Workshops and Retreats

Introduction to Centering Prayer

Friday, April 4, 2008

9am-12pm (bring a sack lunch)

Hermitage Church of the Nazarene

$20 includes the book Open Mind Open Heart

This simple prayer method invites us to let go of the busyness of our
lives and to quiet our minds in order to rest a few minutes in silent communion
with God. Centering Prayer facilitates the movement from more active
modes of prayer - verbal, mental or affective prayer - into a receptive
prayer of resting in God. It emphasizes prayer as a personal relationship
with God. At the same time, it is a discipline to foster and serve this
relationship by a regular, daily practice of prayer. Christian
Contemplative Prayer is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being -
to God, the Ultimate Mystery, beyond thoughts, words and emotions, whom
we know by faith is within us, closer than breathing, thinking, feeling
and choosing; even closer than consciousness itself. The root of all
prayer is interior silence. Though we think of prayer as thoughts or
feelings expressed in words, this is only one expression. Contemplative
Prayer is a prayer of silence, an experience of God's presence as the
ground in which our being is rooted, the Source from whom our life
emerges at every moment.

Resting in God is a phrase used to describe Centering Prayer which is an ancient Christian meditation method. This simple prayer method invites us to let go of the busyness of our lives and to quiet our minds in order to rest a few minutes in silent communion with God who dwells in us.

Goals of Friday Introduction

1. Learn method and principle of the meditation prayers as a way to deepen your relationship with God.

2. Experience 2 prayer sessions to practice the method.

3. Have the opportunity to ask questions about the method.

Directions: From Lebanon Pike turn onto Andrew Jackson parkway toward Walmart continue for a mile or so until you come to a sharp curve. The church is on your left in the sharp curve. The main entrance faces the playground. The secretary can direct you to which room we will be in upstairs.

Upstairs Classroom
Hermitage Church of the Nazarene
4151 Saundersville Road
Old Hickory, TN 37138

to register for the above class e-mail Leighanne at YogaWithLee@juno.com or call 443-2202

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Restorative Yoga

Sunday, February 17, 2008

2-4pm $15

Sports Village, Lebanon

Treat yourself to a relaxing afternoon of restorative yoga poses designed to bring the body into a natural state of balance, releasing deeply held tension.

Save your spot by registering early.
Call Leighanne at 443-2202 or e-mail YogaWithLee@juno.com

Directions:
One 2Yoga Studio is located in Donelson, one mile North of the airport, 223 Donelson Pike

Sports Village is located in Lebanon, 1735 W. Main Street (aka Lebanon Pike, hwy 70)

Grace UMC Family Life Center is located between the Library and High School on Mt Juliet Road,
not the main church building but the Family Life Center that sits close to the road
Four driveways down from the Library before the High School