Pathways Retreat

Meadowlands Transformation

By early June you can expect Meadowlands to look very different from how it has looked for the last 5 years. Five years ago, Pathways bought what we call Meadowlands, the 3 ½ acre parcel immediately East of the retreat house. We mowed a trail around it, and then let it lie fallow while we discerned what to do with the land.

At the end of May we will begin a five-year process of removing invasive tall fescue grass and replacing it with a native short-grass prairie. By the end of June, when you walk into Meadowlands we expect it to look brown and dead, with a bright green trail around the perimeter. It may be a bit of a shock compared to what is there now.

In future newsletters, we’ll share more about how this work is central to the mission, vision, and values of Pathways Retreat. In the meantime, we wanted to make sure you weren’t alarmed by what you saw.

In nature, as in human life, transformation can sometimes take a very long time. Join with us in watching how this space will be transformed in the years to come

Resurrection Stations and Cards

The seven Stations of the Resurrection, painted by watercolor artist Sylvie Gudin, will be in the Pathways woods until Pentecost - June 4. Cards are also available in the Retreat House for a $20-25 donation for the set of seven.

Creation Care Day

May 21, 1-4pm

Interested in helping Pathways care for creation? Creation care days are an opportunity to join with others in supporting Pathways mission and vision. Please complete this form if you’re interested in being a part of this. Thanks!

Contemplative Sit Monthly Practice:
Meditating on New Life

Tuesdays, 8-8:30 am

Meditating on New Life, inspired by Joyce Rupp, is the practice for May. She offers a meditation on the liminal experience of standing on a threshold and the new life that wants to emerge.

Rupp offers this prayer:

Gestating Spirit,
your gifts of transformation
await me on every threshold.
Raise what has died in me.
Refresh it with your touch.
I open the door of my heart to you.
I open the door.

Iona Healing Prayer

Join us for Iona Healing Prayer every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon via zoom.
To submit a request for prayer please click on the button below. See the Iona Healing Prayer page for more information.

Iona Prayer Requests

Here is the liturgy from the past Monday’s prayer. It may be prayed individually or as a group.

Calendar
Join us for prayer

If Zoom asks for a pass code, it is "Pathways"

One of the benefits of virtual prayers is that they continue regardless of weather.
Only Friday’s prayer is cancelled if Goshen Community Schools have a 2-hour delay or cancellation.

Iona Healing Prayer
Online only
2nd and 4th Mondays, Noon
May 9 (May 23 canceled)
https://zoom.us/j/107942399

Contemplative Sit
Online and in-person
Tuesdays, 8-8:30am
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/757123178

Lectio Divina
Online and in-person
Wednesdays, 8:00-8:30am
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/618288175

Centering Prayer
Online and in-person
Thursdays, 8-8:30am
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/820891459

Creation Prayer
In-person only
Fridays, 8-8:45am
The entire prayer time is outside (so dress accordingly);

Questions? Ask them online or call 574.202.2864