Gathering

We all have to leave something behind in order to come away on retreat. We leave families, jobs, and other responsibilities of daily life. This opening is designed to help attendees begin to release the busyness, worry, and distraction they carry, in order to settle into the calmer pace of retreat.

Gathering Breakout

Opportunity to process the concerns and needs we bring to retreat

Opening Worship

Begin time together with praise and thanksgiving for God’s presence and goodness through past chapters of life. Rejoice in the ability to gather together as a community of individuals woven together by God.

Teaching Session #1

“Though one may become overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” - Ecclesiastes 4:12

A teaching on the importance of Christian community

Small Group Breakout #1

An opportunity to process the teaching from Session 1 in partners while creating a visual of the three cord strand

Teaching Session #2

An exploration of the Rule of Life, as a framework that encourages routine soul care

Small Group Breakout #2

An exercise in determining priorities within our communities

Teaching Session #3

"I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought." - 1 Corinthians 1:10

A teaching on forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing

Closing Worship

Close time together with praise and thanksgiving for this time of retreat. Share testimonies of God’s goodness and the ways that He has woven the net of community tighter. Be encouraged to allow God, the Great Fisherman to cast this mended net to draw more people into His community.