Prior Events and Classes
January 13 and 27, 2016
Creative Calm
Creative Calm is being offered:
Wednesday, January 13th from 10am-Noon: Mandalas: Circles of Calm
(Please register for this class by January 8th)
Wednesday, January 27th from 10am-Noon: Collage for Comfort
(Please register for this class by January 22)
These sessions will include:
A time of reflection with poetry and quiet
Guidance and materials provided to facilitate individual artistic creations
Opportunities to connect with other women sharing similar hopes and interests
Each session is $30.00 or receive a discounted rate of $50.00 when signing up for both sessions. Art materials are included.
Kathy Guisewite is a working artisan, Spiritual Director, and Infant Massage Educator. She will facilitate these sessions at White Oak Lavender Farm.
Please contact Kathy for more information or to register at 804-627-1621.
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January 20, 21, 27, 28 2016
I will be offering a new set of Infant Massage Classes in January! Classes are taught as a set of 4. One set will take place from 10-11 in the mornings and the other will take place from 6-7 in the evenings. Both sets will run on these dates: January 20, 21, 27, 28. Cost for the 4 classes is $100.00. There is room for 4 parents and 4 infants (12 months and younger) in each class. Classes will take place in my office at My Lavender Lifestyle in Harrisonburg!! To register, give me a call: 804-627-1621. Feel free to share this info!!
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December 4, 2015 6pm-8:30pm
Advent Calm: A Meditative Evening for Ourselves and Our World
Let’s give each other a space to be still in the busy month of December. Let’s grow quiet and honor both the lovely and the sad of this season. Maybe such an intention is a gift that will linger well into the coming New Year.
The evening will include:
*A simple, candlelit meal
*A space to name what is good.
*A time to acknowledge the sorrows.
*The joy of blessing what is to come.
There is room for six at this timely retreat.
There is a suggested donation of $40.00.
Please make your reservation by November 27 at 804-627-1621.
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September 9, 2012
Preaching at Holly Grove Christian Church, Bumpass, VA 10:30am
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October 13-14, 2012
Facilitating the "Seek and Ye Shall Find Retreat", Richmond Hill, Richmond, VA
Bring your camera to Richmond Hill and join in this 24-hour retreat. We will use the camera as a spiritual tool to help focus our attention on what is before us, beside us and within us. This retreat is not intended to be a technical course on how to use your camera or how to produce quality photographs. This retreat is to encourage a refinement in our ability to be present to this
moment, to look closely and patiently at what is with us where we are, and to examine how we might betterconnect with God by use of a camera lens.
http://richmondhillva.org/news/upcoming.html
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April 28-29, 2012
Week-end Retreat at Richmond Hill, Richmond VA
Topic: Praying with Mandalas... Using Art to Speak to and Listen for God
What might you like to say to God in visual language? What might God like to speak to
you in similar ways? What can be said through image that cannot be spoken through word? This overnight retreat offers spaces in which to pray with mandalas. A mandala is a sacred circle... that represents wholeness. It is a symbol used throughout time by many cultures and religions. In this retreat we will learn techniques to creating and
utilizing mandalas as a sacred tool for self exploration and catalysts to deeper conversations with the Divine.
Suggested Donation: $80
For questions and/or to register contact:
Deborah Cannady, Guestmaster at 804-783-7903 or [email protected]
January 29,2012
Preaching at Holly Grove Christian Church, Louisa, VA 10:30am
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February 17-18, 2012
Women's Retreat: BELOVED: A RETURNING TO GOD'S LOVE Chanco Retreat House, Surry VA
Private Event with St. Jerome's Catholic Church of Newport News, VA
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October 21-22, 2011
Women's Retreat: WE ARE CHILDREN OF A NOURISHING GOD
Chanco Retreat House, Surry, VA
Private Event with St. Jerome's Catholic Church of Newport News
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September 18-20, 2011
Women's Retreat on Prayerful Living, Massanutten, Virginia
Private Event with Holly Grove Christian Church
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August 1, 2011
Tending Teachers as the New School Year Approaches
(Open to teachers and those who believe in the soulful work of teachers)
Teachers love summers, and as summers wind down new feeling rise up. The very thought of a new school year is often full of excitement and anxiety. It takes great energy, enthusiasm, and wisdom to return to the classroom year after year. So with all of this on my mind...
