Friends are invited to register for the 2023 Spring Retreat at The Clearing: Rooted in Community. This year we celebrate 40 years of stewardship of the retreat property in Amelia County.  Join us over Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-28, for food, fellowship, sharing stories of The Clearing, and connecting as a community.  Activities this year will include a writing workshop where Friends can put pen to paper via poetry or prose to write down memories and/or stories, including of The Clearing, opportunities to make audio recordings (and video, if that is preferred), and an art station where Friends can make Clearing-inspired art.  Please see the tentative schedule below for other activities.  Please be sure to register Sunday, May 21 so we can plan for you!  Registration is online at this link: https://bit.ly/RFMRetreat2023. 

Friday: 

3pm: Earliest arrival time; check out a tent site/secure cabin accommodations 

5:30-6:30 DIY Dinner with soup available 

6:30 Clean up/Sign up for Chores! 

7pm Possible Movie? and Popcorn; Board Games 

9pm Dessert/Coffee/Conversation 

Saturday:  

7-9:30am Breakfast/Coffee/Conversation 

9am Sign up for chores! 

9:30am Cleanup 

10-11:30am Rooted in Community: Stories of the Clearing (writing workshop led by Ted Heck) 

11:45am – 12:15pm Lunch Prep 

12:15pm LUNCH 

1-2pm Lunch Cleanup 

2pm Sign up for Chores! 

2-4pm Games  / Open Studio / Wonderful Water activity with Katy Rugg 

4pm Watermelon Break 

4:30 – 6pm Dinner Prep 

6pm DINNER 

7pm Clean-up; Fire Prep 

8-10pm Fire Circle, Singing, and S’MORES! 

Sunday: 

7-9:30am Breakfast/Coffee/Conversation 

9:30am -10:30 Strike/Cleanup  

10:30am-11:30am Meeting for Worship 

11:30am Cleaning 

12:30 LEFTOVERFEST LUNCH 

1pm Final Cleaning 

3pm Go home 🙂  

*Please note: This is a draft schedule and subject to change!