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Valle Crucis Conference Center

LXCL:Ticket cost covers a wonderful speaker, lunch, snacks, and program materials.

At Season's Turn: Advent Retreat

LXCL:Stay in the charming 1896 Mission House. Full kitchen, gas log fireplace, and nine bedrooms. Three hall bathrooms and sinks in some rooms.

Friday night lodging in the Mission House

Please bring a check for $65 made out to VCCC with you, or $120 if you are purchasing lodging as well. 

Observing the Seasons of the Church causes us to remember&mdash;to look at a Season anew, to anticipate as new something that we have known as of old. Advent is uniquely a gift of remembrance and of waiting. Remember: What was it like to live in the century before Christ? To live without hope?What was it like:To be living in the Age of Augustus who thought himself a god?To be living in the luxuries of the Hellenistic culture or in the misery of the Greco-Roman power that favored the rich and punished the poor? One that honored citizens of Rome but punished severely immigrants and foreigners?&nbsp; This Advent 2026 we will look back at the culture of the times, before the Holy Coming, and examine the meaning of anticipation and the wonder of fulfillment.<div data-block="true" data-editor="bvlvp" data-offset-key="26lu-0-0" fr-original-style='font-family: "Optimistic 95", system-ui, sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 43, 51); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' style='font-family: "Optimistic 95", system-ui, sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 43, 51); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'><div data-offset-key="26lu-0-0" fr-original-style="position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap; direction: ltr; text-align: left; font-family: inherit;" style="position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap; direction: ltr; text-align: left; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> </div></div>The program will be in the beautiful, light-filled Johnson Hall, with lunch provided. $65 covers an amazing facilitator, lunch, snacks, and program materials. A native of Thessaloniki, Greece, Katerina Whitley has worked as a church journalist on the diocesan and national levels, taught at universities, and is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles, including a stunning new memoir, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Memory-Childhood-WWII-Greece/dp/0578762919" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Myth and Memory: My Childhood in WWII Greece.</a>

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for the 2026 At Season&#39;s Turn: Advent Retreat on December 12. The Valle Crucis Conference Center will send logistics details for the facilities the week before the event; Katerina Whitley will be coordinating specifics of the program materials. If you have questions, please don&#39;t hesitate to contact executive director Margaret Love at 828-963-4453 or director@vcconferences.org.

Observing the Seasons of the Church causes us to remember—to look at a Season anew, to anticipate as new something that we have known as of old. Advent is uniquely a gift of remembrance and of waiting. Remember: What was it like to live in the century before Christ? To live without hope?What was it like:To be living in the Age of Augustus who thought himself a god?To be living in the luxuries of the Hellenistic culture or in the misery of the Greco-Roman power that favored the rich and punished the poor? One that honored citizens of Rome but punished severely immigrants and foreigners?  This Advent 2026 we will look back at the culture of the times, before the Holy Coming, and examine the meaning of anticipation and the wonder of fulfillment.<div><div> </div></div>The program will be in the beautiful, light-filled Johnson Hall, with lunch provided. $65 covers an amazing facilitator, lunch, snacks, and program materials. A native of Thessaloniki, Greece, Katerina Whitley has worked as a church journalist on the diocesan and national levels, taught at universities, and is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles, including a stunning new memoir, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Memory-Childhood-WWII-Greece/dp/0578762919" target="_blank">Myth and Memory: My Childhood in WWII Greece.</a>

Valle Crucis Conference Center

At Season's Turn: Advent Retreat

Johnson Hall at the Valle Crucis Conference Center

At Season's Turn: Advent Retreat

$65

Friday night lodging in the Mission House

$55

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