Praying with Creation: A Contemplative Prayer Walk
Fridays 8-8:45
Paused for the winter - check back when the weather warms up

A prayer time to listen and meditate in and with nature, with others.  Facilitated by Kay Bontrager-Singer, this prayer practice arises from a deep desire for connection and care of the environment. One response to environmental concerns is to deepen our relationship with nature, to see God alive in nature and to experience and love God there.
 
What to expect:
  • Gathering outside of the retreat house at 8:00
  • Instructions and an invitation to name aloud (if desired) a word or phrase of what you are holding in prayer during this time.
  • Reading of the prayer below
  • Walking silently in creation
  • Gathering silently inside the retreat house at 8:30
  • Invitation to share in a word or sentence something of your experience
  • Closing at 8:45 with a song​
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God of creation,
We pray with our feet among these trees.
We breathe the rhythm of our prayer in this cold morning air.
With eyes and ears and noses and skin we join
     a never-ending prayer beneath the open sky.
Our senses are awake, our hands are open,
     to release what is too heavy for us,
     to hold what you give, 
     to embrace you with love,
     all Beauty, all Wisdom, and the Source of all life. Amen.

- Deron Bergstresser -
These weekly and monthly prayers create a rhythm of prayerful life at Pathways Retreat.
All are invited - no cost or registration needed. Facilitated by Pathways staff.

Questions?  Ask them online or call 574.501.4473
NOTE:  If Goshen Community Schools have a school cancellation or delay, on-site morning prayers are cancelled as well. Prayers on Zoom happen regardless of weather.