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Retreat participants sand and wax “holding crosses” during the retreat at St. Mary, Maple Creek. Clockwise from top left are Dale Chant, Adeline Haughian, Nathan Haughian, James French (standing), Tom Magnusson, Rev. Jesse Miller, Ev Southwood and Eleanor French.
By Joann Haughian & Rev. Jesse Miller
Photography: 
Joann Haughian

Relaxing, reflective and prayerful retreat held in Maple Creek

MAPLE CREEK (Qu’A) — On March 9, St. Mary’s Anglican Church held a Lenten retreat on prayer. It was a relaxing, reflective, and prayerful day, beginning with a Taizé-style morning service.

Retreatants then made pretzels before having a soup and pretzel lunch. The pretzel knots looked like the prayerful pose of monks who pray in worship and service. Hands-on activities followed, including decorating a container to plant Easter grass; drawing and colouring Lenten activity sheets; sanding and waxing “holding crosses”; and making Anglican prayer beads.

Next, there was a discussion around how to pray using the Book of Alternative Services. The retreat ended with a short BAS mid-day prayer service.

Participants for the retreat included many from the community, as well as a youth contingent from Regina. Organizers were grateful that some of our Anglican family from Regina were able to make the trip and spend the day at St. Mary’s.

Thank you to everyone who joined in prayer and activity throughout the day!

Four of the holding crosses, made from reclaimed wood from the old bell tower of St. Mary, Maple Creek. Stan Peters cut and sanded the crosses before the Lenten retreat, and retreatants did the finishing sanding and used food-grade wax to seal the small crosses.
Young retreatants roll dough for pretzels during the Lenten retreat in Maple Creek.

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