*If you are interested in experiencing a Silent Retreat with your Small Group, please write to Julie using Contact Us tab above.
2020 Silent Day Retreat
This will be our last Silent Day Retreat, as I have been diagnosed with dementia. It effects my speech.
At LuAnn Adams house on Forest Lake.
Full Day Only: is $40 and runs from 9 am to 3:30 pm. It includes morning and afternoon devotionals, gluten-free breakfast and lunch, free time to sit by the lake and dangle your feet, color or sketch, there will also be a palm labryinth made of clay for those you'd like to craft.
Send a non-refundable $20 deposit to hold your spot:
Heart Matters Publishing, P. O. Box 10671, White Bear Lake, MN 55110.
You'll be so blessed to spend a day apart with Jesus.
Address: 7465 N. Shore Circle N., FL 55025
2019 Silent Day Retreats
A Preparing Your Heart for the Holidays Silent Retreat is on the books for Saturday, November 16th.
The FULL Day option is $40 and runs from 9 am to 3:30 pm. It includes morning and afternoon devotionals, gluten-free breakfast and lunch, free time to walk the labyrinth or the beautifully groomed trails, color or sketch, there will be a prayer bead craft for you to do on your own or opt out altogether.
The HALF Day option is $25 and runs from 9-12 noon and includes breakfast and morning devotional.
Send a non-refundable $25 deposit to hold your spot to:
Heart Matters Publishing, P.O. Box 10671, White Bear Lake, MN 55110.
You'll be blessed to spend a day apart with Jesus!
2018 Silent Day Retreats
A Fall Retreat is scheduled for Saturday, September 29th. It will be held at Christos Center for Spiritual Formation @ 1212 Holly Drive, Lino Lakes, MN 55038.
The Full Day option is $35 and runs from 9 am to 3:30 pm. It includes morning and afternoon devotionals, gluten-free breakfast and lunch, free time to walk the labyrinth or the beautifully groomed trails, color or sketch, there will be a prayer bead craft for you to do on your own or opt out of altogether.
The Half Day option is $25 and runs from 9-12 noon and includes breakfast and morning devotional.
Send a non-refundable $25 deposit to hold your spot to:
Heart Matters Publishing, P.O. Box 10671, White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110.
You'll be blessed to spend a day apart with Jesus!
Our Spring Silent Retreat is just a month away... be sure to sign up to reserve your spot, held at Christos Center for Spiritual Formation on Friday, April 6th. It might be exactly what your heart is longing for!
Half Day option is $20 and runs from 9-12 noon includes breakfast and morning devotional.
Full Day option is $35 and runs from 9-3:30 pm. Includes morning and afternoon devotionals, breakfast and lunch, free time to walk the labyrinth or the beautifully groomed trails, and pray beads craft.
Send a non-refundable $20 deposit to hold your spot to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P. O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
2017 Silent Day Retreats
Preparing Your Heart for the Holidays Silent Retreat
Dates: Saturday, November 4th and Monday, November 6th - Now Filled.
We are offering a half day morning session (9am-Noon/cost $20) and a full day (9am-3:30pm/cost $35) option.
Half day option - Morning session: guided prayer experience, journal, and breakfast.
Full day option - Includes morning and afternoon guided prayer experience, journal, Christmas theme craft (an extra $3), and breakfast and lunch.
Please RSVP:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and send a non-refundable $20 deposit to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P. O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
We are offering a Summer Silent Retreat on Friday, June 23rd.
We are offering a half day morning session (9am-Noon/cost $20) and a full day (9am-3:30pm/cost $35) option.
Half day option - Morning session: guided prayer experience, journal, and breakfast.
Full day option - Includes morning and afternoon guided prayer experience, journal, craft, and breakfast and lunch.
Afternoon Craft with Carolann Rosenthal: ribbon-yarn scarves $5
Please RSVP:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and send a non-refundable $20 deposit to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P. O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
How is it that sometimes subtly,
sometimes with a sudden startle,
God breaks through the thick
fog of our collective blindness?
