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March 4-6, 11-13, 18-20, and 25-27
Retreat Schedule: Friday - Sunday
- Weekends in March, 2022: March *4-6, 11-13, *18-20, and 25-27.
*Weekends that have reached capacity: Mar 4-6, Mar 18-20
*Groups with five or less from small, rural churches should contact
karen@hintoncenter.org (or call her at 828-389-8336), to ask about
weekends that might accommodate just a few more and if there have
been any cancellations.
- Friday evening: Welcome and introductions, opening activities and worship, begin work on stoles.
- Saturday morning: Worship, with renewal/anticipation of baptism; workshop on service (poverty awareness activity); serve in Hinton’s Firewood and/or Garden ministries.
- Saturday afternoon: Workshops on presence, prayers, gifts; free time
- Saturday evening: Stories and activities (includes stole work); worship with Communion
- Sunday morning: Stories and activities (finish stoles); worship and commissioning (receiving of stoles and blessings); benediction
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Registration Information
Group Information:
To register, please give your best estimate for numbers of youth and adults participating in the retreat program (must have 5 to 1 ratio for Safe Sanctuaries compliance). You don’t need to include in your count or pay a deposit for adults only coming to prepare meals and not attending the programming, workshops, and worship. They WILL need to be included in your lodging arrangements, which are made separately with Beth@hintoncenter.org (828-389-8336).
DEPOSIT PAYMENT – A deposit of $20/person must accompany registration for acceptance.
TOTAL RETREAT REGISTRATION FEE is $80
- Includes program, workshop, and worship leaders; supplies; t-shirts; resources.
- Lodging/accommodations are billed separately; For information on lodging and meal options and how to make those arrangements, click here.
Registration Payment Options:
- Complete and mail the 2-page Retreat Registration Form WITH CHECK payable to Hinton Rural Life Center (address above). Registration is not complete without deposit payment.
- Email or fax 2-page Retreat Registration Form and call Beth Leinbach or Karen Kluever to pay with credit card over the phone.
- Complete ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM below and pay using the link to PayPal.
Registration/Payment terms:
Registration is not complete – and “spots are not reserved” – until deposit received.
- Deposits are nonrefundable after November 1, 2021. (Overpaid deposits can be applied to balance.)
- Registration balance of $60/participant is due by March 1, 2022, and is nonrefundable after that date.
- A $50 late fee will be added to balances not received by March 4, 2022. Failure to pay balance on time may result in not being able to register for future retreats.
After you register:
- You’ll be contacted by Karen Kluever to confirm your registration information.
- You’ll receive more guidelines about how to prepare for the retreat, what to pack, Safe Sanctuary requirements for adults, COVID-19 protocols, etc., as well as a Leader Covenant.
- You’ll receive a link to or copy of Connections: A Theotokos Confirmation Resource, which you can use as a Confirmation curriculum in your church setting or as a complement to the curriculum you use.
- You’ll receive a Confirmation Group Information form and a Participant Information form, required for each youth and adult attending the retreat.
These forms and resources will eventually be available on the web site for download!
Downloadable Registration Form
Theotokos Registration Form (pdf)
DownloadOnline Registration
DEPOSIT PAYMENT – A deposit of $20/person must accompany registration for acceptance.
Hinton Theotokos Confirmation Retreats
Complete Registration
Please remit a deposit to finalize registration. Number of participants and total due (Number x $20 = $Total).
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