Program
Thursday, April 7 - Commencement
- 2:00 - 5:30 Check In and Get Acquainted Time
- 6:00 – 7:30 DINNER (symbolizing the Last Supper)
- Simple meal, Jesus being our host
- A personal message given to each participant
- 8:00 Welcome Greeting by Diane Labrecque
- Sharing time
Friday, April 8 - Focusing on the Spiritual theme of the 'Body'
- 8:00 - 9:00 BREAKFAST and Morning Prayer
- 9:30 - 11:00 Jesus turned to God before his arrest for spiritual strength
- Word of Christ and reading
- Jesus asked his apostles to sit with Him while He prayed
- Being there for others in their hour of need
- "Talking stick" exercise, led by Charles Olivea
- 11:00 - 11:30 BREAK
- 11:30 - 12:00 Jesus demonstrated His service to one's fellows
- Symbolized by the washing of feet
- 12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
- 1:30 - 3:00 Jesus taught the importance of rest and play
- Art project with Charles Montgomery
- 3:00 - 6:00 FREE TIME until dinner
- 6:00 - 7:00 DINNER
- 8:00 Evening Social and special exercise
Saturday, April 9 - Focusing on the Spiritual theme of the 'Mind'
- 8:00 - 9:00 BREAKFAST and Morning Prayer
- 9:30 - 11:00 What would Jesus want us to have?
- to know the Bread of Life and the Water thereof ... to be led by the Spirit of Truth, our promised helper (to go inward with meditation)
- to know the new commandment "to love one another, even as God loves us" (a reading, a prayer and communion with all)
- 11:00 - 11:30 BREAK
- 11:30 - 12:00 to know a deep and abiding faith that will hold us steadfast to the promise of our Resurrection Day (let's talk about it, then have silent reflection)
- 12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
- 1:30 - 3:00 Letters to and from God, by Charles Montgomery
- 3:00 - 6:00 FREE TIME until Dinner
- 6:00 - 7:00 DINNER
- 8:00 Evening Social (retire for the night early for sunrise service Sunday morning)
Sunday, April 10 - Focusing on Spiritual theme of the 'Spirit'
- 7:00 - 8:00 BREAKFAST
- 8:00 - 9:00 Early morning service and communion with Christ (outdoors by the lake if weather permits, or at the chapel) officiated by Paula Thompson
- Group prayer – Jesus prayed for 'unity' among His followers, not 'uniformity'.
- When Jesus had finished His earth life, the Master, who was the Father incarnate, could truly say: have group reading on the 'I am messages'.
- 9:00 - 10:00 FREE TIME before lunch
- 10:00 - 11:30 Resurrection messages of the Master
- 12:00 - 1:00 FESTIVE EASTER MEAL - celebrated as a United Urantia Family in the Spirit of Jesus
- 1:30 – 3:00 Individual sharing time with all the Family and farewell!