On Monday, August 1st, I would like to open my home to teachers. I'd like for you to come with all of your thoughts and feelings for the upcoming school year..., and discover a wealth of support and compassion and joy for who you are and the gifts you bring. There will be great food, small gifts, encouraging conversation, and an open dialogue for ideas to be generated as to what supports might be helpful to put into place at the start of the new school year. The topic of finding and keeping an inner balance will also be explored!
I hope you will join in this time of refreshment from 9:30am until noon. (And hey! Why not plan to meet friends for lunch and then from there go for a massage?!! I'm just saying... it would make for a great, well-rounded day!!)
Donations of $10.00 per person would be greatly appreciated.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED... so...
Please contact me [email protected] to reserve your special spot for this gathering by July 20th... and feel free to invite and reserve spaces for other teaching friends. If you aren't a teacher but love teachers... you can come, too!
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July 31, 2011
Planning worship and preaching at West Richmond Church of the Brethren,
Richmond,VA 11:00am
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June 26-July 2
Song and Story Fest: Rodney, MI
I will be a leader at this national intergenerational camp for those with a thirst for peace.
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June 4, 2011
Cottage Retreat: And God SAW That It Was Good
This retreat, which includes a simple, elegant lunch, will bring our attention to how we can re-discover a closer relationship with the Divine through the lens of our cameras. Bring yours. Bring a friend. Contact Kathy directly to reserve a space or to plan this event at your own location later on!!
Requested donation of $30.00
[email protected]
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May 31, 2011: Staff Retreat for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (private event)
Newport News, VA
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April 9, 2011: Women in Suits (Honored to be a co-MC!)
Shady Grove Baptist Church, Gum Spring, VA
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April 10, 2011: Preaching at morning worship,
Christian Church Uniting, Virginia Beach, VA
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March 4, 2011: Women's Retreat
at Woodbridge Church of the Brethren, Woodbridge, VA
Topic: Wonderful Words of Life
********************************************************March 11, 2011
Tending Teachers, Louisa, VA
Open to teachers at Jouett Elementary School
Topic: Refreshment and Affirmation for the Heart of Teachers
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March 13, 2011
Preaching at morning worship at Christian Church Uniting, Virginia Beach, VA
Topic: The Mystery and The Grace
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March 19, 2011Workshop Leader at Church of the Brethren's Youth Roundtable, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Topic: Mandalas and Prayer
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Past Events
Seriously Fun…
A Retreat with Prayer
A friend asked me once what my idea of a really fun party might look like. I responded with, “A circle of women and candles and prayers and soft music and poetry… oh, and chocolate!” She seemed to think it odd to merge the word ‘party’ with prayer. Ahh… not so, my friends, not so! Let’s step over into this sacred fun as a way of replenishment for our own souls and for the tending of the world at large. Personally, I think Super Bowl week-end is the perfect time to engage in such!! Here’s what I’m envisioning:
Come on Saturday, February 5, 2011
from 12:30 until 4:00
to Kathy Guisewite’s cottage in the woods
I’m serving soup.
You may add any of the following:
Cheese and Crackers, Bread, Wine, Chocolate, or Your Favorite Something Else!
Bring:
Buttons, Beads, Charms, or Other Items that Can Slide onto Wire
(these will become a part of the serious fun!!)
Something to write on or in… a notebook or journal… and a pen
An open heart and an awareness that the work and play of the soul feeds more than the self
Donations to further Kathy’s work in the world are welcomed!
What to Expect (and Anticipate!)
A simple, yet elegant meal
Poetry that facilitates Prayer
A Women’s Circle… a time of sharing stories, dreams, needs
Creation: Prayer Beads
Prayer
Serious Fun!
