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!