The Great Plains Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation has the following dates scheduled for the coming years.

All retreats are held at the St. Benedict Center near Schuyler, Nebraska.

2025 - May 4 through 9

2026 - April 12 through 17

2027 - April 11 through 16

The presenters scheduled for the 2025 Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation are Dr. Amy Oden and Rev. Juan Carlos Huertas. Dr. Oden has been on the faculties of Oklahoma City University, Saint Paul School of Theology and Wesley Theological Seminary. Rev. Huertas is Minister of Proclamation and Practice of Justice at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Opportunities for more frequent, longer term communities for spiritual formation can be found on the Upper Room website. These include the Two Year Academy and a new, hybrid model called Spirituality in Practice. This model will be composed of 3 sessions in person and 3 sessions online over 18 months. The gatherings will begin on Friday evenings and end the following Wednesday noon. The theme is “Embodied Imagination for Life and Liberation” and will focus on integrating spirituality into everyday life.

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