Contact Kathy by January 23 to reserve a space for you:
[email protected]
January 13 and 27, 2016
Creative Calm
Creative Calm is being offered:
Wednesday, January 13th from 10am-Noon: Mandalas: Circles of Calm
(Please register for this class by January 8th)
Wednesday, January 27th from 10am-Noon: Collage for Comfort
(Please register for this class by January 22)
These sessions will include:
A time of reflection with poetry and quiet
Guidance and materials provided to facilitate individual artistic creations
Opportunities to connect with other women sharing similar hopes and interests
Each session is $30.00 or receive a discounted rate of $50.00 when signing up for both sessions. Art materials are included.
Kathy Guisewite is a working artisan, Spiritual Director, and Infant Massage Educator. She will facilitate these sessions at White Oak Lavender Farm.
Please contact Kathy for more information or to register at 804-627-1621.
*****************************************************************************************************
January 20, 21, 27, 28 2016
I will be offering a new set of Infant Massage Classes in January! Classes are taught as a set of 4. One set will take place from 10-11 in the mornings and the other will take place from 6-7 in the evenings. Both sets will run on these dates: January 20, 21, 27, 28. Cost for the 4 classes is $100.00. There is room for 4 parents and 4 infants (12 months and younger) in each class. Classes will take place in my office at My Lavender Lifestyle in Harrisonburg!! To register, give me a call: 804-627-1621. Feel free to share this info!!
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December 4, 2015 6pm-8:30pm
Advent Calm: A Meditative Evening for Ourselves and Our World
Let’s give each other a space to be still in the busy month of December. Let’s grow quiet and honor both the lovely and the sad of this season. Maybe such an intention is a gift that will linger well into the coming New Year.
The evening will include:
*A simple, candlelit meal
*A space to name what is good.
*A time to acknowledge the sorrows.
*The joy of blessing what is to come.
There is room for six at this timely retreat.
There is a suggested donation of $40.00.
Please make your reservation by November 27 at 804-627-1621.
*******************************************************************************************************
September 9, 2012
Preaching at Holly Grove Christian Church, Bumpass, VA 10:30am
************************************************************************************
October 13-14, 2012
Facilitating the "Seek and Ye Shall Find Retreat", Richmond Hill, Richmond, VA
Bring your camera to Richmond Hill and join in this 24-hour retreat. We will use the camera as a spiritual tool to help focus our attention on what is before us, beside us and within us. This retreat is not intended to be a technical course on how to use your camera or how to produce quality photographs. This retreat is to encourage a refinement in our ability to be present to this
moment, to look closely and patiently at what is with us where we are, and to examine how we might betterconnect with God by use of a camera lens.
http://richmondhillva.org/news/upcoming.html
******************************************************************************************
April 28-29, 2012
Week-end Retreat at Richmond Hill, Richmond VA
Topic: Praying with Mandalas... Using Art to Speak to and Listen for God
What might you like to say to God in visual language? What might God like to speak to
you in similar ways? What can be said through image that cannot be spoken through word? This overnight retreat offers spaces in which to pray with mandalas. A mandala is a sacred circle... that represents wholeness. It is a symbol used throughout time by many cultures and religions. In this retreat we will learn techniques to creating and
utilizing mandalas as a sacred tool for self exploration and catalysts to deeper conversations with the Divine.
Suggested Donation: $80
For questions and/or to register contact:
Deborah Cannady, Guestmaster at 804-783-7903 or [email protected]
January 29,2012
Preaching at Holly Grove Christian Church, Louisa, VA 10:30am
****************************************************************************************
February 17-18, 2012
Women's Retreat: BELOVED: A RETURNING TO GOD'S LOVE Chanco Retreat House, Surry VA
Private Event with St. Jerome's Catholic Church of Newport News, VA
***************************************************************************************
October 21-22, 2011
Women's Retreat: WE ARE CHILDREN OF A NOURISHING GOD
Chanco Retreat House, Surry, VA
Private Event with St. Jerome's Catholic Church of Newport News
*****************************************************************************************
September 18-20, 2011
Women's Retreat on Prayerful Living, Massanutten, Virginia
Private Event with Holly Grove Christian Church
*****************************************************************************************
August 1, 2011
Tending Teachers as the New School Year Approaches
(Open to teachers and those who believe in the soulful work of teachers)
Teachers love summers, and as summers wind down new feeling rise up. The very thought of a new school year is often full of excitement and anxiety. It takes great energy, enthusiasm, and wisdom to return to the classroom year after year. So with all of this on my mind...
