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SUMMARY:Sowing Seeds of Hope and Resilience in Times of Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:Image: https://stockcake.com/i/planting-hope-together_272502_54341\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Beloved says to all who will hear\,“Come. Walk with me. Let us give birth to a new Earth!”For\, the Spirit is the One who makesall things new\, and everawaits our “yes” to the Dance.–Psalm 110: 1-2 \nNan Merrill\, Psalms for Praying\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin spiritual directors Jan Evans and Esther Hizsa for a weekend retreat engaging in God’s dream for our world by planting and nurturing seeds of community\, compassion\, creativity\, and connectedness. \n\n\n\nDATE & TIME\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 24\, 2026 at 5:00 pm to Sunday\, April 26\, 2026 at noon \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nRivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BC \n\n\n\nCOST\n\n\n\n$340. Includes a light supper on Friday\, breakfast\, lunch and supper on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. \n\n\n\nRegister early (see form below). Spaces are limited. \n\n\n\nFACILITATORS\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans* Jan lives in Collingwood\, Ontario where she enjoys outdoor play with her dog\, Bella\, along the shores of Georgian Bay. \n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa* Esther lives in Vernon\, BC where she and her husband\, Fred\, enjoy the outdoor beauty of the Okanagan. She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim. \n\n\n\n\n\nJan and Esther co-facilitate the SoulStream Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life and are members of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community. \n\n\n\n*Denotes Independent Contractor \n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        \n							"*" indicates required fields \n                        \n                        X/TwitterThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name*\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    Last\n                                                \n                            \n                        Address*    \n                    \n                         \n                                        \n                                        Street Address\n                                    \n                                        \n                                        Address Line 2\n                                    \n                                    \n                                    City\n                                 \n                                        \n                                        State / Province / Region\n                                      \n                                    \n                                    ZIP / Postal Code\n                                \n                                        AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire\, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo\, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea\, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea\, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine\, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena\, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania\, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands\, BritishVirgin Islands\, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands\n                                        Country\n                                    \n                    \n                Phone*Email*\n                            \n                        Number of people*Enter the number of people you are registering.Please enter a number from 1 to 11.Number of people*Enter the number of people you are registering.Please enter a number from 1 to 11.Names of additional attendees you are registering for (besides you)*Note: If additional attendees are not in your household\, please consider asking them to register separately.Do you have any allergies\, sensitivities or intolerance to certain foods? Or dietary restrictions?*\n			\n					\n					Yes\n			\n			\n					\n					No\n			Please describe your allergies\, sensitivities or intolerance to certain foods\, or dietary restrictions.Do you have any health concerns you would like us to be aware of?*\n			\n					\n					Yes\n			\n			\n					\n					No\n			Please describe your health concerns.Since single rooms cannot be guaranteed\, is there anyone with whom you would like to share a room if needed?*\n			\n					\n					Yes\n			\n			\n					\n					No\n			I would like to share a room with:I agree to share my contact information with the cohort.*\n			\n					\n					Yes\n			\n			\n					\n					No\n			I agree that any photo of me taken in a group setting during the retreat may be posted on the SoulStream website.*\n			\n					\n					Yes\n			\n			\n					\n					No\n			How did you learn about this event?*\n								\n								SoulStream Email Newsletter\n							\n								\n								Friend Referral\n							\n								\n								Another Website Referral\n							\n								\n								Internet Search\n							\n								\n								Other\n							Please specify.*Comments/QuestionsI have read and agree to the SoulStream cancellation policy.*\n			\n					\n					Yes\n			\n			\n					\n					No\n			Interested in more events like this? Sign up for our bi-weekly email newsletter. We'll keep you updated on events\, courses\, and retreats\, as well as our latest articles and podcasts.*\n			\n					\n					Yes please\n			\n			\n					\n					Maybe later\n			\n			\n					\n					Already subscribed\n			Payment Method*e-transfer (our preferred method)PayPalTo pay via e-transfer\, use your online banking system to transfer funds to soulstream1@gmail.com after you press the “Register Now” button.\nNOTE: You will not be officially registered until we receive your e-transfer payment. After you press the “Register Now” button\, you will be redirected to PayPal to make a payment using your PayPal account or major credit card.Registration for Rivendell Retreat – April 2026 (PP)\n					\n					\n						Price:\n							\n					\n					\n				Registration for Rivendell Retreat – April 2026 (ET)\n					\n					\n						Price:\n							\n					\n					\n				$5.00 added to cover PayPal fee.\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						\n					\n					\n				Total\n							\n						\n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        Δ
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/sowing-seeds-of-hope-and-resilience-in-times-of-uncertainty/
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SUMMARY:Deep and Wide - March 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Love of ChristThe Wisdom of the Buddha\n\n\n\nAuthor and spiritual director\, Carl McColman\, will be with us live for a virtual day of conversation and contemplative practise\, encouraging us to deepen our love for Christ while appreciating the way of the Buddha. \n\n\n\nDate: Saturday\, March 28\, 2026\, 9am to 2pm (PT)Location: Zoom (link to be provided upon registration and payment)Cost: $25 per personCoordinators: Cat Anderson\, Mark Imbach \n\n\n\nPlease invite your friends to attend!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister below to save your spot. \n\n\n\nNOTE: This webinar will be recorded. If you are unable to attend the live session\, you may still register. All paid registrants will receive access to the recording following the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/deep-and-wide-march-2026/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:A Taste of SoulCollage® - April 2026
