Considering Courage
Parish Retreat 2025

Friday, October 3 – Sunday, October 5

Registration deadline is September 10.

at Seabeck Conference Center

Save the dates, and join other Grace folks at Seabeck Conference Center.
Build friendships, rest and relax, learn and discover.

Day Trippers Welcome!

  • Comfortable rooms & all meals provided
  • Kids and Youth Under 18 attend FREE!
  • Meaningful content sessions for adults — set your own pace of engagement
  • Discovery for all ages
  • Full roster of engaging activities for kids & youth — amazing crafts, games, and activities, including a field trip to SkyZone!

Our facilitator for this year's adult program is Rick Jackson, a co-founder and Senior Fellow of the Center for Courage and Renewal.

Considering Courage Program Track for Adults

“For those of us who want to see democracy survive and thrive … the heart is where everything begins: that grounded place in each of us where we can overcome fear, rediscover that we are members of one another, and embrace the conflicts that threaten democracy as openings to new life for us and for our nation.”

—Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy (published 2011)

Four sessions will follow the “Circle of Trust” approach and will focus on:

On Heartbreak & Holding Tensions
On Guarding Our Spirits
Considering Courage
Patience, Urgency, and Agency

Register and make an online payment in your Realm account below.

About our Facilitator:
With his wife, Marcy, and Parker Palmer, Rick Jackson is a Co-Founder and Senior Fellow of the Center for Courage & Renewal.

Rick teaches, speaks, and consults with leaders, non-profit organizations, and philanthropies on a range of topics, including identity and integrity, youth and community development, and strategies to foster long-term positive civic renewal. He earned a B.A. in history from St. Olaf College, a Master of Arts in Religion and Social Ethics from Yale University Divinity School, and a Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he was an executive with the YMCA for 25 years.

Center for Courage & Renewal