Name: Advent Icon Retreat
Start: 2025-12-01T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-05T11:00:00-05:00
Location: 61 Seminary Ridge, 17325

Advent Icon Retreat
To write an icon is to pray with your hands. It is not art for art’s
sake; it is an act of love, a spiritual journey into the mystery of
God made human. — Sr. Faith Riccio, OSB, iconographer
Join us for a sacred Advent Iconography Workshop, where participants will have the rare opportunity to write an icon of the
Madonna and Child. Guided by prayer and tradition, this immersive experience invites you into a deeper meditation on the mystery of the Incarnation. As hands shape sacred image
and heart attends to holy presence, the work of iconography becomes a spiritual practice—enhancing appreciation for the season of Advent and drawing participants into a more intimate connection with God, who enters our world in vulnerable love. Participants in this experience will write a Madonna and Child
icon.
Leader
The Rev. Bonnie Oplinger is a dedicated Lutheran pastor who served in Pennsylvania, particularly within the Lower Susquehanna Synod. She has faithfully led worship and community life in Jerusalem Ev. Lutheran Church in Rothsville, PA, including offering pastoral care, officiating funerals, and leading devotions for civic gatherings.
Beyond her pastoral duties, she is remembered for personal warmth and she has historically served as organist and choir director in a number of churches since her college days.
Bonnie has been writing icons for over two decades and has facilitated a number of workshops in Lancaster and
Berks Counties.
This workshop has limited space available. Please register early here: https://ulsforms.wufoo.com/forms/q1fz1eb00lsjk9u/