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Boynton Beach Retreat, 2015 T he 2015 Boynton Beach Retreat will be held January 18 – 22, 2015. Once again we have lined up a great list of speakers: Back by popular request is Dr. Greg Rose of Bryn Athyn College.  His topic will be: Culture and Politics: Arab and American. • The Rev. Jeremy Simons, retired pastor of the Bryn Athyn Church and Chaplain of the Bryn Athyn Cathedral, will be joining us for the first time. • The Rev. Dr. Thane Glenn, one of the popular teachers of “Rookie Religion” at Bryn Athyn College, will also be a first-time presenter. • The banquet speaker will be a long-time friend and presenter at the Retreat, the Rev. George McCurdy.  On one afternoon we will offer a short optional program, “How to tweak your memory of sermons and lectures for key information,” presented by Phoebe Simons Tucker.  Hopefully, Karen Lehne again will be available for Tai Chi Some have asked about availability sessions. of Jonathan Rose’s presentations at This year’s main programs will be held the 2014 program. He has taped and in the Duncan Center’s beautiful chapel, edited them. The Rev. Kenneth Alden just across the driveway from the former has made them available to anyone wishing them at: venue. We have kept the fees unchanged for www.newchurchboyntonbeach.org/ the past couple of years. Last year we knew resources/BoyntonBeachRetreat_ we were doing a little “deficit spending” materials.html but felt our reserves were as high as they A copy of Dr. Kristin King’s banquet needed to be.  This year costs for the speech is also available at: http:// Duncan Center, the banquet and travel all www.brynathyn.edu/wp-content/ have risen. Thus we are forced to raise the uploads/2013/07/KK-BAC-BoyntonBeach-Address2014.pdf  basic fees to $225 until October 15, and $250 thereafter.  We have reserved all 40 guest rooms at the Duncan Center for this year’s event. Registration materials will be sent out later this summer.  If you have questions or a name to add to our mailing list please contact us at the email address below. Mark your calendar now. Bob Brickman, Director [email protected] | 561-278-6037 308