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  Ta'i Chi Chih
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  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
  Lectio Divina - A Path to Contemplation for Mystics, Monks and Moderns
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  Rachel's Vineyard Retreat
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Jul 1st, 2008 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 3rd, 2008 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 8th, 2008 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 8th, 2008 (Tue)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Becoming the Heart of Jesus - Spirituality of the Beatitudes
SUMMER SERIES

BECOMING THE HEART OF JESUS
SPIRITUALITY OF THE BEATITUDES

The Beatitudes flowed from Jesus’ heart. They revealed the meaning, challenge and paradox of his life. Poverty becomes richness; weakness becomes strength; longing changes to fullness.
Through prayer, input and shared reflection, we will explore the meaning, challenge and gift of the Beatitudes for our spiritual journey.

Presenter: Maureen Conroy, RSM, D.Min.
Co-director of the Upper Room, spiritual director, Practitioner of Holistic Healing Modalities, and author of five books including Experiencing God’s Tremendous Love.

Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm

Place: Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue, Building 2
Neptune, NJ 07753
(Behind Holy Innocents Church)

Fee: $20

Registration is required with a $10 deposit by July 1st
Jul 10th, 2008 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 12th, 2008 (Sat)
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  Ta'i Chi Chih
BODY MOVEMENT MEDITATION
T’AI CHI CHIH

Experience more abundant health, harmony and balance. T’ai Chi Chih’s gentle movements release stress by relaxing and rejuvenating the body while refreshing the mind and spirit. T’ai Chi can be done as a body movement meditation offering a greater sense of clarity, groundedness and interior peace. The twenty movements, done in repetitions of nine, can be done with ease by anyone, regardless of their age or physical condition.

Instructor: Maureen Conroy, CMT, RkM
Certified Tai Chi Chih Instructor

Dates: Saturday, July 12, 2008

Place: The Upper Room Spiritual Center
Rt. 33 and W. Bangs Avenue
Neptune, NJ 07753
732 922 0550
office@theupper-room.org

Time: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm

Fee: $ 65

Please bring bag lunch; beverages are provided

Registration with a $10 deposit required by July 5th
Jul 15th, 2008 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 15th, 2008 (Tue)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Praying with Your Imagination
PRAYING WITH YOUR IMAGINATION

This workshop will explore the use of imagination and how it applies to prayer through the traditions of the Church. Time will be given for a practice in this form of prayer. Time will be given to process the experience of the prayer.

Presenter: Rev. Vinny Fortunato
Father Vinny is a spiritual director, and an educator of Spiritual Directors for Priests in Seminary Formation at Creighton University.

Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm

Place: Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue
Neptune, NJ 07753
(Behind Holy Innocents Church)

Fee: $20

Registration with a $15 deposit required by July 7th
Jul 17th, 2008 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 22nd, 2008 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 22nd, 2008 (Tue)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Lectio Divina - A Path to Contemplation for Mystics, Monks and Moderns
SUMMER SERIES

LECTIO DIVINA
A PATH TO CONTEMPLATION FOR MYSTICS,
MONKS & MODERNS

Lectio Divina fosters a spirituality of awareness and conversion. Learn how this way of prayer has nourished Christians for centuries. Listen to Scripture with the “ear of your heart” and discover the contemplative within yourself.

Presenter: Sister Marita Funke, OSB
Director of the Benedictine Center for
Spirituality at Saint Walburga Monastery, in Elizabeth, NJ and vocation director for her
community.

Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm

Place: Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue, Building 2
Neptune, NJ 07753
(Behind Holy Innocents Church)

Fee: $ 20

Registration with a $10 deposit required by July 15th
Jul 24th, 2008 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jul 25th, 2008 (Fri)
  Rachel's Vineyard Retreat
RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT

An intimate spiritual journey for anyone seeking
healing after abortion

Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.

Date: Friday, July 25, 2008 –
Sunday, July 27, 2008 or

Friday, October 10, 2008 –
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Time: Arrival Friday, 6:00 pm –
Departure Sunday, 3:00 pm

Place: Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue, Building 2
Neptune, New Jersey 07753

Fee: $125

For registration and more information please contact:
Judy Warenkiewicz
phone: 732-536-6871
e-mail: judywarren543@msn.com
Jul 26th, 2008 (Sat)
  Rachel's Vineyard Retreat
RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT

An intimate spiritual journey for anyone seeking
healing after abortion

Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.

Date: Friday, July 25, 2008 –
Sunday, July 27, 2008 or

Friday, October 10, 2008 –
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Time: Arrival Friday, 6:00 pm –
Departure Sunday, 3:00 pm

Place: Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue, Building 2
Neptune, New Jersey 07753

Fee: $125

For registration and more information please contact:
Judy Warenkiewicz
phone: 732-536-6871
e-mail: judywarren543@msn.com
Jul 27th, 2008 (Sun)
  Rachel's Vineyard Retreat
RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT

An intimate spiritual journey for anyone seeking
healing after abortion

Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.

Date: Friday, July 25, 2008 –
Sunday, July 27, 2008 or

Friday, October 10, 2008 –
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Time: Arrival Friday, 6:00 pm –
Departure Sunday, 3:00 pm

Place: Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue, Building 2
Neptune, New Jersey 07753

Fee: $125

For registration and more information please contact:
Judy Warenkiewicz
phone: 732-536-6871
e-mail: judywarren543@msn.com
Jul 29th, 2008 (Tue)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Centering Prayer - Come to the Quiet
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Jul 29th, 2008 (Tue)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  Embodying Scripture - Encountering the Women of the Bible
PRAYING WITH THE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE
EMBODYING SCRIPTURE

Imagine women from the Bible have come to dramatize their personal stories of God’s love and care in their lives. Each dramatic interpretation is faithful to scripture, and reveals the emotions, struggles, and delights of these courageous women of the Bible. Be encouraged by this meaningful evening including discussion, reflection and prayer. Get in touch with your own story of God’s love and care in your life.

Presenter: Gloria Rink
Gloria is the founder and director of this storytelling, traveling troupe. She has 30 years experience in Religious Education and has been interpreting Bible Stories for seven years. Her personal touch makes these women come alive.

Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm

Place: Upper Room Spiritual Center
3455 W. Bangs Avenue, Building 2
Neptune, NJ 07753
(Behind Holy Innocents Church)

Fee: $25

Registration with a $10 deposit required by July 22nd
Jul 31st, 2008 (Thu)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come to the Quiet - Centering Prayer
Come on Tuesday mornings or Thursday evenings to experience a silent communion with God in a group of pray-ers.

Facilitator: Bunny Scott
Bunny is a Pastoral Associate at St. Frances Cabrini Parish and a Spiritual Director at the Upper Room. She has been practicing Centering Prayer for many years.

Fee: Free Will Offering
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
 

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