This free retreat is for all full and part time professional Youth Directors and Pastors working with youth. It’s designed to be a time of personal renewal, continuing education, and networking with others. Your time will be spent in a peaceful mountain setting surrounded by God’s creation and wonderful people. Days are filled with time to relax, play, worship and be engaged in conversation and learning. This retreat will begin with dinner on Monday and end with lunch on Wednesday. Feel free to come early or stay late.
***GUEST SPEAKER***
Peggy Contos Hahn
Peggy serves as Assistant to the Bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod. Most recently she has served as the Team Leader for ServantLife at the ELCA Youth Gathering, developing justice learning for 36,000 people. She is Executive Director of Camp Hope Day Camp Ministries and The Discipleship Project. She has the privilege of accompanying Lutherans in Peru, El Salvador and The Central African Republic. Peggy is passionate about faith formation with people of all ages, dedicated to mobilizing people to reduce poverty, especially for children and youth and committed to leadership development through discipleship. She is the mother of five young adults and lives in Houston, TX.
Let’s talk! Children, youth and family ministry
“So that...??”
Our Baptismal covenant says “So that your children
may learn to trust God, proclaim Christ through word and deed,
care for others and the world God made, and work for justice and
peace.”
We will have
good conversation about being covenant people:
· in the kitchen
· in the congregation
· in the community
· in the world
***RETREAT DATES***
January 11-13, 2010
***RETREAT SCHEDULE***
Reminding – Refining -- Refreshing
Monday January 12, 2009
5:00 Arrival and Registration
6:00 Dinner
7:15 Introductions and Orientation
7:30 In
the Kitchen - with Peggy
9:00 Worship/Devotions (Aspen)
9:45 Social Time and Games
Tuesday January 13, 2009
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Devotions
9:00 In
the Congregation - with Peggy
10:15 Break
10:30 In
the Community - with Peggy
|
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Free Time
4:00 Ministry Sharing
5:30 Dinner
7:00 Social Time
9:00 Worship
9:45 Social Time, Snacks, and Games
Wednesday January 14, 2009
8:00 Cereal Bar
8:30 In
the World - with Peggy
10:00 Brunch
10:45 Sending Worship
11:30 Good Byes |
***RETREAT FEES***
$50 - Refundable Upon Arrival Deposit
***AVAILABILITY,
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION***
Contact Ben Larson by e-mail at ben@rainbowtrail.org
or by phone at (719) 276.5233
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Brochure (Adobe PDF)
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