Events at The Retreat House
Retreats
Silent retreats are a time to engage in the practice of silence alongside others. During this time you can journal, pray, walk the grounds, read, rest, or really do whatever you feel like your heart and soul need.
We will begin the time at 9:30 with a teaching and a guide to help lead you into the silence. The half day retreats create space to be with God and with yourself among others.
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Coffee, tea, and light snacks will be available. We will close out the silence at 12:30 with a time for sharing, and we will enjoy lunch together from 1:00-1:30.
Rhythms Retreat
A new year offers us the opportunity to look back and notice what has worked well and what hasn't over the past year. To ask ourselves: what habits and rhythms have felt supportive to the things I want moving forward? At this retreat we will explore the journey of a new year and how that fits inside our big journey. You will be invited to notice what uniquely works for you and what doesn't, as well as learn some new potential rhythms that you might want to incorporate in 2025.
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Each participant will receive the book Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton, which is an incredible resource for deepening relationship with God and with your spiritual journey. There will be a time of teaching and discussion as we dive into this topic together. May we start 2025 with practices that support a life lived in co-operation with God, sourced by God's love for us.
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Lunch will be provided. Coffee, tea, and light snacks will also be available. Please indicate below if you have allergies or food aversions.
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Sunday, January 5th 12:30-5:30
The Retreat House
10981 Macon Road Eads, TN 38028
Discernment Workshop
"Discernment, in a most general sense, is the capacity to recognize and respond to the presence and the activity of God—both in the ordinary moments and in the larger decisions of our lives." -Ruth Haley Barton
All throughout our lives we face moments of decision, big and small. Maybe you are hoping to discern a move, a career shift, a change in a relationship. Maybe you want to discern how God's presence is coming to you in the midst of ordinary life. We value a life of discernment and want to give you teaching, practices, and tools for deepening your discernment.
There will be teaching, discussion, reflection, and opportunities for question and response. Led by Dr. Kevin Shelby and Britney Christie.
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Coffee, tea, and light snacks will also be available.
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Thursday, January 23rd 6:00-8:00pm
The Retreat House
10981 Macon Road Eads, TN 38028
Open Hours
Looking for a quiet space to read or walk or journal? Open hours are set days and times when we brew the coffee, light the fires, and open The Retreat House doors for drops-ins!
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No need to register. When you arrive, enter through the main doors facing the lake.
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10:00am-2:00​pm​​
Tuesday, December 17th
Friday, January 17th​
Testimonial
"Moving in silence and solitude allowed me to hear my breath, listen more intently to God's word and know that He will never leave me. I'm human and sometimes my nerves and fears get the best of me, but this retreat allowed me to put the focus back on The Lord."
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-Janeen