HOUSTON

February 24-26, 2025

LOCATION: HOLY FAMILY HTX EPISCOPAL CHURCH
GUIDES: DREW JACKSON, Nina Barnes, JONATHAN MERRITT, Rev Lisha Epperson, AARON NIEQUIST, and more

We are not where we were; we are not yet where we will be. We are on our way.

Join us in Houston as we seek to find Christ on the way. Or better said: to be found by Christ on the way. We'll explore three gospel stories where Jesus met someone on the road and asked them a question that honored the exact place they stood, while inviting them further. Through these ancient texts and evergreen spiritual practices, we’ll make space for the Spirit of Christ to help us take the next right step into Love.

You don’t have to stumble this path alone.

Retreat Schedule

MONDAY

1:00pm Registration
2:00pm Gathering & Invitation 6:00pm Dinner Together 7:00pm Evening Session 8:00pm Contemplative Compline

TUESDAY

8:00am Breakfast 9:00am Opening Liturgy 9:30am Guided Mini-Retreat 12:00pm Lunch/Solitude 4:00pm Eucharist Service 5:00pm Practice of Delight

WEDNESDAY

8:00am Breakfast 9:00am Opening Liturgy
10:00am Circle Conversations 12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Sending Session
2:00pm Retreat Ends

Gathering & Invitation / Personal Retreat / Tangible Next Steps

On Monday we will arrive from all over the country and begin a shared journey. We’ll meet each other, worship together, orient ourselves to the retreat, and begin to exhale and slow down. There will be an opening session. We’ll end with Night Prayer and the opportunity for a great night of sleep.

Tuesday morning will be a 3-hour, guided personal retreat. Through spiritual practices, simple liturgies, and embodied prayer, we will be led into holy space in which God can do what only God can do. This will propel us into an afternoon of solitude, either on campus or in the neighborhood of the church, and then back together for an ecumenical, practice-based Eucharist service. And then by 5:00pm or so, we’ll be released into the beauty and energy and art of Houston.  Eat great food…explore the arts…and soak up the goodness of the city. (FYI, our hospitality team will help with ideas, plans, directions, and anything else you might need)

Finally, Wednesday morning will focus on heading back into our actual home communities. How can we translate the practices and rhythms of the retreat into our real lives and churches? What are tools and resources that can support this good work? How can we become menders of the church cracked open?  We’ll end the whole retreat with a sending service. (Please don’t leave early!)

Or said more simply: the three movements of the retreat are (1) Opening to the rhythms of Grace, (2) Swimming deep in the rhythms of Grace, and (3) Learning tools to invite others into the rhythms of Grace.

Hotel Group Rate Available

Marriott Courtyard Houston Heights/I-10

3220 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX, 77007

Group rate: 179.00 USD per night

Last Day to Book: Friday, February 14, 2025

Distance to Holy Family HTX: 6.5 miles

Directions

Registration is now open

Registration Fee: $399 (does not include two-night stay)

Register by January 16, 2025, and receive $50 OFF. Use the code EARLYBIRD.