Retirement

Finding Your Path to Wholeness 

A retreat to help you reflect and share on this sacred time of transition.

Are you newly retired? Thinking about retiring?

Join us for this four-week online retreat.

Retirement is not the end. It is the beginning.

Are you newly retired, thinking of retiring, or looking back on where retirement has taken you thus far? Are you wondering what this new season means for you?

The inner landscape of the retirement experience unearths invitations to heal, grow in authenticity, and deepen our relationship with the Holy. Yet few, if any, opportunities offer us prayer and support as we travel this new and expanding terrain.

Recognizing God’s dream for you.

Author Angeles Arrien says, “This time (of retirement) offers the wisdom gifts of curiosity, flexibility, self-acceptance, and the choice to be fully alive, a courageous explorer willing to disturb the comfort of familiar roles to discover the true face that lies beneath.”

Allow this time of transition to be Spirit’s invitation to wholeness. This retreat intends to provide sacred time and space for you to begin the journey of unearthing a new beginning that the gift of retirement can bring.

Each two-hour gathering will include time to reflect, prayer, and sharing (always with the option to pass from the sharing). All with the intention to help you feel supported and inspired to think of retirement in a new way.

Come together, in prayer and in community as we explore:

  • Week One: Acceptance: Your journey starts right where you are.

  • Week Two: Letting Go: Allow yourself time to release the past.

  • Week Three: Authentic Self: Grow into your true self and let God love you. 

  • Week Four: God’s Dream for You: Listen for God in your deepest desires.

Retirement: Finding Your Path to Wholeness

Four 2-hour live online sessions on Wednesdays

September 23, 30, 2026

October 7, 14, 2026

9AM-11 PT | 11AM-1 CT | 12PM-2 ET

Registration opens soon.

Sign up if you would like to be notified when registration opens.

I loved the fresh insights into retirement life; particularly the idea that these upcoming years may hold a different, sacred call for me than my previous years. It was an opportunity to go inward, guided by thoughtful questions and begin to explore what more God has for me moving forward.

- Linda H., CA

Karen, thank you for your outstanding retirement retreat. You are truly gifted. The experience was reassuring for me. I am on the right track in my pilgrimage, this chapter of my life.

-Maureen O., CA

Meet Your Facilitator

Karen Brugge

Karen Brugge is a spiritual director and Sacred Circle Coordinator, facilitator and member of the Retreat, Reflect, Renew Leadership Team.

Karen retired four years ago, following her four-decade career in clinical social work. She found that the retirement process is often not talked about and relishes the opportunity to open up the conversation in the light of the Spirit within the Retreat, Reflect, Renew community. She looks forward to listening and sharing the retirement journey with you.

FAQ’s

  • This retreat will have a balance of presentation, personal time to reflect and have a break, and sharing (if you choose to share).

  • No. Sharing is always optional.

  • Sharing in the large group and in a breakout room is always optional. The sharing is guided by a pledge agreement to ensure confidentiality, respect, and no sharing of political views.

  • You feeling welcome is our greatest priority. The intention of this retreat and ministry is to meet you wherever you are in your faith journey, whether you attend church regularly or have never been. This is a Christ-centered ministry that welcomes all denominations.

  • No, come as you are.

We look forward to welcoming you.