Event Detail



Theologies of Play and Rest
Monday, June 16, 2025, 10:00 am-4:00 pm ET.
An ON-SITE retreat for Aspirants and Candidates
Registration limited to 30 participants.

Description: This ON SITE retreat is offered with the option for you to gather in person in Baltimore, pre-Ministry Days.  An alternate offering for a Virtual Retreat option will be available in the Summer of 2025 (final dates TBA).

Participants will take a deep dive into personal and collective discernment practices through poetry, embodied ritual and deep listening. With attention to theological framing and sustaining practices to support flourishing ministries, we’ll play, learn and rest in a community of care. 

Programs will begin at 1oam Eastern on Monday, June 16 and end at 4pm. We ask that you plan your travel so that you can attend all sessions. There is NO registration fee for MFN participants and the UUMA can subsidized (flight, ground, train, transfers) up to $500*.  Lunch will be provided as part of the program on Monday.  

For this particular event - to obtain a travel subsidy you need to:
1.  Be current with UUMA dues 
2. Register for Ministry Days 
3. Participate in a pre-retreat gathering via Zoom on June 3, 2025 at 7-8:30pm ET/ 6-7:30pm CT/ 5-6:30pm MT/ 4-5:30pm PT
4. Participate in a post retreat reflection session via Zoom on June 25, 2025 at 7-8:30pm ET/ 6-7:30pm CT/ 5-6:30pm MT/ 4-5:30pm PT

FACILITATORS: 

Rev. Erika Hewitt (she/her) has a full-time ministry serving the UUA, and a part-time ministry as a wedding officiant in New England.  She loves working with seminarians--perhaps because she felt like a Hot Mess all the way through seminary (and beyond!).  She values curiosity, boundaries, and blanket forts. 

 



Rev. Tania Y. Márquez (she/ella) works full time for the UUA and part-time as a per diem hospital chaplain in San Diego, CA. An ordained UU minister, Board certified chaplain, and trained Spiritual Director, Tania enjoys offering workshops on grief, healing and personal growth in the community. A woman of the borderlands, a fronteriza, she believes in the healing power of words, movement, ritual, and community. 

For questions about the retreat program, please contact Michelle Favreault, MFN manager. 

 

*To obtain a travel subsidy you need to:
1. Be current with UUMA dues 
2.Register for Ministry Days 
3.Participate in a pre-retreat program via Zoom on June 3, 2025 at 7-8:30pm ET/ 6-7:30pm CT/ 5-6:30pm MT/ 4-5:30pm PT
4.Participate in a post retreat reflection session via Zoom on June 25, 2025 at 7-8:30pm ET/ 6-7:30pm CT/ 5-6:30pm MT/ 4-5:30pm PT