Elaine M. Prevallet
A Silent Retreat (an emphasis on loss and grieving will be the focus of the retreat)
Place: Christos Center for Spiritual Formation
Saturday, March 25th, 2017
Time: 9 am - 3:30 pm
We will are offering half day (9am-Noon/cost $20) and full day (9am-3:30pm/cost $35) options. All NEW devotionals.
Half day option - Morning session: guided prayer experience, journal, and breakfast.
Full day option includes morning and afternoon guided prayer experience, journal, craft, and breakfast and lunch.
Please RSVP: send a non-refundable $20 deposit to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P. O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
2016 Silent Retreats
Preparing Your Heart for the Holidays
Silent Retreat
Saturday, November 19th
At Christos Center for Spiritual Formation
We will are offering half day (9am-Noon/cost $20) and full day (9am-3:30pm/cost $35) options. All NEW devotionals.
Half day option - Morning session: guided prayer experience, journal, and breakfast.
Full day option includes morning and afternoon guided prayer experience, journal, Christmas craft, and breakfast and lunch.
Please RSVP: send a non-refundable $20 deposit to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P. O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Let us be silent that we may hear the whisper of God. Albert Einstein
August 5-7th Silent Weekend Retreat on a Christianson Lake near Two Harbors.
We'll meet in the Lino Lakes Eagle Brook Church parking lot for leave time by 2 pm.
Carpools available.
Cost: $85 (meals included)
Limit of 8 women
Our time together will include evening and morning devotionals, a pontoon ride at dusk and a hike up Oberg Mountain and plenty of free time to spend with the Savior.
*Cabin is not handicap accessible
What to bring:
Towels/washcloths
Favorite pillow or blanket to curl up in
Swimsuit and water shoes
Hiking shoes (and poles, if you'd like)
Clothes appropriate for hot steamy summer days and cool summer evenings
A deposit of $40 will hold your spot. Send check to Heart Matters Publishing, P.O. Box 10671 White Bear Lake, MN 55110.
April Silent Day Retreat - Saturday, the 23rd
Christos Center for Spiritual Formation. Half day (9 am-Noon/ cost $20 or Noon-3:30 pm/ cost $25) and full day (9 am-3:30 pm/cost $35) options.
Half day option - Morning session: guided prayer experience, journal, and breakfast / Afternoon session: guided prayer experience, journal, lunch and prayer bracelet or necklace.
Full day option includes morning and afternoon guided prayer experience, journal, prayer bead bracelet or necklace, and breakfast and lunch.
Please RSVP: send a non-refundable $20 deposit to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P. O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
2015 Silent Day Retreats
Silence and solitude are two very necessary spiritual gifts we rarely avail ourselves of. If Jesus has been whispering to your heart of late...nudging you to set apart time to slip away with Him, and Him alone, we would like to encourage you to come to our next Silent Day Retreat on Saturday, February 20th. We will are offering half day (9am-Noon/ cost $20 or Noon-3:30pm/ cost $25) and full day (9am-3:30pm/cost $35) options.
Gift the Savior with an opportunity to spend the day alone with Him in the ...beautiful surroundings of Christos Center for Spiritual Formation in Lino Lakes.
Half day option - Morning session: guided prayer experience, journal, and breakfast / Afternoon session: guided prayer experience, journal, lunch and prayer bracelet or necklace.
Full day option includes morning and afternoon guided prayer experience, journal, prayer bead bracelet or necklace, and breakfast and lunch.
Please RSVP: by sending a non-refundable $20 deposit to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P. O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Thomas a Kempis
As Thanksgiving and Christmas draw near... with all their myriad tasks of meal preparation, tree-trimming and gift giving... plan now to carve out time to quiet yourself before God and allow His Spirit to breathe peace into your hearts. You'll be so glad you did!
Join us for Preparing Your Heart for the Holidays Quiet Day Retreat on Friday, November 13th. Space is limited.
The venue is Christos Center for Spiritual Formation in Lino Lakes, Minnesota (map below).
There are two retreat options available -
A Half Day Retreat:
Morning Session runs from 9 am - Noon. Cost is $20 (includes breakfast goodies, journal and quiet time devotional). or...
Afternoon Session runs from Noon - 3:30pm. Cost is $25 (includes lunch, journal, craft and quiet time devotional).
and...
