I had a blast in North Carolina this weekend at the Wild Women Retreat at LutherRidge Bible Camp. I was called shuga, sweet thang, baby, and served grits for breakfast. The hospitality was above and beyond and I felt at home right away. The small group I was in was fantastic and wonderful conversation was shared all weekend long.I was sent on this retreat to scout it out...to see what is going on that so many women sign up for this event (600 women registered within the first hour registration opened!). They then spread these women out over four different retreat weekends. What I found is that the retreat is led by the master of all retreat leaders. Pastor Mary is a remarkable storyteller and her attention to detail was astounding. I took notes the entire weekend and knew I was learning from the best.
The greatest part of this retreat was that I went with a professional objective, and immediately, the retreat became very personal. I needed a recharge, needed the time away to reflect and dream and pray, and somehow I ended up at a retreat that did just that. God is so faithful like that.
The retreat focused on dreams and visions, centered on the book of Revelation. We talked a lot about the dreams we have at night, but also the kingdom dreams God places on our hearts. It was powerful and I was grateful to be there.
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YEAH! I can't wait to hear more about it and see if we could pull it off at CJH!
looks like you had a blast! you should check out my blog for my recent project (inspired by you)! super-cool that God showed up in big ways (professionally AND personally) in NC - and isn't the South lovely sometimes?? :)
We're so glad you joined us this year, Becca! I'm sure you can start a successful Wild Women at your camp. It just seems that women are so hungry for a chance to get away and be wild together. Last year at the weekend I attended, there were few younger women (I was probably the youngest there at 29 and there were only half a dozen near my age). This year had (comparatively) a lot of younger wild women and it was so nice to see. I'm not sure how to recruit the younger wild women but there's got to be a way. I think the younger and the older wild women need each other (and I'm pretty sure you'd agree with me). As a younger woman yourself, maybe you'd have a better idea of how to do it? I'd offer suggestions but I don't have a clue! Although now that I think about it, maybe using marketing tools with a more modern, hip graphic design would help (to be fair, I've never seen the Wild Women marketing materials for Lutheridge).
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