 | Connecting the New Thought community through Consciousness and Love |
Fall Retreat 2023
The annual gathering at Unity Village was a joyous opportunity to connect with the ANTN "family"! |
Fall Retreat 2023| Time | Mon Oct. 2 | Tue Oct. 3 | Wed Oct. 4 | Thu Oct. 5 | Fri Oct. 6 | |
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| 7-8am | Yoga | Yoga | Yoga | |||
| 8:10-8:40am | Meditation | Meditation | Meditation | |||
| 6:30-9am | Breakfast (Hotel) | Breakfast (Hotel) | Breakfast (Hotel) | Breakfast (Hotel) | ||
| 9am-Noon | Music & Morning Session | Music & Morning Session | Music & Morning Session | 9:30-11:00 | ||
| Nimo Patel Workshop | Jeffon Seely | Lisa Benson | Music & Closing Session - Taize | |||
| 3 Power Talks | 3 Power Talks | 3 Power Talks | Hotel Checkout by 11am | |||
| Noon-1pm | Lunch (optional) | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | ||
| 1-2pm | Campus Walking Tour | Sacred Time | Sacred Time | Sacred Time | ||
| 2-3pm | Sound/AV check | Graduation setup | ||||
| 3-4pm | Volunteer Training | Membership Meeting | Graduation rehearsal | |||
| 4-5pm | New Attendee Welcome | Emerson graduation | ||||
| 5:30-6:30pm | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | |||
| Banquet & auction | ||||||
| 7-9pm | Opening session | Music & Evening Session | Music & Evening Session | |||
| Concert: | Jeffon Seely | James Mellon | ||||
| Daniel Nahmod & Nimo | Offering | Offering | ||||
| 9-10pm | Labyrinth Walk | Talent Show |
Airport Transportation - ANTN has partnered with Five Guys Transportation for easy and affordable transportation from and to Kansas City International Airport before, during or after the Retreat. Reserve a ride online, and the driver will meet you in the baggage claim area after your flight arrives. If there are other ANTN attendees riding to Unity Village, you'll share the ride AND THE FARE! |
Bidding in the online auction goes live on September 18. You can register in advance, and bid on these fabulous items until the auction closes at 9am CT on Friday 10/6 |
Please register your item with a full description, including photos. The Auction Team will work with you to determine whether your item will be in the Live Auction or Silent Auction at the Thursday night Banquet, or in the Online Auction. |
Sign up to perform in the Wednesday evening Talent Show. Five-minute slots are open to people on site or on Zoom. It's in the FREE Zoom room, which is open to everyone. |
Campus Map - The main sessions and breakfast are in the Conference Center (Building 800). Please note that there is road construction at the Conference Center entrance. Only the Main Entrance at NW Blue Parkway is accessible. |
Registration is still open - Get full access to the Concert, Morning & Evening Sessions, and special Sacred Time activities. You'll also get Priority access to all of the Retreat videos. |
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| Time | Activity/Event | Location | |
| 7-8am | Silent Unity - Bobby Kyser/Brenda Peters. Please sign up for a 30 minute session in the Prayer Vigil. Meet in the hotel lobby for a ride across campus. | Hotel Lobby | |
| 7-8am | Yoga w. Sonja Mathis | Fillmore Chapel | |
| 7-8am | Online Chanting with Julie Fischer Zoom Mtg: 847 1179 3542 Password: Peace |
Zoom | |
| 8:10-8:40am | Meditation with Pjae Stanley | Fillmore Chapel | |
| 6:30-9am | Breakfast | Hotel | |
