEU credit through Episcopal Divinity School.
• Take it all in, then return home to share and serve.
Come with a love of learning
and desire for God.
Come grow with us!
and desire for God.
Come grow with us!
Peace,The Rev. Catherine Quehl-Engel+
Director of Summer Ministry School & Retreat
P.S. Take advantage of special savings if you register by June 13, 2009
TRACK OFFERINGS
PRE-RETREAT WORKSHOPAn optional FREE workshop from 4:00-5:30pm on Friday, July 24
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WORSHIPTrack 1: *Hocus Pocus, Where's the Focus? The Meaning, Art, and Practice of Presiding at Eucharist and Baptisms The Rev. Canon Glenn Rankin Track 2: *Circle of Drums: Worshipping with your hands Ben Allaway Track 3: *Preaching: Breaking Open the Word The Rev. Jean McCarthy Track 4: *Lector Training: Reading to Make the Bible Come Alive Donna Scarfe |
SPIRITUALITY, THEOLOGY
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CHURCH LEADERSHIP |
CHILDREN, YOUTH, & NURSERYTrack 17: (ages 0-5) Nursery Professionally Staffed Track 18: (ages 5-12) Kid Companions: the Iowa/Swazi Connection Angela Zahn Youth (ages 12-18) Sign up for one of the retreat tracks and hang out with your friends! |
* Continuing Education Unit Credit through The Episcopal Divinity School is available (but completely optional) for tracks indicated with an asterisk. An additional $25.00 and some additional paperwork is required for CEU credit.
FREE TIME REJUVENATION Saturday AfternoonThis year, the Free Time on Saturday (1-4 PM) is completely unstructured so you can relax and take time to find center. The following optional opportunities are planned for your use in rejuvenating and feeding your spirit: HEALING TOUCH MINISTRY CLINIC On Saturday from 1:00-4:00 PM there will be healing touch practitioners on site from Trinity-Iowa City. From 1:00-1:30 an introduction to healing touch spiritual ministry will be offered. Appointments follow offering the ancient practice of laying on of hands to assist those who seek spiritual healing, wholeness, and renewal of energy. Advanced registration is recommended. A free-will offering is suggested though not required.
Gentle BIKE RIDE Pack your bike, helmet, water bottle and other gear and join Diana Wright as she leads a group on a ride. Please pre-register for this ride so trails of appropriate distance and difficulty can be chosen. Swimming An indoor pool is available on the campus. Parental supervision required. Shopping The lobby of the Joe Rosenfeld building will be informative, and Cokesbury Books will offer a wide variety of titles and items for sale. Converse, Read, Journal, or Nap The Grinnell College Campus and dorms offer many nooks and lobbies both indoors and outdoors that you can use to create a sacred space for your own renewal. |
SCHEDULE &
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FEES
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Ways to Register
• Online Registration with payment by credit card (Visa or MasterCard)
• Online Registration with payment by check. Mail your check to Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, Summer Ministry School & Retreat, 225 -37th St., Des Moines, IA 50312. If your payment is not received by the Registration Deadline, your registration will not be ini effect.
• Register by mail. Download, print and complete the Mail-in Registration Form.
How to Total Your Payment Amount
• Remember that a Parental Release and Medical Release form is required for each child younger than 18 years of age
• Dorm rooms have a maximum of 2 beds in each room.
• Up to 2 children may sleep on the floor in each dorm room (bring your own bedroll and towels).
• Dorm rooms have a maximum of 2 beds in each room.
• Up to 2 children may sleep on the floor in each dorm room (bring your own bedroll and towels).
(Children ages 16 and up are considered adults for payment purposes) • Private rooms (one adult) base price $150.00 per person
• Semi Private Rooms (2 adults) base price $140.00 per person
• Commuter Option (no lodging included) base price $90.00 per person |
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FAMILY WITH CHILDREN Payment Calculation:
Add up your base price, take a family discount, then add any additional discounts and fees. BASE PRICE • 1 Adult in a family base price $150.00
• 2 Adults in a room (includes ) base price $140.00 each • Age 15 or under on a Bed (linens provided) base price $60.00 each • Age 15 or under on the floor (no towels provided) base price $50.00 • A crib you bring is “on the floor” for payment purposes FAMILY DISCOUNT • Reduce your cost by $10.00 for every family member you register after the first 2. (For example, a family of 3 would subtract $10.00, a family of 5 would subtract $30.00.)
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• EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT Reduce each adult's base price by $20.00 if you are registering by June 13, 2009 • LATE REGISTRATION FEE Increase each adult's base price by $25.00 if you are registering after July 10, 2009 • CEU CREDITS If your track is eligible and you would like to get CEU credits for your participation add $25.00 • NO REFUNDS will be issued for cancellations after July 17, 2009 • SCHOLARSHIPS: Some confidential partial scholarships may be available. Contact Catherine Quehl-Engel if you need to take advantage of this program. There are ways to offset your costs by volunteering as well, so please contact Catherine if finances hamper your ability to participate.
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HOW DO I GET THERE?
Directions to Grinnell College:
From I-80: Take exit 182 north three miles on Highway 146. Turn east (right) on Sixth Avenue (Highway 6). Proceed two and one half blocks on Sixth Avenue to the Grinnell College campus.
From southwest Wisconsin: Take Highway 151 through Dubuque, Iowa to I-380 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Take I-380 south for approximately 16 miles and then head west on I-80. Follow the directions above for "From I-80."
From Waterloo and other points in northeast Iowa: Take Highway 63 south to the stop sign with Highway 6. Head west on Highway 6 into Grinnell. Grinnell College will be on the right. Highway 6 becomes 6th Ave.
Grinnell College campus map: http://webserver.grinnell.edu/aboutinfo/map/
Scenes from 2008 Summer Ministry School & Retreat
