Eldering: A Tending the Soul Retreat
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 - Gather: 8:30, Retreat: 9:00 -3:00
What is yours to do in these autumn and winter stages of life? In a day of silence with God, what do you hear? Are you invited to be:
· Integrating / Synthesizing / Metabolizing?
· Embracing?
· Generating / Creating?
· Holding and giving space?
· Welcoming?
· Discovering?
· Relating?
· Reconciling?
· Grieving?
· Deepening?
· Revering?
· Others?
Includes long spaces of time for quiet reflection which may include outdoor walks and/or inside journaling, prayer and reading—all invited by three short talks by the Retreat Guide. Bring your journal and a bag lunch.
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026
Tending the Soul Retreat - Eldering
Gather at 8:30 am, retreat runs from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
In person at Christos in Lino Lakes, MN
Coffee, tea and water available. Please bring your lunch.
COST: We welcome everyone, regardless of financial circumstance, to join us.
Pay What It Costs - $45
Your payment of this amount supports the mission of Christos by ensuring that the costs of hosting this workshop are fully met. This also lets us wisely prepare budgets for future workshops and events.
Pay It Forward - $65
Your payment of this amount empowers fellow contemplative seekers to deepen their connection with God by attending the workshop and also lets us expand accessibility to those experiencing limited financial circumstances.
Pay As You Can - $20
Your payment of this amount allows Christos to honor your desire to deepen your connection with God within your current circumstance. If those circumstances prohibit this amount, please email traci@christoscenter.org
Registration closes at noon on Thurs., Jan. 15, 2026
Please review our cancellation policy
Retreat Guide: Tom Allen has served as a spiritual director for 25 years. As an organization development practitioner, he supported others in their transformations. He sees the world with a different set of eyes and experiences all of life as sacred, including the tragic. He was led and taught by “the least of these” from the streets. He came to see Alzheimer’s caregiving for his wife as a spiritual practice and his wife as a spiritual teacher.