| 9am-noon | Morning Session Jeffon Seely - Inner World, Outer Reflection: The Path of Transformation Within us all is a creative energy that we use to assist in co-creating our reality. It is very easy to state this in the form of words but can be challenging to emerge from habitual mental patterns that keep us living in a certain way, day after day. This session is focused on creating an inner shift that has the power to transform all things and is centered on the question, “What would happen if we were able to live from and embody a consciousness of human equality?” Power Talks Ruth Miller - The 4 Ss in Spiritual Success Developing and maintaining a daily spiritual practice can seem daunting at times, but is absolutely essential for keeping ourselves on our spiritual path. Dr. Miller provides a simple formula to help us re-member our spiritual principles each day. Tiffani Milne - Love and Other Four Letter Words It may be taboo in New Thought circles to admit that life can suck sometimes, but denying it doesn’t make it suck any less. While denial can’t lessen the suck, love and taking it all a little less seriously certainly can! Sydney Lehman Steen - Assume the Position. Per Richard Rohr: "We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking." That's it. That's the description |
Conference Room & Zoom Greeters (beginning at 8:45): Brenda Schuck Kathi Wilson Virtual Greeter: Donna Baranyay Opening Prayer: Sonja Mathis Prayer Volunteer: Susan Dexter MC: Paul Hoyt |
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| Noon-1pm | Box Lunch - pick up in the Dining Hall, and have a picnic on campus | Dining Hall | |
| Noon-1pm | Circle of Angels Luncheon | Roots Seasonal Cuisine | |
| 1-5:30pm | Sacred Time | ||
| 1-3pm | Silent Unity - Bobby Kyser/Brenda Peters. Please sign up for a 30 minute session in the Prayer Vigil. Meet in the hotel lobby for a ride across campus. | Hotel Lobby | |
| 1-2pm | Gather n Gab with Pjae Stanley & Paul Hoyt | Hotel Lobby & Zoom | |
| 1-2pm | Circle of Angels Tower Tour | Tower | |
| 1-1:50pm | Quiet Time in the Fillmore Chapel | Fillmore Chapel | |
| 1-3pm | Mala Bead Meditation Workshop with Sharri Johnson Learn some of the history of Mala Beads, make a Mala bracelet, learn a kinetic meditation using the bracelet. |
Breakfast Room | |
| 2-2:50pm | Sacred Soul Dance with Ali Benjamin An experience of stillness, movement, dance, music, imagery, synergy, and prayer. Ali will guide you inward to find your soul’s rhythm, to release resistance, embody joy, and move as love’s presence. We will move through the five stages of affirmative prayer as never before, expand our consciousness, and create a sacred container for something wonderful to happen. |
Fillmore Chapel | |
| 3-4:30pm |
Membership Meeting
This free session uses a different Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85691794805 |
Conference Room & Zoom | |
| 5-5:15pm | Online Meditation w. New Thought Philadelphia - Carolyn Nixon, RScP Meeting ID: 960 058 8100 - Password: 960 058 8100 |
Zoom | |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Dinner | Dining Hall | |
| 7-9pm | Evening Session James Mellon: Are You Asking the Right Questions? In a quantum field of expansive potential, our inquisitive nature is the key to moving energy. Join Dr. Mellon as he asks us to look at the way we question the world around us as well as the one within. Using his new book, "The 5 Questions," Dr. James will provoke, inspire, stimulate and awaken the questions within, ready to lead us forward. Offering |
Conference Room & Zoom Greeters (beginning at 6:45): Jeanne Kataoka & Mike Kataoka Virtual Greeter: Marina Asilomar Opening Prayer: Carol Lawson Prayer Volunteer: Michelle Davis MC: Paul Hoyt |
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| 9-10pm | Talent Show with Bill Marchiony This free session uses a different Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85691794805 |
Conference Room & Zoom |
| Time | Activity/Event | Location | |
| 7-8am | Silent Unity - Bobby Kyser/Brenda Peters. Please sign up for a 30 minute session in the Prayer Vigil. Meet in the hotel lobby for a ride across campus. | Hotel Lobby | |
| 7-8am | Yoga w. Sonja Mathis | Fillmore Chapel | |
| 7-8am | Online Chanting with Julie Fischer Zoom Mtg: 847 1179 3542 Password: Peace |
