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	The Hermitage Over the years, people have made personal retreats at Agape for times of varying lengths, from a few hours to 8 days. A beautiful, rustic cabin, The Hermitage has a prayer loft and a bed, a wood cook stove for heat and food preparation. There is no indoor plumbing, but the hermitage is toasty warm once the stove is roaring. Retreatants are welcome to join the community for prayer and meals, or can spend the entire time in solitude, bringing their own food and cooler for food storage. Kerosene lamps and a two-burner kerosene stove are used for cooking. Many poems, essays and articles have been written in Servant Song as a tribute to the Hermitage and what it has meant to people. Read One Soul's Experience for one visitor's personal reflections on his time spent at the hermitage. Contact Agape to schedule use of the hermitage.


	Community Philosophy: Volunteers and interns who live and work at Agape are entering the various dimension of communal life which include: worship, daily prayer, contemplation, silence, close contact with nature, office work, homesteading and public witness. The richest experience occurs when an individual enters the total life at Agape, staying for a year or longer. Prayer: We see prayer as vital to community life. Abishiktananda, a Benedictine contemplative writes: "To live in constant prayer is nothing else but to live in the actual presence of God." Prayer Schedule: The community prays three times daily — 7:30 a.m., Gospel readings, interperative commentary and reflections with intercessory prayer. 12:00 noon, the Angeles. 9:00 p.m., the Christian Office. Meditations in silence on Wednesday evenings replace spoken prayer. Use of Hermitage: The hermitage is available during early morning hours and during free time. The community encourages use of the hermitage one day each month as a “hermit day.”

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