Retreat for Clergy:

“Being in Ministry: Intentional, Joyful and Authentic.”

 

Practices that sustain ministry

Between Being and Doing: Care of body, mind and spirit

Harnessing courage to meet the needs of God's world.

 

Set aside time for rest, reflection, listening,

conversation, worship, silence.

 

Effective church leadership is grounded in personal authenticity.  Such leadership is exercised in a world and in a church that is filled with anxiety.  Personal life-giving, spiritual, physical and religious practices— individual and corporate—are essential for the kind of leadership that God’s mission requires. 

 

We are pleased to welcome the Leadership of John Buttars. Trained as a spiritual director in the Ignatian tradition, John developed a ministry that sought to combine wide community involvement and intentional personal and communal spiritual practices. John retired in 2006 as one of the ministerial staff at Harcourt Memorial United Church in Guelph after completing a thirty year ministry there. John continues to provide ongoing spiritual direction and offers workshops and consultations under the umbrella of Queens and Emmanuel Colleges in long-term ministry, sabbaticals and spiritual practices.

 

Event Time: Sunday, April 18 (arrive any time after 3:00 pm - go out for supper - programming will begin at 7:30 pm) to Tuesday, April 20 (leave after lunch at 1:30 pm)

Place: The Crowsnest Centre in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

Cost:      $180.00 (before March 17) $200.00 (after March 17)

Includes retreat, lodging and meals (snack Sunday night, three meals on Monday, breakfast and lunch on Tuesday)

 

Registration Form

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Send to: Brent Woodard, PO Box 3037, Pincher Creek, Alberta T0K 1W0

(Cheques payable to “Brent Woodard”)

You can phone Brent at 403-627-3734 (church) or Email him at pcreekuc@shaw.ca