Zoom | |
| 8:10-8:40am | Meditation with Sharri Johnson | Fillmore Chapel | |
| 6:30-9am | Breakfast | Hotel | |
| 9am-noon | Morning Session Lisa Benson - Emerge as the Best Version of You; Through a Life of Learning and Unlearning Emergence is a process of coming into being. It’s the action necessary to become the best version of you! During Lisa's thought-provoking keynote address she’ll make authentic connections, inspire and empower attendees to be "all in" when it comes to leading with empathy, deciding to learn about others, and reaching towards your better self with intentionality! This keynote address will challenge good people to journey into greatness by treating everyone like fellow humans who are worthy of kindness, respect, and love! Power Talks Ellen Debenport - Unity World Headquarters update Renee LeBoa - Let Go - Or Get Dragged Life Lessons I Learned As A Child. There is power in the process of release, detachment, and surrender. Brenda Peters - I'm F.I.N.E Really, how FINE are we? Let's take another look at how our feelings and emotions affect ourSELF and others when not addressed. |
Conference Room & Zoom Greeters (beginning at 8:45): Mary Beth Speer, Mike Speer Virtual Greeter: Lisa Potashkin Opening Prayer: Lisa Stewart Prayer Volunteer: Barb Jakubowski MC: Pjae Stanley |
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| Noon-1pm | Lunch | Dining Hall | |
| 1-5:30pm | Sacred Time | ||
| 1-3pm | Silent Unity - Bobby Kyser/Brenda Peters. Please sign up for a 30 minute session in the Prayer Vigil. Meet in the hotel lobby for a ride across campus. | Hotel Lobby | |
| 1-2pm | Marketing/Social Media workshop with Suzette Wehunt | Fillmore Chapel | |
| 1-2pm | Walking Tour Incl. Archives with Marlene Volper Meet at Village Commons – south side of the 100 building; red awning |
Village Commons | |
| 1-2pm | Rainbow Meditation with Abigail & Steve Albert | Zoom | |
| 2:30-3pm | Sacred Time Online Meditation with New Thought Media Network | Zoom | |
| 2:30-3:30pm | Uplifting Humanity with Ruth Miller An exploration of trends and potentials: a metaphysical look at where human consciousness is headed and why. |
Fillmore Chapel | |
| 3-3:30pm | Emerson Graduation Rehearsal | Conference Rm. & Zoom | |
| 3:30-4pm | Graduation Lineup - Please be in robes and in line for the Processional | Hotel Lobby | |
| 4-5:30pm |
Emerson Graduation Ceremony
This free session uses a different Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85691794805 |
Conference Rm. & Zoom | |
| 5-5:15pm | Online Meditation w. New Thought Philadelphia - Carolyn Nixon, RScP Meeting ID: 960 058 8100 - Password: 960 058 8100 |
Zoom | |
| 6-9pm | Banquet & Auction | Dining Hall | |
| Bid in the online auction until 9am Friday https://givebutter.com/c/BksLSq/auction |
Greeters (beginning at 8:45): Jeannie Soverns, Michelle Davis Opening Prayer: Margaret Palayge Prayer Volunteer: Paul Hoyt MC & Auctioneer: Jerry Troyer |
| Time | Activity/Event | Location | |
| 7-8am | Silent Unity - Bobby Kyser/Brenda Peters. Please sign up for a 30 minute session in the Prayer Vigil. Meet in the hotel lobby for a ride across campus. | Hotel Lobby | |
| 7-8am | Online Chanting with Julie Fischer Zoom Mtg: 847 1179 3542 Password: Peace |
Zoom | |
| 7:30-8:40am | Ministers Talking S#!t broadcast with Robert Brzezenski | Conference Room | |
| 6:30-9am | Breakfast | Hotel | |
| 9am | Online auction closes | ||
| 9:30-11am | Closing Session /Taize Michele Whittington, Cerise Patron, Daniel Nahmod close our time together. Note that hotel checkout is 11am, and the facility is unable to provide late checkout. Baggage can be checked at the front desk or kept in the Conference Room |
Conference Room & Zoom Greeters (beginning at 9:15): Sharri Johnson, Gay Beauregard Virtual Greeter: Iris Sauder Opening Prayer: Ali Benjamin Prayer Volunteer: Paul Hoyt |