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed. Email soulstream1@gmail.com to be added to the wait list. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSoulCollage® card by Maryanne:“Stepping into the Light”\n\n\n\nCome\, slow down\, experience … \n\n\n\nA Taste of SoulCollage® \n\n\n\nSoulCollage® is a simple\, creative process\, offering a powerful\, contemplative prayer experience. Come\, slow down and savour ‘A Taste’! \n\n\n\nIntegrating aspects of the traditions of Visio Divina\, guided meditation\, journaling and imaginativecontemplation\, the practice of SoulCollage®c an offer a powerful contemplative prayer experience. \n\n\n\nThis practice is truly accessible to everyone\, even to those of us who believe that they have no artistic ability. \n\n\n\nCome to learn a new process that might become a spiritual practice for you or come to simply enjoy a contemplative activity together! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: April 18th\, 2026\, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm (PT)LOCATION: Shiloh Shelter\, Kingfisher Farm\, 512 -172nd Street\, Surrey BCCOST: $25.00. Bring a bag lunch\, drinks\, a journal\, pen and scissors.FACILITATORS: Maryanne Balzer & Janet Scott \n\n\n\nRegister early. Spaces are limited. \n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is now closed. Email soulstream1@gmail.com to be added to the wait list. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/a-taste-of-soulcollage-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Honouring Our Common Home
DESCRIPTION:A Lenten Ignatian Weekend Retreat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto by Alice Popkorn used with permission.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Earth is whatwe all share in common. \nWendell Berry\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet us embracea spirituality of intimacywith the natural worldseeing the divine revealedin the visible world around us. \nAdapted from Thomas Berry\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin spiritual directors Jan Evans and Esther Hizsa for a silent\, guided prayer retreat opening to the desire to engage in God’s compassion for the earth and all her creatures using Ignatian prayer practices such as Lectio Divina\, Imaginative Prayer and Prayer of Examen. \n\n\n\nDATE & TIME\n\n\n\nFriday\, February 27\, 2026 at 4:00 pm PT (7:00 pm ET) to Sunday\, March 1\, 2026 at noon PT (3 pm ET) \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nOnline (Zoom link will be sent to you). \n\n\n\nCOST\n\n\n\n$100. Register early. Spaces are limited. \n\n\n\nFORMAT\n\n\n\n\nSilence is observed after the first session Friday until the closing sharing on Sunday.\n\n\n\nFour group input sessions exploring various dimensions of this theme.\n\n\n\nFour 45-60 minute periods for assigned personal prayer spaced throughout the retreat\n\n\n\nThree 15 minute one-on-one spiritual direction sessions with Jan\, Esther or another spiritual director.\n\n\n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to retreat in a physical space conducive to maintaining silence while they vacation with the Lord. More details will be sent following registration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFACILITATORS\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans* Jan has accompanied persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) for many years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House\, Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph\, and a supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. Jan lives in Collingwood\, Ontario where she enjoys outdoor play with her dog\, Bella\, along the shores of Georgian Bay. \n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa* Esther has also accompanied people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and was trained by JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. Esther lives in Vernon\, BC where she and her husband\, Fred\, enjoy the outdoor beauty of the Okanagan. \n\n\n\n\n\nJan and Esther are graduates of SoulStream’s Art of Spiritual Direction\, co-facilitate SoulStream’s Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and are members of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community. \n\n\n\n*Denotes Independent Contractor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/honouring-our-common-home/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Deepen: An ASD Alumni Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed. Please contact the SoulStream office to be put on the waitlist. \n\n\n\n“Do not run or fly away in order to become free. Rather go deeply into the narrow space given you. There you will find God and all things.” —Gustave Thibon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn invitation to all SoulStream Art of Spiritual Direction alumni\n\n\n\nYou are warmly welcome to register and join us for this weekend of deepening. Beginning at 4 pm on Friday\, February 20/26 and concluding on Sunday\, February 22/26 at noon at Rivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BC\, you will be invited to deepen your connections as spiritual directors\, your learning and your listening through meals\, discussions and practice. \n\n\n\n\nExperience going deeper with and in Love as you further explore what it means to stay with your own feelings and sensations.\n\n\n\nExperience going deeper with each other in relationships.\n\n\n\nExperience going deeper with a directee in the practice and skills of spiritual direction.\n\n\n\n\nYou are encouraged to register as soon as you are able as space is limited at Rivendell. (Registration will be accepted until November 14\, 2025.) Please consider attending with a friend and sharing a room! This would help us accommodate more participants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: 4:00 pm Friday\, February 20\, 2026 to 12:00 pm February 22\, 2026LOCATION: Rivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BCCOST: $425.00 for a single room or $375 for shared accommodation (includes accommodation and meals: light supper Friday\, all Saturday meals\, Sunday breakfast) \n\n\n\nRegister today! \n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is now closed. Please contact the SoulStream office to be put on the waitlist. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/deepen-an-asd-alumni-weekend/
CATEGORIES:hidden
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251221T170000
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SUMMARY:Online Advent Offering 2025
DESCRIPTION:Partners Deb SteinKamp and Shauna Gill will be offering a sacred space for times of Advent Contemplation. \n\n\n\nEach Sunday during Advent\, join our community as we lean into the four themes of Advent: Hope\, Joy\, Peace and Love. \n\n\n\nThese themes will each be held within the context of waiting for the One who is already here. \n\n\n\nPlease bring a journal and pen. \n\n\n\nToward the end of each time we gather there will be an opportunity for sharing. Your “listening only” presence is also always welcome. \n\n\n\nParticipation is open to come as you can\, whether it is for one Sunday or all four Sundays! \n\n\n\nDate/Time:\n\n\n\nSundays of Advent: November 30th\, December 7th\, 14th and 21st3:00 pm PT\, 4:00 pm MT\, 5:00 pm CT\, 6:00 pm ET \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nOnline (Zoom link will be sent to all registrants before the first event) \n\n\n\nCost:\n\n\n\nThere is no cost for this event\, but SoulStream does welcome donations. Your gifts help us to bring these types of events and more to our partnership and to the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/online-advent-offering-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251129T111500
