Zoom: Just This…a Retreat for Caregivers
With Evelyn Gerardo Challis
November 21, 2025
This is a retreat for caregivers, those who provide support for a beloved family member or friend. Support that is social, emotional, spiritual, personal care.
Set among the 12.5 acres of The Portland Japanese Garden recently, a friend invited me to step into the small space pictured below. “Just this”, he said. “Just this is enough” We don’t have to go into the whole garden to have the experience of tranquility and peace. We can step into small spaces and know that that will provide what we seek.
Join me for a small space retreat, a two hour treat to refresh and renew the gentle peace that resides within you as a caregiver. Sometimes the focus of caring for others leaves us yearning for a time to quietly step away from the fullness of days and the pace of multiple responsibilities.
Welcome to a small space of time to attend to your own yearning for renewal and need for blessing.
This is your time –
To feel embraced by the tenderness of God
To be refreshed by healing messages through music, poetry, prayer and silence
To know that you are not alone, that others journey with you and understand the path you travel
About the Facilitator

Evelyn Gerardo Challis
Evelyn is a current caregiver to her spouse, and past caregiver to both parents. She continues to learn from the honesty and grace, blessings and challenges of this ministry of love. Evelyn is a retired board-certified chaplain and certified spiritual director with a Masters in Applied Spirituality, USF
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