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Prayer of Spirit and Body Retreat planned Nov. 20-22 at Beckwith

“Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?”

1 Corinthians 6-19

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Entrance to the Hooper Walking Trail at Beckwith

Entrance to the Hooper Walking Trail at Beckwith

A “Prayer of Spirit and Body Retreat” will be held at Camp Beckwith on November 20-22 and will be facilitated by Jan and Marshall Craver.  This retreat is an introduction to yoga and other forms of body prayer as Christian spiritual practice.  No prior experience with yoga is necessary. This retreat assists participants in exploring and celebrating the truth that pryaer is a response to God of our entire being – body, mind and spirit! We seek to become more aware of an responsive to the immediate presence of Christ in “whom we live and move and have out being.” Acts 17:28

Facilitators

The Rev. Marshall Craver is Associate Rector of St. Paul’s, Mobile, and a graduate of Shalem Institute’s Certificate Program for leading meditation groups and retreats.  Fr. Craver hs been a student of prayer throughout his 25 years of ordained ministry and is graduate of Shalem Institute’s program for Leading Meditation Groups and Retreats.

Jan and Marshall have led numerous retreats on praying with the body in theDioceses of Alabama, Florida, Central Gulf Coast and Kanuga, North Carolina.  Space is very limited so register early!

September 1, 2009   No Comments