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SUMMARY:Advent Retreat 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Annunciation by Henry Tanner\, 1898.\n\n\n\n\n\nWAIT\n\n\n\nA SoulStream Advent Retreat \n\n\n\nLed by Donna Dinsmore and Lindi Lewis \n\n\n\nVarious Contemplative Practices\, including: singing\, poetry\, lectio\, visio\, and conversation – Meaningful Interaction. \n\n\n\nDate/Time:\n\n\n\nSaturday November 29\, 11:15am–3:30pm \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nChown Memorial and Chinese United Church3519 Cambie Street\, corner of Cambie and W19th\, Vancouver BCSide Entrance on 19th Street. Allow time for parking (meters or street) \n\n\n\nPlease note:\n\n\n\nHot drinks and snacks will be provided. Bring your own bag lunch. \n\n\n\nCost:\n\n\n\n$25 per person registration fee.Space is limited. Please register by November 22. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/advent-retreat-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250920T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20240229T011617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T173100Z
UID:13388-1758362400-1758380400@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Taste and See - September 2025
DESCRIPTION:A Quiet Day with the SoulStream Community \n\n\n\nTake a break from the noise of every day life. This day is a chance to set aside your usual responsibilities and listen to what’s stirring inside you. \n\n\n\nYou don’t need any experience with contemplative practice. Whether this is new to you\, or something you’ve done before\, you’re welcome. \n\n\n\nCome on your own or with a friend. You can join group activities or just enjoy some quiet time to yourself. \n\n\n\nThere will be simple\, optional ways to reflect\, connect with others\, and be present to something deeper – whatever that means for you. \n\n\n\nThis day is open to SoulStream partners\, friends\, and friends of friends. \n\n\n\nCome get a taste of what contemplative life and community can be.\n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: September 20\, 2025 – 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (PT)FACILITATORS: Lois Armerding\, Rod Janz\, Kathy KiesserPLACE: Tsawwassen United Church\, 693 53rd Street\, Delta (Tsawwassen)COST: $25.00 (covers space rental and refreshments)REFRESHMENTS: Coffee\, tea and water will be provided; please bring your own lunch and/or purchase enroute (food purchase options provided upon registration) \n\n\n\nPrintable event poster (PDF) \n\n\n\nRegister early. Spaces are limited.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/taste-and-see-september-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250821T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250821T230000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20250118T013009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T065442Z
UID:13018-1755763200-1755817200@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Living from the Heart Course - 2025-26
DESCRIPTION:See Course page for details.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/living-from-the-heart-2025-26/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250630T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250630T235959
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20250324T203918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T220609Z
UID:13168-1751241600-1751327999@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Art of Spiritual Direction Training
DESCRIPTION:See Course page for details.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/art-of-spiritual-direction-training/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250609T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250609T173000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20240315T153049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T161401Z
UID:13258-1749486600-1749490200@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Q&A - June 2025
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Irene Fennema\n\n\n\nWould you like to know more?\n\n\n\nJan and Esther are hosting a time to answer any questions you may have about SoulStream’s offering of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. \n\n\n\nJoin us onlineMonday\, June 9\, 2025 at 4:30 pm PT / 7:30 pm ETIf you would like to participate in this online conversation\, please give us your name and email and we will send you a Zoom link prior to the event. \n\n\n\n                \n                        Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                            \n                        Email(Required)\n                            \n                        \n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        Δ\n \n                        \n		                \n		                \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans accompanied many persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) over the past 14 years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House – Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph and a nine-month supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. She currently offers spiritual direction from her home in London\, Ontario and teaches in the Ontario Jubilee Spiritual Direction Training Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa has completed and accompanied people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life (Annotation 19) with JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She has an M Div from Regent College\, co-facilitates Living from the Heart and is on the Leadership Team of SoulStream. She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. Esther attends St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Burnaby. \n\n\n\nJan and Esther are both members of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/ignatian-spiritual-exercises-qa-june-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250524T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250524T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20240229T011617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T151800Z
UID:13191-1748075400-1748088000@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:A Taste of Living from the Heart - May 2025
DESCRIPTION:Curious about Living from the Heart?\n\n\n\nJoin facilitators Esther and Maureen\, for a spacious\, reflective and informative morning retreat connecting with others Online around this way of being. \n\n\n\nIn our time together\, you will get a taste of this SoulStream course as we enjoy a contemplative practice together and reflect on our image of God and self. \n\n\n\nAll this will be explored with a focus on what it might look like to live more fully from our heart in God’s heart\, opening to the initiating presence and love of Christ. There will also be time to look at the practical details of the course and answer any questions you might have. \n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: May 24\, 2025 – 8:30 am – 12:00 pm (PT)FACILITATORS: Esther Hizsa\, Maureen MillerPLACE: Online via ZoomCOST: $20.00REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday\, May 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\nNote: A minimum of five registered participants are needed for this event to happen. \n\n\n\nAll proceeds go to SoulStream Initiatives\, a non-profit organization that seeks to support the contemplative lifestyle and encourage others to live authentically with Jesus. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/a-taste-of-living-from-the-heart-may-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250512T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250512T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20240315T153049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T152818Z
