WEDNESDAYS AWAY
Join us for Wednesdays Away, a time of spiritual renewal hosted by Cross Roads throughout the year. Our time together includes prayer and conversation, led by a spiritual director and focusing on a different spiritual practice or theme each month. These retreats are open to all people interested in exploring new faith practices. Attend one or attend all—and be sure to invite friends to join you.
DATES & THEMES
2024
OCTOBER 2
TURNING
Led by Laurie Matarazzo
As the leaves turn and the seasons turn, we will explore our turning and where it takes us.
2024
NOVEMBER 6
CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS
Led by Dale Selover
On this day after the election, we will gather for healing prayer. We will also reflect on St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians and what it means to be “citizens with the saints”.
2024
DECEMBER 4
HOLY DARKNESS, HOLY LIGHT!
Led by Wendy Abrahamson
Advent has dawned! The journey of darkness to light is upon us. You are invited into the havens of quiet and stillness as we begin this season of Advent.
2025
FEBRUARY 5
WINTERING
Led by Kayla Hopgood
Like the barren trees surrounding us in this season, there are also seasons of our lives when we feel stripped to the bare bones, exhausted, and worn out. But even in winter, new life is taking root. Utilizing Katherine May’s writing as inspiration, we will look at the power of rest and retreating in difficult times.
2025
MARCH 5
ASH WEDNESDAY
A DIFFERENT KIND OF FAST
Led by Dale Selover
Fasting is not just the physical practice of giving up food. Fasting can also be a way to combat our culture of endless distractions and busyness. Fasting is an act of letting go, of making more internal space to listen to the sacred whispers of our lives. Using Christine Valters Paintner’s “A Different Kind of Lent’, we will explore ways in which we might feed our true hunger throughout this holy season.
2025
APRIL 2
LENTEN LOST AND FOUND
Led by Carrie Allport
Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven and whose sin is put away!
Psalm 32 is a reminder that Lent offers us a special invitation to self-examination and repentance, but what does that entail? Are you ready to consider all of the steps from contrition to repair that awaits those who believe in the power of Jesus Christ’s resurrection? Reconciliation and renewal are never lost causes, but just waiting to find and be found by you this Lent.
2025
MAY 7
MUSIC AND MEDITATION
Led by Linda Walker
Music can provide a way to communicate our feelings, especially when we have no words for them. Since ancient times music has provided an international language to communicate joy, sorrow, praise, and community. We will explore and listen to a variety of music that can be paired with scripture, psalms, and the Christian community.
2025
JUNE 4
CREATING A DREAMSPACE
Led by Emilie Boggis
Theologian Tricia Hersey remembers running through her ever-working grandmother’s house to find her resting. Taking a moment in a machine-paced culture to close her eyes, resist the temptation to be productive, and reconnect with one’s deepest self. Today we will dive into the practice and power of rest, opening up a DreamSpace
to reconnect and reimagine what is possible.