Lynnewood - Women's Retreat

Lynnewood Women's Retreat

2012 Women's Retreat

Our much anticipated women's retreat is coming soon! We are booked at Westminster Retreat Center, a beautiful manor in Alamo, for April 20-22nd. What a lovely setting we have for our time together, to learn, to share, and to renew our spirits in the company and fellowship of other women. Our retreat leader this year is our own Reverend Heather Hammer, and this provides us the added bonus of getting better acquainted with our new pastor in a smaller, more intimate setting. Though our planning has just begun, we are excited about the program and the possibilities for a meaningful and fun weekend. So, if you've been wondering what to do with that Christmas money you found in your stockings, we are accepting $50 deposits this month. (Please mark "Women's Retreat" on your check.) More details on pricing will follow, and confidential scholarships will be available. We hope to see YOU at the retreat!

From Seeds and Stones ... A Salvation Garden

Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25, 2010
Westminster Retreat Center, Alamo

“In simple humility, let our gardener God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation garden of your life.” James 1:19, The Message

We are born into a great and grand landscape which is the expanse of God’s creation. Tending life, nurturing growth, encountering the jagged edges and stony places we work the soil in anticipation of the budding beauty and glorious bounty. Throughout our lifetime we pass through and tend many gardens. We leave some behind and finally come to trust that by God’s grace, we can also carry a salvation garden within us. Join us as we explore together our journey as women from Eden to the salvation garden within.

Retreat Design Team members are: Diana Bohn, Joanne S., Debbi G., Wendy K., and Cynthia D..

Agenda

Friday

5:00pm - 6:00pm    Arrive and Check-in
6:00pm - 7:30pm    Potluck Dinner
7:30pm - 8:30pm    "Receiving the Landscape: Meeting our Surroundings and One Another"
8:30pm - 9:00pm    Worship

Saturday

8:00am - 8:45am    Breakfast
9:00am - 9:30am    Opening Worship
9:30am - 11:45am   "In the Garden, Out of the Garden", Bible Study, Genesis 2:4-3:24
12:00pm - 12:45pm  Lunch
1:00pm - 4:00pm    Free time (yoga 2:45-3:45, walking around the labyrinth, exploring the surroundings, and finding rest)
4:00pm - 5:30pm    Gardens on Silk, an adventure in scarf-making
5:30pm - 6:30pm    Dinner
6:30pm - 8:00pm    "Becoming a Salvation Garden", Bible Study, James 1:19-25 from The Message
8:00pm - 8:30pm    Worship
8:30pm    Free time

Sunday

8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast
9:30am - 10:00am Closing Worship

Debbi leading in movement			Evening free time
Joanne, our leader in scarf- making, and Heidi	Preparing the paint		Such concentration

	Relaxing on the patio	Lights adorned with scarves	Focus table with seeds, stones, scarves, and flowers
Diana leading scarf blessing		Donna playing ping pong with ...	... Diana