To register or receive more information, please contact Betsy Keller at 717.737.8222; betsykeller@oasismin.org

Another Great Opportunity Brought to You By:

Managing Stress and

Letting Go into Hope

To all who deal with stress – come apart for a timely look at the physical, mental, behavioral, emotional and spiritual effects on you while coping with stress in today’s world. How can we not only cope, but thrive and grow in the challenges we meet in our daily life? With uncertain futures, how can we live in hope and trust? How can each of us be a stabilizing presence in an unstable world? God is ever present. Let us join together in God’s love as we seek and discern answers to these heartfelt questions. Our day together will be a blend of learning, self-reflection, laughing, relaxation, and a time for retreat into solitude and silence for our renewal.

Leadership: Peg Cromer, MNSc, MA, RN is a spiritual director in Lititz, PA, and graduate of Chestnut Hill College in the Holistic Spirituality/Spiritual Direction program. She has also had a career as an RN and is an adjunct professor for the RN BSN-degree completion programs at Eastern Mennonite University, Lancaster Campus and at Immaculata University where she teaches several courses in holistic health. Peg is on the faculty of Kairos: School of Spiritual Formation, facilitating the second year – Prayer and the Contemplative Life. Peg finds that her two roles as an RN and spiritual director blend well into a holistic approach to life in general.

When?

Saturday, November 13, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Where?

Lancaster Friends Meetinghouse

110 Tulane Terrace, Lancaster, PA 17603 lancasterpaquakers.org

Retreat Fee?

$65-$95 (as you are able) Registration Deadline: November 1, 2010

Objectives: During the time together, participants will:

1. Appreciate the silent effects of stress on the holistic human system of mind, body, spirit, and relationships. 2. Identify symptoms of stress in differing domains: physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual. 3. Identify stress management techniques for the specific ways in which stress is experienced and evidenced. 4. Experience a guided relaxation exercise as an invitation into extended time in silence and solitude for self renewal. 5. Consider the wisdom of monitoring and controlling personal stress in daily life style choices as a way of caring for self and others, especially in the midst of today’s changing world. 6. Explore the need for letting go in order to settle into a centered place of hope and trust in God.

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