IAC Retreat in Daily Life

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IAC Retreat in Daily Life

Retreat in Daily Life

International Anglican Church

February 26 – March 3, 2012

A week-long opportunity for busy people to find spiritual rest and renewal in their daily schedule.

 

Listen to what people who have attended the RDL say about their experience
of the Retreat In Daily Life:

Listen to what spiritual directors say about their experience of the Retreat In Daily Life:

What is a Retreat in Daily Life?

This week-long session gives you the opportunity to experience a contemplative retreat with daily spiritual direction, without traveling to a retreat center and leaving your daily routine

You will be taught different prayer styles and forms, provided with Scripture to use in prayer, and given a daily session with a spiritual director. The spiritual direction that you will receive is not counseling, but is similar in that it takes place during a one-on-one conversation, and does often result in healing.

Spiritual direction is about listening to our inner movements as we read, reflect and meditate on Scripture. It is about the ancient art of spiritual listening, one to another. For centuries men and women, both lay and ordained, have been recognized as having a specific calling to help others draw closer to God. They are gifted in the movement of the Spirit and helping us discern where God is present and working in our lives.

A group of spiritual directors will guide us through this retreat. They come from a variety of denominations, each with the call to spiritual direction.

 

Meet The Spiritual Directors

Tara

Tara Owens, MTS, CSD is a spiritual director with Anam Cara Minisitries and the Senior Editor of Conversations Journal, a spiritual formation journal based out of Atlanta, Georgia. She teaches at the Benet Hill Spiritual Formation Program and at Tyndale Seminary in its Spiritual Direction Practicum. She has been a practicing director for more than five years. Tara has participated in and lead the Retreat in Daily Life as a spiritual director and speaker for four years running.

 

 

Dale Brooks

For over twenty years my calling has been in ministry (with Young Life, The Downing House—a retreat center and Women’s Ministry at First Presbyterian Church.) I hold a Masters in Theology, am ordained through Evangel Ministerial Association and have been trained in Life Coaching. I hold a certificate in spiritual direction from Benet Hill Monastery.

I started Awakens Ministry with a desire to companion others on their spiritual journeys. Currently that involves facilitating retreats, speaking for different faith communities and listening deeply to people one-on-one to help them know, hear and see how God is moving in their lives.  My passion is for spiritual formation and relationships. My desire on the journey with Christ is transformation—from the inside out.

 

  Jennifer Brukiewa, SD has been walking with people in their heart spaces for 18 + years as a mentor, small group leader, wife of an associate/youth pastor and a homeschooling mom of 3 girls. As a Spiritual Director she considers it a joy and honor to accompany others on their walk with Jesus discovering with them the places in their lives where He is inviting, healing and holding them. She looks forward to bearing witness to the fresh pages that will be written in the stories of some of His precious people of IAC during the Retreat in Daily Life. What a wonderful Author He is!

 


David Sachsenmaier, SD, is the Vice President of Ministry Development at Potter’s Inn here in the Springs. David and his wife Margaret moved to Colorado Springs in 2009 with their six children. They are both graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and David also has a Masters in Divinity with a concentration in counseling. David is also a certified spiritual director.   He has spent the last 25 years working in both banking and full-time pastoral and counseling ministries in the US, France and the UK.  David helps lead retreats, meets with individuals and couples in Colorado Springs for counseling and spiritual direction and leads our new vocational ministry called Vocation Care.

 


Todd Spencer, SD, lives here in Colorado Springs. He has served as a spiritual director to adults in a formal fashion for 7 years. He is an ordained United Methodist minister and have serve in ministry to youth and young adults for 25 years.

 

 

 


What is my commitment?

  • Attend an Orientation on Sunday, February 26 from 6-8 pm at IAC
  • Attend a Closure Celebration on Saturday, March 3 from 6-8 pm at the International Anglican Church  
  • Each day spend 30 minutes in directed prayer as provided by your spiritual director
    From Monday to Friday, meet with your spiritual director for 30-45 minutes each day during one of three flexible time slots. These meetings will take place at IAC, the Annex offices, or a mutually agreed upon space with your director.

 

Who is this for?

If you can identify with any of the following, this week might be helpful to you:

 

  • Meditation is something that I have always been interested in. How do I meditate on the Scriptures?
  • I only pray in church. I would love to be able to pray throughout the week.
  • My work life is one thing and my Christian life another. How do I bring them closer together?
  • I need to pray about a situation towards which I feel resentment or bitterness
  • There is a situation or decision in my life that I need discernment and wisdom about
  • God feels so distant, but Scripture says that God is also close. I would like to experience that.
  • I feel like my prayer life is one-way, I’m wondering why I don’t hear from God.

 

Retreatants can expect to:

 

  • Learn more about prayer and various prayer forms
  • Learn about spiritual direction
  • Discover what it is like to share your spiritual journey with another person
  • Experience a different prayer rhythm in your life
  • Deepen your sense of community
  • Experience the refreshment that retreat time offers

 

Registration Fee: $100 by cash or check payable to IAC. Please write RDL on the memo line.

 

A limited number of partial scholarships are available. Please speak with Tara Owens for details.

Please return your form and payment on or before February 22, 2012.

 

Space is extremely limited,

please register early in order to avoid disappointment.

 

For more information, or to reserve a space, please email Tara Owens at

tara at anamcara dot com.

 

 

Retreat in Daily Life

Registration Form

 

Registration Fee: $100 by cash or check payable to IAC. Please write RDL on the memo line.

 

A limited number of partial scholarships are available. Please speak with Tara Owens for details.

 

Please return your form and payment on or before February 22, 2012.

 

Space is extremely limited,

please register early in order to avoid disappointment.

 

Name: _______________________________________________________

 

Address: ____________________________________________________

 

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Phone:  (cell) ________________________________________________

 

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I would prefer my spiritual direction sessions to be in the following time slot:

7:00 – 11:00 am

12:00 – 4:00 pm

6:00 – 9:00 pm

 

Please note, if it is at all possible for you to choose a daytime slot, we would be grateful if you did so.  We will have limited spaces in the evening.

 

I would prefer to meet with a spiritual director who is:

Male

Female

No preference

 

We will do our utmost to honor everyone’s preferences.