num_pages: 168
description: A collection of retreats for women's groups. Various retreat models and options are provided, including one-day retreats, weekend retreats, retreats based on books, and retreat options for groups including children and/or all family members. Retreat topics practicing sacred listening, discovering one's spiritual gifts, learning and using spiritual disciplines, nurturing spiritual growth, learning from biblical women, finding meaning, simplifying one's daily life, exploring prayer. Helpful tools such as the "nuts and bolts" of successful retreats, a list of resources for enhancing retreats, and a retreat checklist are also provided. Dear Ellen, Thank you again for letting me use A River in the Desert as a guide for the young couples retreat that I facilitated. It saved my life! As you know, I had never conducted a retreat before and would have been totally lost without your excellent, step-by-step guide. I can't imagine tackling a retreat without it! I even followed the suggestions about using music (which was a little too touchy feely sounding but really worked.) If you are going to bake a retreat, you definitely need this recipe! ---Bob Fletcher, Roswell UMCTo read the Retreat Overviews click here
language: English
title: A River in the Desert
titlecomplete: A River in the Desert
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Abingdon Press