Tuesdays, September 15, 22, 29
at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
Led by Pastor Lane

Seasons of uncertainty of any kind are cause for grief and anxiety. This season of prolonged uncertainty is grieving our hearts all the more, whether we recognize and name those feelings of grief or not. Add to that the many losses we have each witnessed: from the loss of loved ones and members of our community, to the loss of normalcy, to the losses of income or long-anticipated milestones or a much-needed rest…and we are a people beset by grief.

As the church, we are uniquely graced with the ability and the responsibility to hold one another in that grief through our gathering in community. In that spirit, we invite you to join us for a 3-part online retreat led by Rev. Lane Cotton Winn with Jan Richardson’s The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief. The book is available online immediately as a Kindle eBook as well as on Amazon Prime. Please order your own copy of the book from your favorite book seller. Scholarships are available, too. Just send an email to Pastor Lane (pastorlane@stjohnsbr.org) if a scholarship is needed.

The three sessions will be held on Tuesday evenings, September 15, 22, and 29 at 7 p.m. over Zoom and will be part discussion and part workshop, making space for us to craft the blessings we each most need to hear for ourselves in this season. Feel free to invite friends to join us; meeting over Zoom expands our ability to join with kindred spirits well beyond those who could normally join us in person.

Registration for this retreat is free, but you will be required to register to be able to join the Zoom. We will email the Zoom information to you a few days prior to the first session.