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Register here by September 17

Center for Spiritual Imagination & St. John's Episcopal Church Park Slope present: Incarnation Retreat Day & Jazz Eucharist

🙏 Experiment with Imagination and Improvisation in Prayer

🎺 Explore Sound and Silence in Meditation

🍽 Share in a Silent Lunch and a Jazz Eucharist

Suggested donation $40 (includes lunch) All proceeds go to our musicians, our host church, and the Center for Spiritual Imagination

Led by:

• Fr. Adam Bucko

• Guesnerth Josue Perea

• Kristin Vieira Coleman

• Music Director: Alex Nguyen

Schedule:

10am: Introduction and Centering the Breath How important is the breath in prayer? How important is breath in music? What about the position of the body?

10:30am: Embracing Compassion How do we connect to our hearts in meditation? How do we accept ourselves as we are?

11am: Offering Intercession How can we be spontaneous in prayer? How do musicians improvise?

11:30am: Receptive Silence What does it mean to be receptive? How is it different from being passive? What is the difference between quiet and silence?

12pm: Silent Lunch Enjoy lunch in a silent fellowship with others.

12:30pm: Sharing and Preparation for Eucharist Time for sharing insights based on these practices. What will you take with you to your prayer practice? What will you try?

1pm: Jazz Eucharist We will close with a celebration of the Eucharist featuring a live jazz quintet.