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2019 Fall Retreat Media Kits

These kits include handouts, PowerPoint slides you can use in worship and announcements, and images to use in your social media.

2019 Fall Retreat Speaker Kelli Worrall

Kelli WorrallKelli Worrall, author, speaker, and Professor of Communications at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, is our speaker at the Women Ministries of the Great Lakes Conference Annual Fall Retreat, 2019, Portage Lake. She studied Communications and Spiritual Formation, and is passionate about helping other people understand how the experiences of their past have formed them, how to process those things well in the present, and how to communicate effectively about them in their relationships.

2018 Fall Retreat Speaker Sharon Garlough Brown

Sharon Garlough Brown (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is author of the Sensible Shoes series, a spiritual director , and co-founder of Abiding Way Ministries, which provides spiritual formation retreats and resources. Since graduating from seminary, Sharon and her husband, Jack, have served on the pastoral staff of churches in Scotland, Oklahoma, England, and Michigan. They currently live in West Michigan and have one son, David.

2018 Fall Retreat Worship Leaders B. Isaac Heath & Julie Heath (Portage Lake)

Julie and Isaac Heath have been married for just over 13 years and have been making music together for longer than that. They met in Myrtle Beach, SC, where they taught teenagers how to come to God through music and art. Their love for God, music, and art drives their passion for leading worship and helping others lay aside their daily worries to chase after God’s face. Julie and Isaac have recently released an album of re-imagined hymns which they hope will help people see past the nostalgia that often accompanies hymnody, and revisit in a fresh new way the poetry and theology found in the hymnbook. Isaac currently serves as the worship leader at Faith Covenant Church in Westerville, Ohio.

  • The Aldersgate Project – This collection of re-imagined hymns strips away the nostalgia of our pasts, and allows us to focus on the lyrical content in a new and fresh way.
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3 weeks ago

Women Ministries of the Great Lakes Conference

ANNOUNCEMENT - FALL RETREATS

We love the fall Women Ministries Retreats held at Mission Meadows and Portage Lake. It is a time of being with God, laughter, community, learning, and just plain silliness. We plan for it all year long and are excited each year to reconnect with you. We invest in it because we want it to be 'the best'. So this year it is with a heavy heart and sadness that we have decided to not hold the Fall Retreats this year.

The retreat planning team sought input from the camps, from the speakers, and from previous attendees. The responses were mixed - some wanted to continue to hold it; others felt we should cancel. Still others felt we could make something work. We actively sought creative ways to allow retreats to move ahead. But retreat is about proximity. It is about being close and with one another whether eating in the Dining Hall, being in the cabins, playing games, worshipping, or praying. The potential spread of the virus keeps us from this reality.

This pandemic has thrown everyone into a new normal. The uncertainties of the virus leave everyone with an inability to plan future events. We looked at a reasonable vision of what retreat would be - one with social distancing, masks, and in accordance with appropriate board of health regulations. We felt we simply could not provide a retreat experience that would be in compliance with guidance from healthcare and public officials, our own high standards, and respect for the well-being of our community.

We want to thank you for your patience with us as we have sought to do the right thing both for retreat attendees and the long-term ministry of retreats. We are incredibly sad and grieve this loss along with you. It is a decision like this that makes us aware of just how special fall retreats are for everyone involved.
We can’t ever take this gift from God for granted.

We are continuing to explore some creative ways to 'retreat' during the next year. We know that this decision has an impact on the camps. We would encourage you to make a donation to either Portage Lake or Mission Meadows to ensure that their ministry continues.

We will keep you apprised of plans for 2021. Fall Retreat at Mission Meadows will be September 17-19. Fall Retreat at Portage Lake will be October 1-3. Watch the FaceBook pages for further information.

Thank you for your participation and your understanding. We are always available for your questions and comments. ... See MoreSee Less

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