UID:13197-1747065600-1747069200@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Q&A - May 2025
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Irene Fennema\n\n\n\nWould you like to know more?\n\n\n\nJan and Esther are hosting a time to answer any questions you may have about SoulStream’s offering of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. \n\n\n\nJoin us onlineMonday\, May 12\, 2025 at 4 pm PT/7 pm ETIf you would like to participate in this online conversation\, please give us your name and email and we will send you a Zoom link prior to the event. \n\n\n\n                \n                        Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                            \n                        Email(Required)\n                            \n                        \n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        Δ\n \n                        \n		                \n		                \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans accompanied many persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) over the past 14 years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House – Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph and a nine-month supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. She currently offers spiritual direction from her home in London\, Ontario and teaches in the Ontario Jubilee Spiritual Direction Training Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa has completed and accompanied people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life (Annotation 19) with JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She has an M Div from Regent College\, co-facilitates Living from the Heart and is on the Leadership Team of SoulStream. She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. Esther attends St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Burnaby. \n\n\n\nJan and Esther are both members of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/ignatian-spiritual-exercises-qa-may-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250502T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250504T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20250205T174529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T151256Z
UID:13082-1746205200-1746370800@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Living from the Heart Alumni weekend - May 2025
DESCRIPTION:SoulStream invites you to: \n\n\n\nA Living from the Heart ALUMNI Weekend Retreat\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is now closed. Email soulstream1@gmail.com to be added to the wait list. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRevisit\, refresh\, remember\, and re-engage the contemplative life. \n\n\n\nEncounter God intimately and personally. \n\n\n\nAwaken to the ways God is meeting us in the experiences of life. \n\n\n\nEnjoy silence\, loving community\, delicious meals and beautiful surroundings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: 5:00 pm Friday\, May 2 to 3:00 pm Sunday\, May 4\, 2025LOCATION: Rivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BCCOST: $425.00 (includes accommodation and meals Friday supper to Sunday noon)FACILITATORS: Deb Arndt\, Esther Hizsa & Brent Unrau \n\n\n\nWe have a few spots available. Register today! \n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/living-from-the-heart-alumni-weekend-may-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250328T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250330T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20241105T175001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T204159Z
UID:12719-1743179400-1743336000@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Peace & Chaos: Journeying with Christ through It All
DESCRIPTION:A Lenten Weekend Silent Retreat\n\n\n\nImage by Irene Fennema. Used with permission.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the center of every crisisis an inner spaceso deep\, so beckoning\,so suddenly and daringly vast\,that it feels like a universe\,feels like God. \nBarbara Holmes\n\n\n\nJoin spiritual directors Jan Evans and Esther Hizsa for a silent\, guided prayer retreat opening to the desire to encounter God personally in the chaos and peace of life using Ignatian prayer practices. \n\n\n\nDATE & TIME\n\n\n\nFriday\, March 28\, 2025 at 4:30 pm PT (7:30 pm ET) to Sunday\, March 30\, 2025 at noon PT (3 pm ET) \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nOnline (Zoom link will be sent to you). \n\n\n\nCOST\n\n\n\n$100. Register early. Spaces are limited. Registration closes Friday\, March 21\, 2025. \n\n\n\nFORMAT\n\n\n\n\nSilence is observed after the first session Friday until the closing sharing on Sunday.\n\n\n\nFour group input sessions will exploring various dimensions of this theme.\n\n\n\nFour or five 45-60 minute periods for assigned personal prayer spaced throughout the retreat\n\n\n\nThree 15 minute one-to-one spiritual direction sessions with Jan\, Esther or another spiritual director.\n\n\n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to retreat in a physical space conducive to maintaining silence while they vacation with the Lord. More details will be sent following registration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat participants have said:\n\n\n\n“During the Ignatian retreat\, I processed a deep hurt and became more settled in the strange place I’m at emotionally. I felt loved\, accepted and understood by God.” \n\n\n\n“These retreats are wonderful breaks in busy times of the year. God has caught me by surprise in each retreat in such meaningful ways. Amazing!” \n\n\n\n“We participants were helped to create space for God and openness to God’s movement and visitation within us through music\, sharing\, exercises\, reflection and silence. I am grateful I partook.” \n\n\n\n“In the Ignatian Retreat\, I was facilitated to wrestle an issue with God. The open and honest conversation with Him led me to see more of his gentle and compassionate presence. My soul search did not end there but continues.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFACILITATORS\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans* Jan has accompanied many persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) over the past 12 years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph and a supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. She currently offers spiritual direction from her home in Collingwood\, Ontario and facilitates contemplative retreats. \n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa* Esther has also accompanied many people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and was trained by JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She has an M Div from Regent College\, co-facilitates Living from the Heart and is on the Leadership Team of SoulStream. She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. She also offers spiritual direction from her home in Vernon\, B.C. \n\n\n\n\n\nJan and Esther co-facilitate the SoulStream Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life and are members of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community. \n\n\n\n*Denotes Independent Contractor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/peace-chaos-journeying-with-christ-through-it-all/
CATEGORIES:hidden
