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Amy Ferguson
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I am part of a web of writers, editors, videographers, communicators, and ambassadors who help shine a light on how we can all contribute to a loving world. For me this comes through in three simple words: reveal, serve, and inspire. It means researching, listening, sleuthing, writing, connecting, and conspiring for good. 

Our teachers in this work are numerous. I have learned so much from others' fine "translations" of the need for love in our world--epidemiologists, neuroscientists, and public health specialists, artists, clergy, and various lifelong practitioners of compassion--who carry this work into realms of our social life like schools, prisons, and law enforcement circles.

My background is deep in the humanities, and my family tree is of full Catholics (faithful and lapsed), skeptics, and librarians. I have a master's degree in literature and am drawn to volunteer with arts-related organizations and projects. 


 

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“We are all born with 200 bad poems in us.”  —Billy Collins

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SoulCollage® is a simple intuitive process of creating many small collages and then giving voice to the images to discover their identity and the wisdom they carry. It is an imaginative, contemplative way to access one’s inner journey. Deep listening to the stirrings within bring the joy of coming home to the life we are meant to live.

Between sessions retreatants will have opportunities for card making, walking the labyrinth, and communing with the spirit of the land in the meadows, gardens, and woodlands of GilChrist. Whether you are new to SoulCollage® or are experienced creating cards, this retreat offers time and space to creatively explore your inner being and the wisdom and blessings available there.

About the Facilitator
Anita Smith Buckwalter is a spiritual midwife facilitating the increase of self-awareness and mindfulness of the Divine within. She is a licensed SoulCollage® facilitator, and experienced spiritual director. She studied the Enneagram with Helen Palmer and the Michigan Enneagram Center.

General Information
The retreat begins in WindHill at 2:00 p.m. on Friday and concludes at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Cabin check-in is at 1:00 p.m. on Friday and check-out is 11:00 a.m. Sunday.

The cost of the retreat is $200.00, which includes two nights in a private cabin, meeting room use fee, and facilitation of group sessions. Participants are responsible for their own meals. Hundreds of free images will be available for use, with card making supplies and beginners’ kits for sale. For further information or to register, contact Anita (smithbuckwalter@prodigy.net).

 

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GilChrist Retreat Center
56265 Day Rd
Three Rivers, MI 49007
United States

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41.9797685, -85.7404811