A Full day retreat:
Runs from 9am - 3:30pm. Cost is $35 (includes breakfast goodies, journal, quiet time devotionals, lunch and craft).
To reserve a spot please RSVP by mailing a deposit of $20 to:
Heart Matters Publishing
P.O. Box 10671
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
- We know that life is busy and unpredictable. But, we also know that when you carve out time to spend with the Savior...quietly waiting, walking and talking with him in the beauty of his creation...it will feed your soul like nothing else can!The venue: Christos Center for Spiritual Formation in Lino Lakes (map below).
A Half day retreat runs from 9am - Noon. Cost is $20 (includes breakfast goodies, journal and quiet time devotional)
A Full day retreat runs from 9am - 3:30pm Cost is $35 (includes breakfast goodies, journal, quiet time devotionals, lunch and craft) - To reserve a spot please RSVP in the comment section below and, if possible, mail a deposit of $20 to:
Heart Matters Publishing P.O. Box 10671 White Bear Lake, MN 55110 - We are offering two opportunities for you on Friday, September 18th and Saturday, September 19th:
- Friday, June 19th - Summer Quiet Day Retreat. Before life bubbles over with summertime activity...gift yourself with a day set apart to walk in the quiet woods with the Savior, sit at his feet in stillness and bask in his love. A Quiet Day Retreat: Friday, June 19th at Christos Center for Spiritual Formation.
Half day retreat: 9am - Noon $20 (includes breakfast goodies, journal and quiet time devotional)
Full day retreat: 9am - 3:30pm $35 (includes breakfast goodies, journal, quiet time devotionals, lunch and craft)
- Avalon Tearoom and Pastry Shoppe together with White Bear Lake author Julie Miller invite you to take tea with them on Tuesday, May 5th, from 5 pm to 8 pm for Julie's Book-Signing Event.
2179 - 4th Street White Bear Lake, MN 55110
(651) 653-3822
You can’t get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. C.S. Lewis
- Silent Retreat Weekend, May 3-5, 2015 - Villa Maria Silent Retreat Weekend sponsored through Christos Center for Spiritual Formation.
Emerging from the Quiet: A Silent Spring Retreat
Where?
Villa Maria
29847 County 2 Blvd
Frontenac, MN 55026
When?
6:00 pm May 1 – 12:00pm May 3
How much?
Thanks to a generous donation, we are able to offer this retreat for just the cost of room and board – only $200.00 per person. Beyond that, any amount you feel led to give will be treated as a donation and used for future retreats.
What’s Included?
Private rooms with bedding, towels, chair, and desk
Shared powder rooms and showers
All meals from Friday dinner to Sunday brunch
Morning and Evening prayer
Five guided reflections
Spiritual Direction
REGISTER at: www.christoscenter.org - click on Twin Cities Events tab.
- Friday, February 20th, 2015 - With an Everlasting Love: A Quiet Day Retreat
Nothing in a day is too small to be a part of my scheme. The little stones in a mosaic play a big part. I am the Lord of the little things. And joy is the cement that secures the harmony and beauty of My mosaic.
God Calling
There will be two session options available:
Option One - Morning Session from 9am-Noon $20 (includes breakfast goodies and journal.)
Option Two - Full Day Session from 9am-3:30pm $35 (includes breakfast goodies, lunch, journal and craft.)
At: Christos Center for Spiritual Formation 1212 Holly Drive, Lino Lakes, MN 55038
2014 Silent Day Retreats
- Preparing Your Heart for the Holidays Quiet Day Retreats - at Christos Center for Spiritual Formation.
Monday, November 17th, 2014 with the Prayer Chicks of EBC
and Monday, November 8th, 2014 with the sweetest group of gals
- A September Small Group Quiet Day Retreat @ Christos Center for Spiritual Formation
- July - A Time of Refreshing Quiet Day Retreat @ Christos Center for Spiritual Formation.
- April - Breathe on Me O Breath of Life Quiet Day Retreat @ Christos Center for Spiritual Formation
- February - In the Bleak Midwinter Quiet Day Retreat @ Christos Center for Spiritual Formation
2013 Silent Day Retreats
- October - Come Away With Me Quiet Day Retreat in WBL