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250221T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250223T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20240123T223412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T174417Z
UID:12747-1740162600-1740313800@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:February 2025 Weekend Contemplative Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed. Email soulstream1@gmail.com to be added to the wait list. \n\n\n\n\n\nA SoulStream Weekend Retreat\n\n\n\nImage by Irene Fennema. Used with permission.\n\n\n\n\n\nSoulStream invites you to: \n\n\n\nBe-Longing: Coming Home to the Gift of Being Yourself\n\n\n\n\nThat’s plain enough\, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here… \nEphesians 2:19 (The Message)\n\n\n\n\nTrue belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness. True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are. \nBrené Brown\, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone\n\n\n\nJoin Living from the Heart facilitators Brent Unrau and Esther Hizsa for a contemplative weekend exploring the vulnerable journey of what it means to belong. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: Friday\, Feb 21 at 6:30 pm to Sunday\, Feb 23 at 12:30 pmLOCATION: Rivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BCCOST: $285.00 (includes accommodation\, Saturday brunch and supper and Sunday brunch)FACILITATORS: Brent Unrau and Esther Hizsa \n\n\n\nRegister early. Spaces are limited. \n\n\n\n\n\nBrent Unrau* Brent lives in intentional community on Kingfisher Farm in South Surrey\, B.C. He presently divides his vocational focus as a therapist with being a spiritual director. In his free time\, he can be found taking in a moving play or thought provoking film\, reading poetry\, drinking in a stimulating podcast\, playing with his amazing grandchildren or going for a good hike or a cultural adventure with his wife. \n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa* Esther lives in Vernon\, B.C. She offers spiritual direction and co-facilitates SoulStream’s Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. Esther values authenticity and vulnerability and you hear it in her facilitating and read about it on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim. She is the author of three books: Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. She\, too\, enjoys hanging out with her grandchildren and hiking and biking with her husband in the beauty of the North Okanagan. \n\n\n\n\n\nBrent and Esther are facilitators for SoulStream’s Living from the Heart and partners of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community. You can listen to interviews with Brent and Esther on the Living from the Heart Podcast and Hints of Gladness. \n\n\n\n*Denotes Independent Contractor \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/february-2025-weekend-contemplative-retreat/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250107T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250110T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20241005T175135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T213509Z
UID:12584-1736236800-1736528400@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Opening to God's Love: A Course in Contemplative Prayer
DESCRIPTION:“Opening to God’s Love: A Course in Contemplative Prayer” offers a journey into Christian contemplative prayer\, inviting you to deepen your connection with God. \n\n\n\nThrough weekend classes and guided small group sessions\, you will explore the ancient 3rd-century origins of Christian contemplation and practice four foundational forms of contemplative prayer: Lectio Divina\, Centering Prayer\, the Examen\, and Ignatian Imaginative Prayer. \n\n\n\nYou will also learn additional brief prayer forms to enhance and enrich your spiritual practice even further. \n\n\n\nDetails & Registration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/opening-to-gods-love-a-course-in-contemplative-prayer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241222T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241222T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20241030T215056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T223351Z
UID:12798-1734883200-1734886800@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Online Advent Offering 2024
DESCRIPTION:Kate Bowler has generously created an Advent Group Guide to help online communities explore the season of Advent together. As we gather online\, we will be gently guided to open our hearts to explore the hope and anticipation that this beautiful season brings. \n\n\n\nJan Evans and Shauna Gill shall be your Zoom hostesses for 45 minutes to an hour during Advent Sundays to bring this material to our SoulStream community and friends. Each week\, you will be welcomed into community to enter a spacious place of prayerful listening\, journalling and then sharing in small break out groups. You are welcome to join one\, some or all gatherings. This event will not be recorded. \n\n\n\nDownload your individual guide from Kate Bowler’s website\n\n\n\nDate/Time:\n\n\n\nSundays in December on the 1st\, 8th\, 15th\, 22nd4:00 pm PT\, 5:00 pm MT\, 6:00 pm CT\, 7:00 pm ET \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nOnline (Zoom link will be sent to you) \n\n\n\nCost:\n\n\n\nThere is no cost for this event\, but SoulStream does welcome donations. Your gifts help us to bring these types of events and more to our partnership and to the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/online-advent-offering-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241130T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241130T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20241030T215056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T211526Z
UID:12665-1732964400-1732982400@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Anticipating Advent 2024
DESCRIPTION:Anticipating Advent: A SoulStream Retreat \n\n\n\nRegistration is now closed for this event. \n\n\n\nIndividual and group spiritual practices incorporating music\, poetry\, art. \n\n\n\nFacilitated by Rev. Donna Dinsmore and Lindi Lewis. \n\n\n\nDate/Time:\n\n\n\nSaturday November 30\, 11am–4pm \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nChown Memorial and Chinese United Church Chapel19th and Cambie\, Vancouver (side entrance off 19th)Free parking on side streets\, meters on Cambie \n\n\n\nPlease note:\n\n\n\nTea\, coffee and snacks will be provided (bring your own mug and a journal and pen if you wish).Also\, Bring a bag lunch or buy locally. \n\n\n\nCost:\n\n\n\nThere is no cost for this event. However\, we welcome donations to SoulStream. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nRegistration is now closed for this event.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/anticipating-advent-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241115T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241117T130000
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UID:12030-1731690000-1731848400@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Nurturing Contemplative Experiences Workshop 2024
