Church Retreats and Classes

"Feeding the story" 

Is a life skill for interpersonal communication and deepening our relationship with Jesus: In “Feeding the Story” we will learn a powerful technique that can be applied to our daily interactions with others, and in so doing greatly deepen our ability to share the story of Jesus with a world that so desperately needs him. These skills will also help us gain a greater understanding of other cultures, from different countries or racial cultures, corporate cultures, all the way down to our own individualized culture. By having a technique for understanding our differences, we can build more authentic lasting relationships.

"The Power of the stories we tell ourselves, and allow others to tell us about ourselves" 

We will learn how these stories can carry a powerful influence over our

lives, and how these stories can be allies or barriers to how we live out our faith and how we are able to craft our own personal relationship with Jesus. These stories we allow ourselves to believe can also affect the way we interact with others and whether we are able to share the stories of Jesus in an effective way. We will also examine how through conscious intentionality, we can recraft our own personal stories. This will help bring awareness to our communication skills with others and help us be able to recognize when others may also be trapped in stories they have believed for most of their lives. 

"Modern vs. Archaic definitions of suffering" 

 The two distinctly different definitions of suffering greatly impact our modern day forms of how we communicate with each other. By examining the archaic definition of suffering and discussing how the ancient stories of the Bible viewed suffering and how our modern definition of suffering

has changed. By looking at the difference between these societal views we can start to frame suffering in a way that allows us to bridge the communication gap associated with this topic. When we are able to reframe the way we look at suffering it also serves to reframe the way we view and judge others. This then serves to bring us closer to a place where we can live our own life in a way that models the way Jesus was able to minister to those who's paths he crossed. Ultimately binging us closer in our own relationship with Jesus.