Return-Path: Delivered-To: kelly.andrews@tessol-inc.com Received: from gator4254.hostgator.com by gator4254.hostgator.com with LMTP id aOLTCanw2miLZgYAcizydQ (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:48:41 -0500 Return-path: Envelope-to: kelly.andrews@tessol-inc.com Delivery-date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:48:41 -0500 Received: from mail207.atl81.rsgsv.net ([198.2.129.207]:1043) by gator4254.hostgator.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.1) (envelope-from ) id 1v3KnY-00000001nvN-2OOZ for kelly.andrews@tessol-inc.com; Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:48:41 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailchimpapp.com; s=k3; t=1759178910; x=1759448910; i=gnwacademy@174715493.mailchimpapp.com; bh=36QlgYnyVHrGgQGo6AR/gODd05s5kMTY8YF6DfkZ4x8=; h=Subject:From:Reply-To:To:Date:Message-ID:X-MC-User:Feedback-ID: List-ID:List-Unsubscribe:List-Unsubscribe-Post:Content-Type: MIME-Version:CC:Date:Subject:From; b=fszSVatusCASPJEy902Fe+B/zAvJNQv9/Xat3EeUatdNAoJZ87vGaCVsNIifEQwAe GnW7LGdW9zHtxItB8wZwjsXXNZscI92RnY4TFqq82VFixG3uNcO2J+X/xamUtQRBjV 7gTqjiQETgOu/lbHCRE+kLVmTxnnweoqJJmxNMLF3WI5Av4WF/o8jhoPHaexbxJehn qMr7+8M3cirVYnWjfnpkzjJj2JIzRJKPfTfD43yu4HgMHklrNDI58afXp3dhsvgvdp izKrSjNbmublBTJl3t3C/zdHwlBAMGmCWIsDC5tsQ/3Sml2hlcB+RFkDEQEyNsn+U2 dEvLBT8gt0G9Q== Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail207.atl81.rsgsv.net (Mailchimp) with ESMTP id 4cbCvf0zXNzMRGWwK for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:48:30 +0000 (GMT) Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Join=20Us=20for=20=22The=20Gifts=20of=20Darkness=22=205=20Day=20Academy?= From: Academy Leadership Team Reply-To: To: Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:48:29 +0000 Message-ID: <59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87.cead13c461.20250929204824.e7c6c6c72b.9154b2f5@mail207.atl81.rsgsv.net> X-Mailer: Mailchimp Mailer - **CIDe7c6c6c72bcead13c461** X-Campaign: mailchimp59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87.e7c6c6c72b X-campaignid: mailchimp59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87.e7c6c6c72b X-Report-Abuse: Please report abuse for this campaign here: https://mailchimp.com/contact/abuse/?u=59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87&id=e7c6c6c72b&e=cead13c461 X-MC-User: 59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87 Feedback-ID: 174715493:174715493.17235529:us8:mc List-ID: 59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87mc list <59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87.860424.list-id.mcsv.net> X-Accounttype: ff List-Unsubscribe: , List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_----------=_MCPart_1711314056" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 X-Spam-Score: -39 X-Spam-Bar: ---- X-Spam-Flag: NO This is a multi-part message in MIME format --_----------=_MCPart_1711314056 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="fixed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/beffd106ec78/joinusfor= giftsofthedarkness?e=3Dcead13c461) ** Greater Northwest 5 Day Academy for Spiritual Formation April 21-26=2C 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------ We=E2=80=99re taught to fear and flee darkness and dark times. But the gif= ts of God=E2=80=99s presence await when we learn to face and befriend the= dark. We invite you to enter into this enriching week of exploration. https://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8= bd87&id=3D0804119ac3&e=3Dcead13c461 Fee* will include tuition=2C pri= vate room & bath=2C and all meals at the Archibishop Brunett Retreat Center (https://facebook.us8.list-manag= e.com/track/click?u=3D59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87&id=3D712fbcfca2&e=3Dcead13c461) overlooking Puget Sound in Federal Way=2C WA. *The cost will be determined soon and scholarships will be available. We plan to open registration in early November. We=E2=80=99re grateful to have received a generous donation toward the ret= reat center costs=2C and invite you to consider contributing to the Greate= r Northwest Academy for Spiritual Formation=2C or to sponsor a participant= =2E OUR FACULTY ** Rachel Barenblat & Juan Carlos Huertas ------------------------------------------------------------ Rachel Barenblat's vocations include poet=2C rabbi=2C spiritual director= =2C and parent. Co-founder of Bayit (https://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/= track/click?u=3D59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87&id=3D2354568127&e=3Dcead13c461) =2C a Jewish spiritual innovation incubator=2C she has blogged as th= e Velveteen Rabbi (https://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D59= c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87&id=3D94a61014ab&e=3Dcead13c461) since 2003.= She holds in MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars=2C and is author of= several volumes of poetry=2C among them Crossing the Sea and Texts to the= Holy. She teaches at the intersection of creative life and spiritual life= =2E She serves Congregation Beth Israel of the Berkshires (https://facebook.= us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87&id=3Deab2482= 9cd&e=3Dcead13c461) =2C and lives in western Massachusetts with her= son. Juan Carlos Huertas is a follower of Jesus=2C husband=2C father=2C spiritu= al director=2C and Minister of Proclamation and Practice of Justice (https= ://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D59c3b8d4d51866adce4d8bd87&= id=3D48a76e30af&e=3Dcead13c461) at First-Plymouth CongregationalChur= ch in Lincoln=2C NE. He holds a Master of Divinity from Emory University= =2C and a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana College in Pineville=2C LA where= he majored in Religion and minored in Spanish=E2=80=94his first language= growing up in San Juan=2C Puerto Rico. He is committed to practices that= move communities to liberation through shared wisdom=2C communal leadersh= ip=2C and contextual action. ** OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM ------------------------------------------------------------ Cathy Warner=2C Retreat Leader Carolyn Bowers=2C Worship Karen Fisher=2C Registrar Karen Nelson=2C Hospitality Anne Schlesinger=2C Listening Circles ** To Know the Dark ------------------------------------------------------------ To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark=2C go dark. Go without sight=2C and find that the dar=2C too=2C blooms and sings=2C and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. -Wendell Berry Academy for Spiritual Formation For those who hunger for deep spiritual experience. 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Greater Northwest 5 Day Academy
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April 21-26=2C 2026