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed. Email soulstream1@gmail.com to be added to the wait list. \n\n\n\nSoulStream Presents: \n\n\n\nContemplative Facilitation WorkshopNurturing Contemplative Experiences\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of SoulStream centers on nurturing contemplative experience with Christ leading to inner freedom and loving service. \n\n\n\nMany Partners and friends have felt the invitation to offer contemplative experiences to others as a way to live out this mission in their own circle of relationships. As a result\, SoulStream desires to explore with others some of the themes of facilitation that have made our courses so life-giving. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is for those who:  \n\n\n\n\nhave a growing experience of contemplative life\n\n\n\nand are interested in facilitating contemplative experiences with a range of focus\, such as an introduction to contemplative living\, a one-day prayer retreat\, or a weekend intro to various forms of contemplative prayer\n\n\n\n\nThe intent will be to explore three core values vital to SoulStream facilitation: \n\n\n\n\nfacilitating out of our own current lived experience\n\n\n\nfacilitating with personal honesty and vulnerability\n\n\n\nfacilitating in community\n\n\n\n\nWithin the framework of these values\, the workshop will offer opportunity to explore specific aspects of planning for such an experience: \n\n\n\n\ndeveloping desired outcomes\n\n\n\nfinding an appropriate rhythm and structure \n\n\n\nasking questions that help to go deeper\n\n\n\naddressing potential issues that might be encountered\n\n\n\nconsidering the value of humour\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will also involve a panel of experienced SoulStream facilitators.Participants will be expected to engage with some material prior to the workshop. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to join us!\n\n\n\nDate/Time\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nTo be offered online via Zoom. You will need a free Zoom account to access the course. \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\nCost of registration is $185 CDN \n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick or tap to read/download SoulStream’s Fee Payment\, Refund and Cancellation Policy\nRegistration or tuition will be payable as follows:\n\n\n\n100% of fees due within 30 days of registration. No confirmed registration until payment received. \n\n\n\nNot covered by program fees\n\n\n\n\nPersonal spiritual direction\n\n\n\nBooks required for the course\n\n\n\nTransportation\n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\n\n\n\n\nParticipants who cancel 14 days or more prior to the event will receive a full refund\, minus a $50 administration fee.\n\n\n\nParticipants who cancel within 14 days of the event will receive no refund.\n\n\n\nAll application fees are non-refundable.\n\n\n\nSoulStream recognizes that unforeseen circumstances may arise that cause participants to withdraw. When circumstances are beyond a participant’s control\, they can contact the SoulStream administrator to discuss possibilities for refund or deferral.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels an offering/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation for a tax receipt if the participant chooses\, or refunded in full. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead/download SoulStream’s Fee Payment\, Refund and Cancellation Policy as a PDF. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister using the online form below. Registration closes November 1\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitation Team:\n\n\n\n\n\nDeb Arndt: Executive Director of SoulStream and Facilitator for Living from the Heart \n\n\n\n\n\nPearl Nieuwenhuis: Facilitator for Art of Spiritual Direction \n\n\n\n\n\nDoug Schroeder: Facilitator for Living from the Heart and Art of Spiritual Direction \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n\nRegistration is now closed. Email soulstream1@gmail.com to be added to the wait list.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/nurturing-contemplative-experiences-workshop-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241007T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
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UID:12129-1728068400-1728298800@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Exploring Silence: Listening into the Quiet
DESCRIPTION:October 4\, 2024 – October 7\, 2024 \n\n\n\nA SoulStream Retreat\n\n\n\nAre you longing for some quiet space\, away from all that clamors for your attention? Would you welcome an opportunity to linger in silence\, nurturing your relationship with God\, yourself\, others? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs Henri Nouwen notes\, It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our world and discover there the small intimate voice saying: You are my Beloved Child… \n\n\n\nWhat might it be like to enter into this kind of silence\, listening there for the deeper note of Love? \n\n\n\nYou are warmly invited to a three-night SoulStream retreat held at the beautiful Bowen Island retreat center of Rivendell. This retreat will include some facilitated time of input and voluntary group reflection\, silent contemplation and prayer\, space for processing what emerges for you. \n\n\n\nSilence provides a rich medium for our exploration of contemplative practices that help us come home to ourselves and help reorient us toward the triune God. We would love to have you join us for this time of retreat. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate/Time\n\n\n\nOctober 4\, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – October 7\, 2024 @ 11:00 am (PT) \n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nRivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BC \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\n$375 \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\nDeb Arndt and Maureen Miller \n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/exploring-silence-listening-into-the-quiet/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240617T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240617T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20240315T153049Z
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UID:11942-1718640000-1718643600@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Q&A - June 2024
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to know more?\n\n\n\nJan and Esther are hosting a time to answer any questions you may have about SoulStream’s offering of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. \n\n\n\nJoin us onlineMonday\, June 17\, 2024 at 4 pm PT/7 pm ETIf you would like to participate in this online conversation\, please give us your name and email and we will send you a Zoom link prior to the event. \n\n\n\n                \n                        Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                            \n                        Email(Required)\n                            \n                        \n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        Δ\n \n                        \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans accompanied many persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) over the past 14 years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House – Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph and a nine-month supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. She currently offers spiritual direction from her home in London\, Ontario and teaches in the Ontario Jubilee Spiritual Direction Training Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa has completed and accompanied people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life (Annotation 19) with JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She has an M Div from Regent College\, co-facilitates Living from the Heart and is on the Leadership Team of SoulStream. She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. Esther attends St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Burnaby. \n\n\n\nJan and Esther are both members of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/ignatian-spiritual-exercises-qa-june-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240527T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240527T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
