Advent Prayer Journey

Program Details

As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, we invite you to join Rolling Ridge for an ONLINE Advent and Christmas Prayer Journey. Each Sunday during the 4 weeks of Advent and 12 days of Christmas, we will offer reflections and contemplative sharing based on the book, "Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri Nouwen" at the Vesper Hour from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.

Along with these weekly vesper experiences, we encourage you to journey through this season with a Spiritual Director/Companion and make this an at-home, online directed retreat with six weekly meetings. Weekly spiritual direction is optional, but encouraged to allow you to experience the birth of Christ in a new way this year.

Many of our "Rolling Ridge approved" spiritual directors are offering their services as a gift, so that there is no charge for weekly spiritual direction through this online retreat. Thus, all financial donations for this Advent Prayer Journey will go to support the ministry of Rolling Ridge as a year-end offering.

About the Leaders

Lawrence Jay

As Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Lawrence Jay guides the vision and direction of Rolling Ridge. As well as working with our staff to ensure the best possible guest experience, he partners with retreat leaders to provide excellent programming at the Ridge. A trained spiritual director and ordained American Baptist pastor, Larry (as he is known by friends) is a graduate of UCLA, Golden Gate Seminary, Franciscan School of Theology, American Baptist Seminary of the West, and the Gateways to God Missional Spiritual Direction Program. He is also Adjunct Faculty at Merrimack College in the Masters of Spirituality and Spiritual Direction programs. Eco-spirituality is his passion (and was the subject of his doctoral dissertation), encouraging everyone to live into the fullness of our connection with nature, God, and all people.