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A place of abundance, belonging, and enchantment...
A gathering place for all...
| | 4 Enchanting Weeks of Summer Fun! | |
REGISTER NOW! Don't miss out on this GIFT of $325 from our BC Bishops!
The Young Adult Endowment Fund, supported by BC Bishops, is available now!
Here's how it works: If you are a Young Adult (19-39 years of age) you will receive $325 to be applied to your registration for one of the Four Weeks of Summer Progamming in 2025! Register for any program from July 20 - August 16, 2025, to receive this gift.
Funding is limited and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
| | Enchanting Summer Programs Week 1: July 20 - 26 | | |
Curiosity and the Art of Seeing or How to Grow Enchantment with Kathie MacDuff
Creative Journaling with Kathie, Artist, Graphic Designer, Journalist, and Sorrento Centre's very own Associate Director.
At the root of all creativity is curiosity. The more curiosity we exercise, the more creativity manifests itself. In Creative Journaling, a theme is presented, and participants are invited to use words, imagery, and a variety of mixed media techniques to unearth, explore, and record their unique responses, thoughts, and emotions.
Curioius? Click here
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God talk for
secular ears with
Rev. Dr. Harold Munn
Join Rev. Dr. Harold Munn, Author of Faith in Doubt in a course that proposes that one of the reasons for the precipitous decline in church attendance may be the inability of churches to express the faith within the language of our secular society. Explore why so many religious proclamations fall on deaf ears and how the rise of secularism may be part of a deep religious experience. Participants can expect to be affirmed in their faith.
Learn how to express faith to a secular audience
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Resting, Listening, and Making with Rev. Lorie Martin and Herta Klassen
A journey of contemplation & discovery within.
Rev. Lorie Martin, a Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader, and Herta Klassen, an Artist and Teacher will guide you on a wonder-full hands-on retreat.
Enjoy a variety of contemplative practices and inspirational teachings in silence, in nature, colouring, painting, molding, and community connection.
Click to rest, listen, and to make
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Everyday Enchantment - Miracles in the Mundane with Kathie MacDuff
Miracles: they are things that make our lives better than they would have been if they hadn’t happened. What makes them miraculous? That we take notice of them. This allows us to shift our focus onto the everyday happenings that constantly enrich our days.
Expect a few miracles and expect to capture them in this Creative Journaling class with Kathie, Artist, Graphic Designer, Journalist, and Sorrento Centre's very own Associate Director.
Click here for a miracle
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The Honey Roads with Jeff Stockton
Travel the Honey Roads with Jeff, Musician (Celtic Harpist), Storyteller, Speaker, Author, and Illustrator.
The bees have always been powerful teachers for human beings. They have been honoured across cultures as divine messengers, visitations of spirit, and bringers of inspiration.
The week will be anchored in song, creative expression, and inspiring stories.
Click to take a spiritual road trip with Jeff
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The Turbulent 2020s - A midterm report
The 2020's...we know how they started. How are they going? Climate crises. Racial reckonings. Church decline. Trump is back. The future is uncertain.
Join Bishop Anna Greenwood Lee and Rev. Christine Conkin for a week of intentional reflection to explore and incarnate life-giving theology and practice in this turbulent decade.
Theologians click here to register!
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Interactive Biblical StoryTelling with the Venerable Dr. Rob James
There are many ways to tell stories, and this course will specifically focus on one technique for bringing stories alive by finding interactive moments within stories for audiences to join in with. The Venerable Dr. Rob James, Associate Professor and Director of Anglican Formation and Studies, Vancouver School of Theology will guide you to grow confidence in telling Bible stories, to develop your skills in engaging an audience, to enhance your abilities to re-work Bible stories and to develop your understanding of how to tell Bible stories to children.