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UID:11389-1716825600-1716829200@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Q&A - May 2024
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to know more?\n\n\n\nJan and Esther are hosting a time to answer any questions you may have about SoulStream’s offering of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. \n\n\n\nJoin us onlineMonday\, May 27\, 2024 at 4 pm PT/7 pm ETIf you would like to participate in this online conversation\, please email Esther at aneverydaypilgrim@gmail.com for a Zoom link. \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans accompanied many persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) over the past 14 years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House – Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph and a nine-month supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. She currently offers spiritual direction from her home in London\, Ontario and teaches in the Ontario Jubilee Spiritual Direction Training Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa has completed and accompanied people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life (Annotation 19) with JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She has an M Div from Regent College\, co-facilitates Living from the Heart and is on the Leadership Team of SoulStream. She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. Esther attends St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Burnaby. \n\n\n\nJan and Esther are both members of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/ignatian-spiritual-exercises-qa-may-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240525T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240525T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20240229T011617Z
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UID:11353-1716625800-1716638400@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:A Taste of Living from the Heart - May 2024
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for A Taste of “Living from the Heart”\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you wondering what Living from the Heart might be about?\n\n\n\nWould you be interested in a spacious\, reflective and informative ‘mini morning retreat’? Does spending some time connecting with others online around this theme and topic sound appealing? \n\n\n\nPlease consider joining us for a morning\, getting a taste of the essence of SoulStream’s course called Living from the Heart. \n\n\n\nWe will enjoy a contemplative practice together\, and then spend some time reflecting together on our image of God and self. All this will be explored with a focus on what it might look like to live more from the heart\, opening up to the initiating presence and love of Christ. There will also be time to look at the practical details of the course and answer any questions that you might have. \n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: May 25\, 2024 – 8:30 am – 12:00 pm (PT)FACILITATORS: Maureen Miller\, Brent UnrauPLACE: Online via ZoomCOST: $20.00REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday\, May 17\, 2024 \n\n\n\nAll proceeds go to SoulStream Initiatives\, a non-profit organization that seeks to support the contemplative lifestyle and encourage others to live authentically with Jesus. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/a-taste-of-living-from-the-heart-may-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240428T153000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
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UID:11143-1714158000-1714318200@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:April 2024 Weekend Contemplative Retreat
DESCRIPTION:SoulStream invites you to: \n\n\n\nA Spacious Weekend Contemplative Retreat\n\n\n\nThis retreat offering is designed with significant spaciousness such that you might feel invited to join in and/or feel free to invite curious friends to experience the SoulStream community and opportunity for contemplative practice. It is open to SoulStream partners\, friends\, and friends of friends. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy loving community\, delicious meals\, opportunities for silence and contemplation amid beautiful surroundings. \n\n\n\nGet a taste for or revisit contemplative life and community. \n\n\n\nEngage with others and/or take time for yourself. Participate\, if you wish\, in invitations and opportunities to encounter God intimately and personally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: 7 pm Friday\, April 26 to 3:30 pm Sunday April 28\, 2024 – Please arrive by 6 pm on FridayLOCATION: Rivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BCCOST: $235.00 (includes accommodation and meals Saturday breakfast to Sunday lunch)COORDINATORS: Lois Armerding\, Jutta Shaw \n\n\n\nRegister early. Spaces are limited. \n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/april-2024-weekend-contemplative-retreat/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240420T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240420T160000
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UID:11344-1713618000-1713628800@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Recycle\, Reduce\, Re-use\, AND Reorient
DESCRIPTION:Reflecting on life in a single use world\n\n\n\nTo acknowledge Earth Day\, John Lunn will be hosting an online recycling and beyond session. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOver the last couple of years\, a number of SoulStream partners have expressed interest in learning more about recycling “beyond the basics” as part of their contemplative response to the world. In this workshop\, John will share what he has learned about diverting waste ordinarily bound for the landfill\, acknowledging that much of what is possible depends on recycling services in your own area. \n\n\n\nA deep reflection on recycling can shift our awareness from what we do with waste to how we buy – and buy again. So John will go beyond recycling to consider two more of the classic environmental three R’s: Reduce\, and Re-use. Reflecting in this way will invite us even further to Reorient our view of life as consumers\, with implications for how we steward time and energy as well as money. \n\n\n\nIn addition to offering some context\, strategies\, tips\, and stories\, John hopes to open space for dialogue to encourage deeper reflection on these issues that are deeply connected to our humanity and to how we live in communities. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nRegister now to receive a Zoom meeting link before the event.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/recycle-reduce-re-use-and-reorient/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240315T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240317T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
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UID:10675-1710520200-1710676800@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Opening to Compassion - March 2024
