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SOUL OF THE SERVANT RETREAT
This retreat is the foundational event in a series of reoccurring opportunities for pastors/pastoral team members in the Mid-Atlantic. The focus is to provide intentional times of Sabbath – times centering on allowing our God to restore our souls.

All of the retreats in the series are precipitated on these 2 core beliefs:
• pastors and pastoral team members will move heaven and earth to follow Jesus… personally and in their roles among the people of God
• most pastors and pastoral team members have an ever-increasingly difficult time hearing from God.

This challenge when it comes to recognizing the Voice of God is…
• Not that pastors have “lost their first love”
• Not that pastors no longer value/want to hear from God
• But that the Voice we all want to hear is surrounded by so many competing voices… the cries of congregants, the latest-greatest author read, the last conference leader proclaiming ‘the best way’, our own last victory/success, and so forth.
…and so, The Voice, becomes less distinguishable in the orchestra of voices we hear.

The core value behind this retreat is to simply create opportunities for people to hear from Father again. The retreat, therefore, is organized around a series of spiritual exercises that are introduced in group, participated in personally, and debriefed in a variety of ways. The vast majority of the 20+ hours are spent with our Father. The themes for this retreat include considering what we really want from Jesus, how we are uniquely made by God, and what spiritual leadership looks like.

*Due to its foundational nature, this retreat is the only pre-requisite for participation in any of the subsequent Restore My Soul retreats.

QUIET MY SOUL RETREAT  
This retreat is one in a series of reoccurring opportunities for pastors/pastoral team members in the Mid-Atlantic. The focus is to provide intentional times of Sabbath – times centering on allowing our God to restore our souls. The core value behind this retreat is to simply create opportunities for people to hear from Father again.

The noise of our world is, indeed, very loud. Yet, the Voice of our God is often a clear, bold whisper. This unique retreat provides opportunity for pastoral leaders to wrestle the noise into submission in order to hear the Voice. After an opening session orienting participants to encountering God in silence, retreat participants enter into approximately 18 hours of silence. While some spiritual exercise ideas are available, this time can be crafted by each person around the issues they long to hear from God about in their own lives. For this reason, there is no limit to the number of times someone might participate in this retreat.

SIMPLIFY MY LIFE RETREAT  
This retreat is one in a series of reoccurring opportunities for pastors/pastoral team members in the Mid-Atlantic. The focus is to provide intentional times of Sabbath – times centering on allowing our God to restore our souls. The core value behind this retreat is to simply create opportunities for people to hear from Father again.

“Busy” That’s the word I hear most often when asking pastors, “how are you doing?” And, at times, we are all ‘busy.’ But most of us recognize there is a think, gray line that separates ‘busy’ from ‘too busy.’ A line that, once crossed, is very hard to step back over. This retreat is filled with opportunities to spend time with God assessing one’s heart when it comes to the over-scheduling that is so often the life of people in ministry. Spiritual exercises are designed to drive retreatants to make forward-moving decisions toward simplifying their lives… squashing busyness… regaining a sense of focused living.

Restore My Soul Retreats

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RESTORE MY SOUL RETREATS

Most people, including most pastors, want to obey God but their world, like ours, is so loud. It is nearly impossible to distinguish the Voice of God from the competing voices. And hearing God’s Voice is crucial for spiritual formation, for soul development and for healthy churches.

The retreats are for about ten pastors or pastoral team leaders at a time. Most will be brief, lasting just 24 hours away from the norm at places such as Skycroft or Black Rock Retreat Centers—facilities where there are places for group meetings yet in a natural setting for participants to take long walks and be outdoors. No laptops are allowed and cell phone usage is limited. The goal is to disconnect and re-center; to refocus on hearing the Voice of God.

The following retreats are available for you. Click on a link below to register for a retreat or click here to view a digital magazine, complete with retreat descriptions, videos and feedback from prior participants.

FREE MY SOUL RETREAT - TBD 2013

HOURS OF PRAYER RETREAT - October 18-19, 2012

QUIET MY SOUL RETREAT - TBD 2013

SIMPLIFY MY LIFE RETREAT - October 25-26, 2012

SOUL OF THE SERVANT RETREAT - TBD 2013

SOUL OF THE SERVANT RETREAT FOR COUPLES - November 1-2, 2012

STILL MY SOUL RETREAT: An extended Silence Retreat with Spiritual Director available - TBD 2013