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The Reid Group Retreats The Reid Group promotes holistic spiritual development for leaders, groups and communities through a variety of retreat experiences. The Reid Group Retreat Team brings experience from the Catholic tradition. Formats can be adapted to fit different timeframes, including twilight retreats, days of reflection, and weekend retreats. Some of our more popular topics include: Cultivating Your Spiritual Garden: Practices for spiritual growth, including the process of spiritual development is similar to the growth of a garden or plant. Just like a garden, our spiritual garden requires constant tending and cultivation. This retreat centers on the identification of principles and practices that promotes wholistic spiritual growth.
In Search of Balance:This retreat leads participants through a helpful evaluation of the present health of their mind, body and soul; names the challenges to a balanced life and offers opportunities to discern new lifestyle choices.
Immersion in the Living Word –An Introduction to Lectio Divina: This retreat presents the age-old monastic practice of praying the scriptures. Seasonal themes are used for retreats held during Advent or Lent.
Life On Purpose: Each life has a purpose. In a world where we are continually asked to make choices, being able to clearly say who we are and what it is that matters most in our lives is a valuable tool to move us toward creating and achieving our goals. Come discover what it is that is true about your life and explore the difference you can make in the world today
Making Sense Out of Suffering: This retreat draws on writings from Joan Chittister and Joyce Rupp to ground participants in a healthy and hope-filled understanding of the Paschal mystery in daily life.
Spirituality and Parenting: This retreat examines ways God works through parents & children to make love visible in the joys and challenges of family life, molding us more closely to Christ.
The Secretary’s Spirit: A Sabbath time for those in administrative positions. Embracing Benedictine traditions of prayer and work, this retreat includes times for reflection and refreshment woven with interactive sessions of practical solutions addressing the unique blessings of a secretary’s spirit.
Women & Wisdom Traditions: Drawing on wisdom from the Jewish mystical teachings, Celtic spirituality and practices from indigenous cultures, this retreat is built upon directed prayer experiences followed by group reflection and discussion.
Spirituality, Relationships & Everyday Life: Using the invitation to loving relationship as the essence of the faith call, this retreat is designed to involve the participants in a relaxing, reflective and practical exploration of current life experience and opportunities for continuing growth and development. The focus is on relationship with the present moment, self, others (people we live and work with), nature and the Creator. The emphasis is on practices and skills that help participants move from head to heart, and from theory to practical and more effective action, both personally and professionally.
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In addition to presentation the format for the retreat includes time for individual reflection, along with small and large group discussion.
Experiences & Explorations in Personal Prayer: The point of departure for this retreat is participant responses to two sentence completions:
Prayer for me is…
A concern or question arising from my experience of prayer is…
Presentation covers principles, practices and attitudes that support growth in the life of prayer. Practical emphasis throughout the retreat is on the practice and experience of different prayer forms. Opportunities for reflection upon the different prayer experiences is offered together with small and large group discussion.
Prayer Forms Include:
Parish Missions What Is A Mission? A parish or congregational mission is a means of spiritual renewal based on Scripture and the Christian faith tradition. The mission, because of its primarily spiritual rather than catechetical focus, helps participants grow closer to God and deepen their capacity to live their faith day to day. Prayer and ritual are very important in a mission, as are attention to head, heart and habit. A parish mission is also experiential and uses principles of adult learning, combined with a strong family dimension. What Is The Mission Format And Process?
The Reid Group format for Missions begins with preaching at weekend worship, includes a short presentation during announcement time, and continues with morning and evening sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition, there is an option for evening sessions for kindergarten through 6th grade children and for junior and senior high teens on one or all three days.
The process includes prayer, large group presentations and responses from members, a variety of experiential activities, small group discussions, quiet time, and ritual.
Who Is The Mission For?
The mission is for any and every church member and their friends and neighbors.
Who Is Presenting The Mission?
The Reid Group Parish Mission team is comprised of experienced lay ministers. Carol Guenther coordinates The Reid Group team. In addition, members of the parish will be trained to serve as responders and prayer leaders.
REID GROUP MISSION THEMES INCLUDE:
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