Friday, October 14, through Sunday, October 16, we held an all-church retreat at the Stony Point Center in southeastern New York. Here are some of the highlights of the retreat. Many more photos can be found in our Google Photo album from this retreat: https://goo.gl/photos/DC4RAdQRrogZ4D1M6

Rick Ufford-Chase, director of Stony Point, met with us to talk about his book, “Faithful Resistance: Gospel Visions for the Church in a Time of Empire”, which was the first book study of the year. We were challenged and inspired by his energy and his stories.

We also spent time playing dominoes and cards, and telling stories with each other. It was a great opportunity to be together without a full agenda, and we enjoyed our leisure time together!

Some of our members had been on a worktrip helping to build the new art center, so it was fun to see it fully functioning and housing a calligrapher and workshops!

Everyone gathered around the table in the morning and worked with clay and markers and thought and worked and prayed about the ways in which we are creations and co-creators with God. Some beautiful thoughts were shared and one or two beautiful pieces were produced.

George Cummings told us about the battle of Stony Point, and then took some of the group on a field trip to see the battlefield. There were re-enactors on the field that day, so we got more than we bargained for!

In the late afternoon on Saturday, Rick took a few folks to canoe and kayak in the beautiful Hudson River valley. A gorgeous day, and a good time was had by all!