On Monday, August 1st, I would like to open my home to teachers. I'd like for you to come with all of your thoughts and feelings for the upcoming school year..., and discover a wealth of support and compassion and joy for who you are and the gifts you bring. There will be great food, small gifts, encouraging conversation, and an open dialogue for ideas to be generated as to what supports might be helpful to put into place at the start of the new school year. The topic of finding and keeping an inner balance will also be explored!
I hope you will join in this time of refreshment from 9:30am until noon. (And hey! Why not plan to meet friends for lunch and then from there go for a massage?!! I'm just saying... it would make for a great, well-rounded day!!)
Donations of $10.00 per person would be greatly appreciated.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED... so...
Please contact me [email protected] to reserve your special spot for this gathering by July 20th... and feel free to invite and reserve spaces for other teaching friends. If you aren't a teacher but love teachers... you can come, too!
**********************************************************************************
July 31, 2011
Planning worship and preaching at West Richmond Church of the Brethren,
Richmond,VA 11:00am
*******************************************************************************
June 26-July 2
Song and Story Fest: Rodney, MI
I will be a leader at this national intergenerational camp for those with a thirst for peace.
******************************************************************************
June 4, 2011
Cottage Retreat: And God SAW That It Was Good
This retreat, which includes a simple, elegant lunch, will bring our attention to how we can re-discover a closer relationship with the Divine through the lens of our cameras. Bring yours. Bring a friend. Contact Kathy directly to reserve a space or to plan this event at your own location later on!!
Requested donation of $30.00
[email protected]
************************************
May 31, 2011: Staff Retreat for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (private event)
Newport News, VA
*************************************
April 9, 2011: Women in Suits (Honored to be a co-MC!)
Shady Grove Baptist Church, Gum Spring, VA
*****************************************
April 10, 2011: Preaching at morning worship,
Christian Church Uniting, Virginia Beach, VA
**************************************************************
March 4, 2011: Women's Retreat
at Woodbridge Church of the Brethren, Woodbridge, VA
Topic: Wonderful Words of Life
********************************************************March 11, 2011
Tending Teachers, Louisa, VA
Open to teachers at Jouett Elementary School
Topic: Refreshment and Affirmation for the Heart of Teachers
**********************************************
March 13, 2011
Preaching at morning worship at Christian Church Uniting, Virginia Beach, VA
Topic: The Mystery and The Grace
**********************************************************
March 19, 2011Workshop Leader at Church of the Brethren's Youth Roundtable, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Topic: Mandalas and Prayer
**************************************************************************************
Past Events
Seriously Fun…
A Retreat with Prayer
A friend asked me once what my idea of a really fun party might look like. I responded with, “A circle of women and candles and prayers and soft music and poetry… oh, and chocolate!” She seemed to think it odd to merge the word ‘party’ with prayer. Ahh… not so, my friends, not so! Let’s step over into this sacred fun as a way of replenishment for our own souls and for the tending of the world at large. Personally, I think Super Bowl week-end is the perfect time to engage in such!! Here’s what I’m envisioning:
Come on Saturday, February 5, 2011
from 12:30 until 4:00
to Kathy Guisewite’s cottage in the woods
I’m serving soup.
You may add any of the following:
Cheese and Crackers, Bread, Wine, Chocolate, or Your Favorite Something Else!
Bring:
Buttons, Beads, Charms, or Other Items that Can Slide onto Wire
(these will become a part of the serious fun!!)
Something to write on or in… a notebook or journal… and a pen
An open heart and an awareness that the work and play of the soul feeds more than the self
Donations to further Kathy’s work in the world are welcomed!
What to Expect (and Anticipate!)
A simple, yet elegant meal
Poetry that facilitates Prayer
A Women’s Circle… a time of sharing stories, dreams, needs
Creation: Prayer Beads
Prayer
Serious Fun!
Contact Kathy by January 23 to reserve a space for you:
[email protected]