We=E2=80=99re taught to fear and flee darknes= s and dark times. But the gifts of God=E2=80=99s presence await when we le= arn to face and befriend the dark. We invite you to enter into this enrich= ing week of exploration.


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Re= gistration Fee* will include tuition=2C private room & bath=2C and all= meals
at the Archibishop Brunett Retreat Center
overlooking Puget= Sound in Federal Way=2C WA.


*The cost will be determined soon and

scholarships will be available.

We plan to open reg= istration in early November.


We=E2=80=99re grateful to have received a generous donat= ion toward the retreat center costs=2C and invite you to consider contribu= ting to the Greater Northwest Academy for Spiritual Formation=2C or to spo= nsor a participant. =C2=A0 =C2=A0

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Rachel Barenblat & Juan= Carlos Huertas


Rachel Barenblat's vocations include poet=2C rabbi=2C spiritual director=2C a= nd parent. Co-founder of Bayit= = =2C a Jewish spiritual innovation incubator=2C she has blogged as= the Velveteen Rabbi si= nce 2003. She holds in MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars=2C and is= author of several volumes of poetry<= span style=3D"font-family: Arial=2C 'Helvetica Neue'=2C Helvetica=2C sans-= serif">=2C among them Crossing the Sea and = Texts to the Holy. She teaches at the inte= rsection of creative life and spiritual life. She serves Congregation Beth Israel of the Berkshires= =2C and lives in western Massachusetts with her son.=


Juan Carlos Huertas is a follower of Jesus=2C husband=2C father=2C spiritual director=2C and= Minister of Proclamation and Practice of Just= ice at First-Plymouth CongregationalChurch in Linco= ln=2C NE. He holds a Master of Divinity from Emory University=2C and a Bac= helor of Arts from Louisiana College in Pineville=2C LA where he majored i= n Religion and minored in Spanish=E2=80=94his first language growing up in= San Juan=2C Puerto Rico. He is committed to practices that move communiti= es to liberation through shared wisdom=2C communal leadership=2C and conte= xtual action.


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OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM


Cathy Warner=2C Retreat Leader
Carolyn Bowers=2C W= orship
Karen Fisher=2C Registrar
Karen Nelson=2C HospitalityAnne Schlesinger=2C Listening Circles

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To Know the Dark

To= go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark= =2C go dark. Go without sight=2C
and find that the dar=2C too=2C bloo= ms and sings=2C
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.

-Wendell Berry

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Ac= ademy for Spiritual Formation

For those who hunger for deep spiritual experience. = The Academy for Spiritual Formation creates transformative space for people to b= e in communion with God=2C self=2C others=2C and creation for the sake of= the world.


The daily rhythm inc= ludes morning and evening prayer=2C worship with Eucharist=2C study and re= flection=2C silence=2C community sharing=2C listening circles=2C and free= time.

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