Retirement:
Finding Your Path to Wholeness
A retreat to help you reflect and share on this sacred time of transition.
Are you newly retired or thinking about retiring?
Join us for a four-week online retreat.
September 23, 30, 2026
October 7, 14, 2026
9AM-11 PT | 11AM-1 CT | 12PM-2 ET
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 the invitations retirement holds for you. Each week is designed to help you feel supported and inspired to think of retirement in a new way.
Each two-hour gathering will include time to reflect, prayer, and sharing (always with the option to pass from the sharing). May this be an opportunity for you to listen to Spirit, within your own your heart and journey for the for the gifts that retirement can bring.
This retreat is for you if:
You have recently retired and want this new phase of life to be intentional.
You are thinking about retiring, yet unsure what that could look like.
You desire a place of connection and support with others navigating their retirement.
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
Register
Retirement: Finding Your Path to Wholeness
What: Four 2-hour live online sessions on Wednesdays
Each session will be recorded if you cannot attend live.
When: September 23, 30, 2026
October 7, 14, 2026
Time: 9AM-11 PT | 11AM-1 CT | 12PM-2 ET
Where: On Zoom
Cost: $200* (Pay $50 for four months)
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Retreat, Reflect, Renew is dedicated to offering spirituality in accessible ways while balancing efforts to create a financially sustainable ministry. Please pray and register in a way that honors the ministry and your comfort level.
Supporting Rate – $225
Covers your retreat fee and contributes to our scholarship fund.Sustaining Rate – $200
Covers the actual cost of delivering the retreat.Accessible Rate – $150
Choose this rate if a $50 reduction makes participation possible.Accessible Rate – $100
Choose this rate if a $100 reduction makes participation possible.Accessible Rate – $50
Choose this rate if a $150 reduction makes participation possible.Need more help?
Please contact us if you feel called to take this retreat yet none of these prices are affordable for you at this time.
Contact us if a monthly plan would help you.
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Meet Your Retreat 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.
Learn More (FAQ’s)
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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.
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This retreat will have a balance of presentation, personal time to reflect and have a break, and sharing (if you choose to share).
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No. Sharing is always optional.
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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.
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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.
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No, come as you are.
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Each session will be recorded and emailed to all registrants within 25 hous of the session.
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Yes, each session will be recorded for those who cannot attend live.
Discover retirement as your path to wholeness.
Find a place of support as you travel along the journey.