CELTIC SPIRITUALITY
With Russell Hart & Tom Herald, Celtic Harpist
The Christian Celts
knew the wonder and awe of encountering the presence of the divine in
the natural world. They loved silence & solitude, found joy in
hearth & kin, & believed that everyone should have a
soul-friend. Entering their world is like coming home.
CENTERING
PRAYER
With Russell
Hart
God is closer than
we know. Retreatants will learn a method that reduces obstacles to
communion with God & the habits conducive to responding to the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
CHILD-REARING
IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION
With Brand
Eaton
Christian parents
& childcare-professionals do not merely provide childcare, but form
lives. Christian childcare is spiritual formation.
THE
CHRISTIAN IN MARRIAGE
With Russell
Hart & Deborah Heisley-Cato
Scripture has
something to say about marriage and how we live-out our faith within
the marriage relationship. This retreat is for you whether you have
been married a month or fifty years.
DESERT
SPIRITUALITY RETREAT
With Russell Hart
This retreat looks
at the Good News & the bad news. The Good News is that we have a
soul and are somebody. The bad news is that we neither know it nor
believe it. When we forget our true worth, we also forget the source of
that worth.
DOING
MASCULINE SPIRITUALITY
With Wayne Cleary
The old patriarchal system has not only
isolated men, it has rendered many bewildered by the feminist critique,
and unable to answer the question, "So what am I supposed to be or do?"
Through meditation & prayer, group project, dialogue, worship &
rest, retreatants will seek to claim and celebrate the incarnational
goodness of being male.
DISCERNING THE WILL OF GOD
With Russell
Hart
How shall we discern God's will in the
midst of inevitable difficulties, losses and transitions, and still see
that will as loving? This is a real "stretch," but essential if we are
to mature in faith, hope & love.
DISCERNING YOUR SPIRITUAL
JOURNEY
With Laura
Beach
Teresa of Avila wrote that the impulse
to pray is like thirst. This retreat is for congregations thirsty for a
deeper prayer life. Quenching this thirst includes moving: inward &
seeking the transformation we need; upward & seeking intimacy with
the God we need; outward & seeking the ministry we need.
EXPLORING
YOUR SPIRITUAL CREATIVITY
THROUGH PRAYER
With Laura Beach
God the Creator continues to re-create us
through our prayerful response. This retreat explores the prayer that
frees the individual & consents to let God be God.
FINDING
A DEEPER FAITH THROUGH SUFFERING
With Russell Hart
When we minister in times of suffering we
must avoid the temptation to provide answers, but point instead to the
Answerer who is no stranger to suffering & acquainted with grief.
THE
HEALING OF RELATIONSHIPS
With Deborah
Heisley-Cato
God has a vision for us & for our world:
a vision of a life of wholeness and completeness; a life in which we
are at peace with God, ourselves, one another and the whole created
order. But what happens when these relationships get broken & how
can we work for the healing of these relationships?
HEALING
& WHOLENESS WEEKEND
With Russell Hart
This weekend is founded on the premise that
as members of the Body of Christ we may claim the healing gifts of the
early Church: prayer for healing & the laying-on of hands.
LIVING
INTERCESSORY PRAYER
With Russell Hart
Is your congregation an intercessing one, or
is it "stuck"? If you need an assist in this area of ministry, we can
help.
PRAYER
ON THE RUN
With Russell Hart
The spiritual life is not "there and then"
but "here and now." Discover how to be present to God in the present
moment & how to "beat" the clock.
PROFOUND
SIMPLICITY: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON
With Laura Beach
The Incarnation was both the simplest &
most profound moment in all creation, but the holidays can be stressful
& overwhelming. This retreat helps us to prepare for a different
kind of holiday season--one that embraces the profound simplicity of
Christ's coming.
THE
SPIRITUALITY OF LEADERSHIP
With Deborah
Heisley-Cato
To be a leader who is spiritual as well as a
spiritual leader requires: that we stay connected to God in Christ;
that we be part of a community of ethical formation; and that we know
ourselves to be only a part of the larger Body of Christ.
STRENGTHENING
YOUR MARRIAGE THROUGH PRAYER:
A RETREAT FOR WOMEN
With
Laura Beach
Some women who hunger for a deeper
spirituality may be married to men who do not seem to experience this
hunger. However, the prayers of a Christian wife release powerful
ministry-potential within a marriage.
WHERE
DO WE GO FROM HERE?
With Laura Beach
This
retreat offers the smaller congregation an opportunity to envision its
future in ministry. Through prayer & discernment, you can develop
created strategies to fulfill God's will.