Click here to elevate your storytelling skills
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Paint an Enchanted Journey with James Hayes
We are so beautifully and profoundly entangled with this earth and have the honour of cohabiting with it. We get to watch, in awe, its glimmers that brighten and enrich our journey. To be enchanted by its visual and soul-filled wonders is a blessing. We, as painters, will attempt to interpret and, in the most exciting and humbling ways, with pigment to canvas, recreate and reflect these glimmers of light.
This course, offered by local Artist James Hayes, is open to all levels of experience.
Take an enchanted journey with Jim
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Sacred Groves
Trees, Forests, and the Human Imagination with Jason Brown, Ph.D.
Jason Brown holds joint master’s degrees in forestry and theology from Yale and a PhD from the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia. Jason will guide you through an exploration of the deep connection human cultures have forged with trees and forests and how these ‘arboreal’ cultures are expressed today.
Explore, learn, and deepen one's relationship with trees and forests in relation to human societies, religious and spiritual systems, the cultural history of forestry, natural resources, and ecological sciences, and the cultural roots of troubles facing trees and forests globally.
Click and reunite with a sacred relationship
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For the Sake of the Song with Ethan Cole
Music is a powerful and unifying form of creative expression that can help to nourish our hearts, minds, and bodies. A good song can inspire our spirits and expand our minds. Explore songcraft through the various lenses of appreciation, interpretation, and experimentation with Ethan, an award-winning songwriter and playwright. Musical experience is not required. Musical instruments are welcome but are not required either. The only requirement is enthusiasm and curiosity about songs!
Express yourself through song here
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Knitting, Circles, and Stories with Dr. Sylvia Olsen
What do knitting, circles, and stories have in common? They are antidotes to busyness, chaos, and the unsettled feelings we struggle to claim. Join Dr. Sylvia Olsen in this renewed and radical approach to finding peace.
Dr. Sylvia Olsen is a Historian, Storyteller, Award-winning Author, Knitter, Knitting Designer, Housing Specialist, and Teacher.
The course will include several knitting techniques and time to tell and to listen to each other's stories.
Click and knit your way to peace
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The Spirituality of Henri Nouwen; 4 ways to live as God's beloved with the Very Rev. Dr. Kyle Norman
Henri Nouwen was both Priest and Psychologist, Writer and Activist, Educator and Student, sometimes dubbed "the Patron Saint for an anxious age". Central in all his books was the call to embrace who we are as beloved of God. The Very Reverend Dr Kyle Norman is the Rector of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kamloops, B.C., and Dean of the Territory of the People. He has over 20 years of pastoral ministry and has a Doctorate in Spiritual Formation from Tyndale University and Seminary. He will highlight some of the major themes in Nouwen's library while interweaving important biographical scenes from his life and ministry.
Meet Henri Nouwen
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Join us on Wednesday, May 7th to practice connecting, sharing, and feeling ligt and love.
Everyone is welcome.
Please register via email to kathie@sorrentcentre.ca
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Please join us for the Associates’ Spring Weekend, May 8-11, 2025!
Associates are members of the registered non-profit society that governs our Centre and our very best friends! Associates volunteer in the spring and fall, as well as throughout the year, on useful projects around the Centre.
The Associate's fee is only $50 and Associates in good standing are entitled to a voice and vote at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will be held via Zoom or in person at the Centre on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 6:30 pm and we will provide enchanting accommodations during your stay over the spring and fall weekend gatherings.
A Zoom link will be forwarded to all Associates in good standing before the AGM meeting date.
| | Enchanting FUNdraising Event! | | |
DINE & DANCE UNDER THE STARS!
A summer garden party like no other, featuring the finest culinary experiences by Timber Shuswap and live entertainment by the amazing Legendary Lake Monsters at Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre on Saturday, August 9th!
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The Sorrento Centre is a non-profit organization that aspires to be a gathering place for all. An enchanting place to nourish body, mind, and soul. Help us invest in our community, our lands, farm, and buildings, as well as our transformational events and programs for children, youth, and adults.
With your help, we will continue to be a place of abundance and belonging.
Thank you!
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