NYC

Monday, September 28th, 2026

A ONE-DAY RETREAT

This year we continue experimenting with One-Day PP&G retreats. Same heart. Same hospitality. Same focus on rest, connection, and re-imagination. Same basic flow...all in a seven-hour experience.

Location: ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, CHELSEA Guides: Jonathan Merritt, rev LISHA EPPERSON, Aaron Niequist

2026 is A Year of Re-enchantment.

Deconstruction is important and can be soul-saving…but we can’t stay there.
We also can’t go back to pre-cynical magic;
We must be born again into post-cynical mystery.
The journey is often from the heart of a child…to a heart of stone…to a heart of flesh.
Finally letting go of what has already ended so that newness can grow.
May this be a year of courageous, joy-filled, tear-soaked, holy re-enchantment.

In NYC on September 28th, let’s explore practices, conversations, prayers, and ideas that open us to the new life trying to get born in our hearts, in our church communities, and in our world.

We will worship at the intersection of multiple traditions…learning from the brilliance and particularities of the wider Christian family. Aaron Niequist will guide us liturgically, and Rev Lisha Epperson will help us fully embody our prayers. May the Spirit comfort and stretch us in healing and expansive ways.

God is often closer than we imagine, but we are too distracted to notice. Jonathan Merritt will explore the story of Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, to show how the divine often comes through unexpected conversations, difficult seasons, quiet promptings, and everyday moments we are tempted to overlook. Together, we'll consider how to cultivate the kind of attentive presence that allows us to recognize “the God disguised as your life.”

You will be given plenty of holy space—both for silent reflection and for spiritual conversation—to notice the Spirit’s movement in and among you. Don’t forget your journal!

At the very end of the retreat, we’ll gather around the Eucharist table and receive the broken and living Bread we need for life and ministry. Friends, we really hope you’ll join us.

May the Spirit of Christ give us ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to receive.

Basic Schedule

MONDAY (Sept 28th)

8:30am Coffee and Registration
9:00am Morning worship, liturgy, embodied prayer, and contemplative practice 10:00am Jonathan Merritt: God Disguised as Your Life
12:00pm Lunch Together
12:30pm Communal Silence and Solitude 2:00pm Reflecting on our experience and looking to the future in hope
3:00pm Eucharist and Sending Service
4:00pm Retreat Ends

4:30--6pm Optional Add-ons: Fabricandi Divina with The Potter and the Priest, Walk the Highline to Dinner with Jonathan, and couple more options. SPECIFIC DETAILS COMING SOON!

6pm Practice Delight in NYC!

Come to exhale and learn a few spiritual practices
to re-center your soul in the unforced rhythms of Grace.
Come to meet other Christian leaders and be reminded that you're not alone.
Come to worship and learn at the intersection of multiple Christian traditions...
allowing God to fire your imagination for what could be.

Registration is open now!

registration fee: $129

Register

One of the optional add-ons…

Twelve can register for this hands on experience after the retreat with The Potter and the Priest. Only $25. Full details about this and a couple other options will be available soon.