LAKELAND WOMEN'S MINISTRY CONTEMPLATIVE RETREATS
Your packing list
WHAT TO BRING FOR STAY RETREATS
LOCATION & DIRECTIONS:
SPRING:
Conception Abbey - 37174 State Highway VV
Conception, MO 64433
FALL:
Mount St. Scholastica
801 S 8th St, Atchison, KS 66002
CARPOOL:
On your own
DINNER: Bring your own or purchase on the way up
LOST OR LATE?
If you are lost or will be late please contact Laurie Wilburn (816-807-2268).
CHECK IN: TBA
WHAT TO PACK:
• Comfortable clothes/jackets, umbrella
• Flashlight
• Good walking/hiking shoes to enjoy the outdoors
• Towel and pillow ARE provided but bring shampoo, soap and other toiletries
• Colored pencils or markers for some artist activities
• Bible, journal, pen, your two assigned books and your reflection papers
• Snack (food or drink or both-wine permitted) to share with the group. We will provide some wine and water.
BOOK REFLECTION - Bring your short written book reflection about what stood out to you most from your reading.
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SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE UPDATE
RETURN: As always, we will be back to Lakeland no later than 4:30 Sunday afternoon.
Readings for the year
STAY BOOK LIST
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook - This book becomes part of the rhythm of each retreat, the constant second book. In addition, we will read the following books:
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First-Year Stay Retreatants:
Spring: Friend of the Bridegroom by Thomas H. Greene
Fall: Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren
Returning Retreatants:
Spring: Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God by Strahan Coleman
For July: Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram (Read Your Number) by Adele Calhoun
Fall: Choose your own book
PAST STAY RETREATS LITERARY HISTORY
2020-2024
Choose your own book
2019
Spring: reread The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen
Fall: Abide in Christ by Andrew Murray
2018
The Critical Journey by Robert Guelich and Janet Hagberg
Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren
2017
Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
2016
Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren Winner
Friend of the Bridegroom by Thomas H. Greene
NOTES + RESOURCES
