Zoom-Once Upon A Time In A Town Called Nazareth Retreat

Let us enter into this holy season with Mary, to a time just hours B.C., in a small Galilean town, to a time and place and a woman’s “yes” that changed the world. Through music, art, story and meditation let us once again experience Advent and prepare our hearts for the coming JOY!

Friday night invites us into a different time and place. The place is Nazareth, the Galilean home of a young Jewish girl. The time is 2000 years ago, 12 hours B.C to be precise, the night before the angel Gabriel is sent to this same time and place and young Jewish girl. With story, song and the prayers of Shabbat, we set the stage for God’s great dream to be revealed.

Saturday morning The Annunciation comes alive! Betsey enacts Mary’s experience through StoryDance and Kathleen guides us through artists’ portrayals as we consider the wondrous possibilities of this breakthrough event for the life of the world and for ourselves. We end with the invitation to take time apart for a deepening experience in the quiet of our own space.

Saturday afternoon we re-gather to share our stories and consider anew the meaning of Incarnation, God-with-us. We use the Prayer of Havdalah to close our retreat, our Shabbat, and to turn our hearts into a full embrace of Advent and the coming Christ-event of Christmas.