** Registration Full - Accepting Waitlist **Wild Earth Spiritual Community’s weekend retreat at Dayspring Retreat Center

UPDATE - Registration is now FULL for the upcoming Silent Retreat. We will continue take names for the waiting list. Please reach out with any questions.

Wild Earth Spiritual Community Sacred Thirst Retreat at Dayspring, Germantown, MD

Fri. Oct 21 - Sun. Oct 23

Sacred Thirst: We arrive on the holy grounds of DS with a yearning to awaken from our deep sleep. We thirst for a broader view of things, an experience of the sacred that transpires behind every moment, an illumination not seen in our ordinary state of consciousness.  During our extended time of communal silence, we’ll submerge ourselves in a well of wisdom - not from human teachers - but from the more-than-humans around us. Knowing that we are part of a larger identity, we will draw closer in relationship with forest, pond, creek, stone, claw-footed ones and winged ones, water ones and underground ones, solar, star and celestial ones. Time on the land will be accompanied by prompts for meditating, drawing and journaling.  Facilitated by Kenzie Raulin and Sarah Anders.

Note: Registration is on a first come, first served basis. We anticipate filling quickly.

Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief reflections with morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends after breakfast Sunday morning with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch and departure. You must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to attend weekend retreats.  We are requiring that masks be worn indoors except when dining or in your personal room.  You are welcome to arrive between 3:30 and 6:30 pm on the Friday your retreat begins. The retreat ends after lunch on Sunday.     Additional information on the retreat center can be found here: http://www.dayspringretreat.org/