News and Updates
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First Friday Day Retreat – March 6, 2026
Come enjoy time in solitude or quiet fellowship with other companions in a place of beauty and peace: walk the labyrinth, rest in the garden, meditate in the prayer rooms. You are welcome to attend noon prayers in the chapel and a delicious lunch afterwards in the refectory.
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Black Women in 19th Century Virginia: A Four-Week Survey Course
Thursdays in March, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Led by Dr. Lauranett Lee at Richmond Hill The Judy Project is named for Judy, a woman enslaved on the Richmond Hill property from 1860 to 1865. Her story is preserved through a recollection written by a descendant of the Wilkins family, who had purchased her decades earlier. On April
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Art & Spirituality Retreat – March 14, 2026
Join artist and spiritual director Lauren Bleam as you are guided through a relaxing meditation on a poem. A reflective prompt will be provided, and participants will take time to journal and consider what the poem awakens in them. That will be followed by a demonstration of embroidery techniques. Participants will have time to create
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Group Spiritual Direction: Deepening Awareness of God
2026 Spiritual Directors Spring Forum Saturday, April 18, 2026, 8:30am – 4:30pmTheme: Facilitating Group Spiritual Direction In group spiritual direction people gather together on a regular basis to assist one another in an ongoing awareness of God in all of life. As they receive support for their openness and responsiveness to God, in turn they
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Listening to the Silence: March 14, 2026
Silence is not an absence. It is a presence. In a world that constantly asks you to hurry, explain, and respond, Listening to the Silence offers something rare: space to slow down and simply be. This is an invitation to step away from noise and return to what steadies you…calm, clarity, and God’s unwavering love. Why
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First Friday Day Retreat – February 6, 2026
Come enjoy time in solitude or quiet fellowship with other companions in a place of beauty and peace: walk the labyrinth, rest in the garden, meditate in the prayer rooms. You are welcome to attend noon prayers in the chapel and a delicious lunch afterwards in the refectory.
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Art & Spirituality Retreat – January 31, 2026
Come and reflect on the past year and set your intentions for the one ahead. Lauren will take you through guided exercises that will help you verbalize what you need and hope for this year. She will offer poems and insights to inspire you, and there will be time to journal as well. You will
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Fundraising as a Spiritual Practice Retreat – February 6-7, 2026
Join us February 6–7, 2026 for Fundraising as a Spiritual Practice, an overnight retreat at Richmond Hill led by Rita Ricks, Rev. Kelsey Hawisher-Faul, and Rev. Lindsey Franklin. This retreat will ground participants in the spiritual foundations and practical skill-building of fundraising — rooted in the wisdom of Henri Nouwen’s Spirituality of Fundraising. Designed for
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First Friday Day Retreat – January 2, 2026
Come enjoy time in solitude or quiet fellowship with other companions in a place of beauty and peace: walk the labyrinth, rest in the garden, meditate in the prayer rooms. You are welcome to attend noon prayers in the chapel and a delicious lunch afterwards in the refectory.