This year, we are inviting our church to participate in the Personal Retreat Experience.
The Personal Retreat is titled "Between Chapters: Honoring Endings + New Beginnings" and is designed to help you thoughtfully reflect on 2023 and to turn the page and look ahead to what God is calling you to in 2024.
The Personal Retreat is made up of 10 sections. So, to help set a pace through this experience, we will guide you through a section daily with our staff contributing their voices and perspectives on this website and social media starting December 27th. The Personal Retreat will take us through the last 5 days of this year and the first 5 days of the New Year, with the following day being Epiphany Sunday (our first Sunday gathering of the year).
We hope this is something that you can encourage your family, friends, and your small group to participate in. We believe this experience will be impactful in your walk to finish this year well and to start this next year strong!
Join us by downloading a copy of the personal retreat and engaging in the content both here and in your downloaded version.
The past year, with all its joys and challenges, is a chapter in our life story, not the entire tale. By first looking backward, we gain a clearer vision for the path ahead, granting us the confidence to step into the future. Instead of carrying the weight of the past into tomorrow, we can embrace the wisdom it has gifted us while shedding any burden of shame and regret. We serve a God of fresh beginnings and new starts, and as we remember the year gone by, our prayer is that He would grant us the wisdom to see its significance and the courage to let go of its weight, allowing the past to become a beautiful part of our future.
As we move forward into the new year, we invite you to symbolically turn the page on the past year. To do so, move forward with this guided reflection and set your sights on 2024.
The pages of our lives are continually unfolding before us. Life is a journey, and with each turn of the page, we encounter the unknown. We find ourselves in a place of transition, not knowing what lies ahead but trusting in the One who leads the way. We are given the gift of 2024, a new chapter in our story. This is an invitation to reset our intentions and realign our hearts with the diving Author of our lives.
Just as we journeyed through uncharted territory in the past, we will navigate the uncertainty of 2024 with a spirit of adventure, an unwavering faith, and a heart open to the narrative. As we step into the unknown of 2024, may we find comfort in the truth that the Author of our lives is ever-present, lovingly crafting each page of our story with grace and purpose.
We hope this guided Personal Retreat has been helpful to you! Would you take a moment to share your experience with us?
Thank you for participating in the Personal Retreat! We hope this practice has been helpful to you! Check out what people have been saying about this experience:
Your feedback will be valuable as we continue to create upcoming content for this year. Would you take a moment to share your experience with us?
