Please note: this schedule is subject to change.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner (for those staying overnight Thursday) |
| 8:00 | Evening Activities - Informal fellowship (for those staying overnight) |
Friday, October 30, 2015
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast (for those staying overnight Thursday) |
| 9:00 | Check In for Early Arrival Sessions Attendees |
| EARLY ARRIVAL SESSIONS | |
| 10:00 | Early Arrival Sessions - C.S. Lewis Readers Track - Andrew Lazo & Crystal Hurd - Writer's Workshop Track - "What We Can Learn About Writing From the Great Writers" - Terry Glaspey - Academic Roundtable |
| 11:30 | Break |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 | Early Arrival Sessions - C.S. Lewis Readers Track - Andrew Lazo & Crystal Hurd - Writer's Workshop Track - "Navigating the World of Publishing" - Terry Glaspey - Academic Roundtable |
| 2:00 | Retreat Check-In |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:15 | Early Arrival Sessions - C.S. Lewis Readers Track - Andrew Lazo & Crystal Hurd - Writer's Workshop Track - "Telling It Slant: Finding New Ways to Reflect the Old, Old Story" - Terry Glaspey - Academic Roundtable |
| MAIN RETREAT BEGINS | |
| 5:00 | Retreat Opening Welcome Session |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:00 | Performing Arts Program - Bob Bennett - Ad Deum Dance Co. |
| 10:00 | Evening Activities - Bag End Cafe - Sprinklings |
Saturday, October 31, 2015
| 7:30 a.m. | Morning Prayer |
| 8:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Plenary Session #1 - Devotional - Randy Steele - "Unfallen Worlds: Malacandra and Perelandra" - Jerry Root |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | Breakout Sessions - "Leadership Lessons with C.S. Lewis and Elwin Ransom" - Crystal Hurd - "A Cloud of Creative Witnesses: A Celebration of Our Creative Heritage" (for both writers & nonwriters) - Terry Glaspey - Interview session with Abigail Santamaria on her book Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis - Lancia E. Smith, interviewing - Great Books Session - "Euthyphro" by Plato - Scott Key, facilitating - "Confirming C.S. Lewis' Quotations" - William O'Flaherty |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 3:30 | Free Time |
| 1:15 | Writer's Workshop Session - "Calling – What Is It and What Do I Do to Answer It?" - Lancia Smith |
| 3:30 | Breakout Sessions - Panel on Women & C.S. Lewis - facilitated by Scott Key, with Carolyn Curtis, Mary Pomroy Key, Devin Brown, Crystal Hurd, Andrew Lazo, Kasey Mascenti, and Steve Elmore - "Where Are the Storytellers?" - Bob Bennett - Writers Workshop Session - "A Writers Disciplines" - Melanie Stiles - "C.S Lewis: Humility as a Synonym for Honesty" - Jerry Root - “Gospel and Culture: Good News for Cultural Transformation” - Randy Steele - Great Books Session - excerpt from The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky - David Rozema, facilitating |
| 4:30 | Break & Book Signing |
| 5:45 | Dinner |
| 6:45 | Plenary Session #2 - Devotional - Randy Steele - "The Abolition of Man: Predicate to Thulcandra" - Jerry Root - Video and Q&A: Discussing Mere Christianity - Devin Brown |
| 9:45 | Evening Activities - Bag End Cafe - Sprinklings |
Sunday, November 1, 2015
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Plenary Session #3 - - "The Fallen World: The Region of Hope" - Jerry Root |
| 10:20 | Break |
| 10:45 | Worship Service - Sermon - Randy Steele |
| 11:45 | Check Out |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
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