The Journey Daybook, Inc.

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I am writing to tell you about an introductory Journey Daybook retreat to be held at the Cerveny Conference Center, Camp Weed Episcopal Conference Grounds east of Live Oak, FL on February 18-19, 2011.The Journey Daybook, Inc. is a non-profit educational cooperative that offers adventures, instruction, and service opportunities. We believe that the meaning of a life’s journey can be slowly revealed by creating illustrated journals of actual journeys. For the past eight years, The Journey Daybook, Inc., has conducted Retreats and Adventures to locations near and far: St. Augustine, Cedar Key, The Ocala National Forest, Suwannee River State Park, Camp Weed and Wakulla Springs in Florida; Sapelo Island and Unicoi State Park in Georgia; the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina; and to France, Cuba and Peru.

This retreat will focus on presenting the journey daybook concept and practice and is limited to 12 participants.  Each of us will have ample time to work individually and, through group activities, instruction and sharing meals, we also will experience community.

We will begin promptly at 11am on Friday and close at 2pm on Saturday. During the time we are together, we will introduce you to the Journey Daybook process. You need not be an artist to make a journey daybook; you only need an open heart. Your journey daybook will be created as you learn to apply some basics of art technique and writing. We will offer instruction and demonstrations and will allow adequate time to create pages.  At the end of the retreat, we’ll review and share our pages.  Our hope is to inspire each of the participants to continue keeping a journey daybook on a regular basis and to participate in ongoing Journey Daybook events: alumni adventures, exhibitions, service projects and future retreats.

Tuition for this 27-hour retreat is $125.00. Tuition includes instruction; a happy hour on Friday; three delicious meals provided by the conference center (dinner on Friday and breakfast & lunch on Saturday); and shared accommodations in attractive, comfortable motel-style rooms. If you prefer a private room, we can arrange for that; the additional cost would be $50. Because of the short time-line, your check for the full cost of the retreat is due by Wednesday, February 2. If after registering you need to cancel, you can obtain a full refund by notifying me before February 7 when I notify the camp of our exact numbers. If you cancel after February 7, we cannot guarantee a refund since we would have to first fill your space first. (Go to www.campweed.org if you’d like to learn more about Camp Weed. Several of us have attended events at Camp Weed over the years and can attest that it is a lovely place for retreats.)

You will receive a confirmation letter after registering, which will include a list of suggested materials and more details about the retreat. If you do not have materials at hand, a “starter kit” of journey daybook art supplies will be available for you to buy at the retreat. There will also be ample materials for people to experiment with.

We hope that you will be as enthusiastic as we have become about creating a Journey Daybook. Please send me your registration and a check made out to the Journey Daybook, Inc, at my home address listed below, as soon as possible but no later than Wednesday, February 2^nd. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Barbara Beynon

President, The Journey Daybook, Inc.

2345 NW 31st Terrace

Gainesville FL 32605

Home Phone: (352)377-8943 Cell Phone: (352)514-2058 Email: bbeynon1@cox.net