DESCRIPTION:An Ignatian Weekend Silent Retreat\n\n\n\nImage by Pikrepo\,Creative Commons\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCompassionate God\,your generous presenceis always attunedto hurting ones.Your listening earis bent towardthe cries of the woundedYour heart of lovefills with tearsfor the suffering. \nJoyce Rupp\n\n\n\nJoin spiritual directors Jan Evans and Esther Hizsa for a silent\, guided prayer retreat opening to the desire to encounter God’s compassion personally using Ignatian prayer practices such as Lectio Divina\, Imaginative Prayer and Prayer of Examen. \n\n\n\nMarch 15-17\, 2024  (Online)\n\n\n\nTIME: Friday\, 4:30 pm PT (7:30 pm ET) to Sunday\, noon PT (3 pm ET) \n\n\n\nCOST: $100. Register early. Spaces are limited. \n\n\n\nFORMAT: \n\n\n\n\nSilence is observed after the first session Friday until the closing sharing on Sunday.\n\n\n\nFour group input sessions exploring various dimensions of this theme.\n\n\n\nFour or five 45-60 minute periods for assigned personal prayer spaced throughout the retreat\n\n\n\nThree 15 minute one-on-one spiritual direction sessions with Jan\, Esther or another spiritual director.\n\n\n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to retreat in a physical space conducive to maintaining silence while they vacation with the Lord. More details will be sent following registration. \n\n\n\nFACILITATORS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Evans* has accompanied many persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) over the past 12 years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House – Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph and a supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. She currently offers spiritual direction from her home in London\, Ontario and teaches in the Ontario Jubilee Spiritual Direction Training Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Hizsa* has completed and accompanied people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life (Annotation 19) with JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She has an M Div from Regent College\, co-facilitates Living from the Heart and is on the Leadership Team of SoulStream. She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim\, Seed Cracked Open\, and In the Heart of the Beloved. Esther attends St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Burnaby. \n\n\n\n*Denotes Independent Contractor \n\n\n\nJan and Esther are both partners of SoulStream\, a dispersed\, contemplative Christian community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/opening-to-compassion-march-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240225T153000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
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SUMMARY:Living from the Heart Alumni weekend - Feb 2024
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now full. If you would like to be on the waitlist\, please contact the office. \n\n\n\nSoulStream invites you to: \n\n\n\nA Living from the Heart ALUMNI Weekend Retreat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRevisit\, refresh\, remember\, and re-engage the contemplative life. \n\n\n\nEncounter God intimately and personally. \n\n\n\nAwaken to the ways God is meeting us in the experiences of life. \n\n\n\nEnjoy silence\, loving community\, delicious meals and beautiful surroundings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDATE/TIME: 7 pm Friday\, February 23 to 3:30 pm Sunday February 25\, 2024 – Please arrive by 6 pm on FridayLOCATION: Rivendell Retreat Centre\, Bowen Island\, BCCOST: $425.00 (includes accommodation and meals Saturday breakfast to Sunday lunch)FACILITATORS: Deb Arndt\, Esther Hizsa & Brent Unrau \n\n\n\nRegister early. Spaces are limited. \n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf a registered participant cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, and they paid by e- transfer\, they will receive a full refund. Within 7 days of the event\, no refund will be given.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days prior or more prior to the event and paid through PayPal\, they will receive a full refund minus $10 to cover administration fees.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant cancels 7 days or more prior to the event\, their registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation at their request. If such a request is made\, a charitable receipt will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf a registered participant wishes to transfer their space/payment to someone else\, they must notify the SoulStream administrator by email.\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels:\n\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees may be offered to SoulStream as a donation if the participant chooses. In this case\, a charitable donation will be issued at the end of the tax year.\n\n\n\nIf SoulStream cancels a day/event/course without rescheduling\, registration fees will be refunded in full.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/living-from-the-heart-alumni-weekend-feb-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231129T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231220T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20231017T171449Z
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UID:10357-1701282600-1703100600@www.soulstream.org
SUMMARY:Advent 2023
DESCRIPTION:SoulStream Presents: \n\n\n\n\n\nSounds and Symbols of the Season\n\n\n\nParticipate in the wonder of the Advent story through music\, imagery\, poetry\, and scripture. \n\n\n\nJoin SoulStream Partners Rod Janz and Melody Owen in a journey through each Advent week exploring the themes of hope\, peace\, joy\, and love. Prompts will be provided to you individually with an opportunity to gather once each week. \n\n\n\n\n\nHost of Angels by Mike Moyers\n\n\n\n\n\nAdvent Gathering\n\n\n\nNorthern Lullaby by Nori Peter\n\n\n\n\n\nDates:\n\n\n\nWednesday Evenings November 29\, December 6\, 13\, 20 on Zoom \n\n\n\nTimes:\n\n\n\n6:30–7:30pm PST | 7:30–8:30pm MST | 8:30–9:30pm CST | 9:30–10:30pm EST \n\n\n\nCost:\n\n\n\nThere is no cost for these evenings. However\, we welcome donations to SoulStream. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrompts for Gatherings\n\n\n\nNovember 29 – Week 1: Hope – Download PDF \n\n\n\nDecember 6 – Week 2: Love – Download PDF \n\n\n\nDecember 13 – Week 3: Joy – Download PDF \n\n\n\nDecember 20 – Week 4: Peace – Download PDF \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nQuestions? please contact Audrey at soulstream1@gmail.com
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/advent-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230527T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230527T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T185715
CREATED:20231018T000525Z
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SUMMARY:The Way of the Heart - May 2023 - Red Deer
DESCRIPTION:SoulStream Presents: \n\n\n\nThe Way of the Heart: a contemplative path\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis one-day workshop will include conversation and practices that offer us a taste of SoulStream’s course\, entitled Living from the Heart. \n\n\n\nWe will discover more of what it means to be awake to our lives and to the Loving Presence always here…and everywhere… \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION: 5813 – 45 Ave.\, Red DeerDATE/TIME: Saturday\, May 27\, 2023\, 9am-4pm.FACILITATORS: Cherie Tetz\, Doug Schroeder\, Carrie DickmanCOST: $50 (Bring your own lunch\, beverages provided) \n\n\n\nAll proceeds go to SoulStream Initiatives\, a non-profit organization that seeks to support the contemplative lifestyle and encourage others to live authentically with Jesus.
URL:https://www.soulstream.org/event/the-way-of-the-heart-may-2023-red-deer-copy/
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