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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Green Work

March 17, 2012
Retreat House at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat

Calling all Members, Partner Groups and Friends!

St. Patrick loved to wield a rake, saw or garden hoe and we do too!  Join us on Saturday, March 17, 2012, for a joyful day of working together on the land.  We plan wood cutting, gardening and trail work.

Coffee and muffins at 9:30; work begins at 10. Lunch and supper provided. After supper join us for a campfire, Irish folk tales and more, music and games.

The Retreat House is open and available for overnight stays (no charge) on both Friday and Saturday.  Bring your own food for meals other than Saturday lunch and supper. Hours worked count toward membership and partner group volunteer commitments.

This event is FREE, but you must register to attend. Please register by March 9 so we know how much food to prepare. To register, email Lindsay@rollingridge.net or call 304-724-1069.

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It is hard to explain to a loving person who can only give, what the refusal to receive does to would-be givers. If our gifts come out of the substance of who we are, to refuse our gifts is a rejection of our very self. At the same time, the turning away of a gift destroys the reciprocity of love. In place of mutuality, it sets up a hierarchy of love that makes the one who always receives and whose gifts are refused feel empty, powerless, and incompetent to love well, and so unable in turn to receive from the beloved with a grateful heart.

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