Dear Women’s Ministry Team,
Many of you have asked about offering The Intentional Woman
process at your Woman’s Retreat. These are usually held
in a “retreat” setting at a resort, camp site, hotel,
or retreat center, and not at the church facility. (Note: The
One Day Interactive Intentional Woman Seminar is usually held
at the church or a community facility.) The IW process is not
as conducive to a “retreat” atmosphere (where the
women are expecting to relax, just listen to an inspirational
speaker, be social, and have fun) because it is a series of workshops
and the participants “work” and are challenged to
think, reflect, contemplate, respond to questions, and “do”
exercises. Yet, as long as the women’s ministry team and
the women at the retreat understand that the IW Process is a working
interactive seminar, then it is adaptable and has been well-received
and quite effective in a retreat setting.
We
do not attempt to do the entire Intentional Woman process (from
the book, as you would in the 6-8 week Bible Study schedule.)
Instead, the shortened “Reader’s Digest” version
of the IW Process (similar to the One Day Interactive IW Seminar
schedule) is used.
Contact us and we can discuss your specific desires and needs
for your women’s group. Several of our gifted speakers from
the Network of Presenters are available for these weekend retreats.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The following time schedules are proposed possibilities if a
Women’s Ministry team would like to use The Intentional
Woman process for their Women’s Retreats.
One Night Retreat
Friday night
6:30-7:30 PM Dinner
7:30-7:45 Worship
7:45-8:45 (or 9:00) Prep Steps and Step One
9:00-11:00 PM Free time
Saturday
8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45-9:45 Step 2
9:45-10:00 break
10:00-11:15 Step 3
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Step 4
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM Lunch, relax, fun, recoup
4:00-4:15 Worship
4:15-5:15 Step 5
Two Night Retreat
Friday night
6:30-7:30 PM Dinner
7:30-7:45 Optional Worship
7:45-8:45 (or 9:00) Prep Steps and Step One
9:00-11:00 PM Free time
Saturday
8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45-9:00 Optional Worship
9:00-10:15 Step 2
10:15-10:30 break
10:30-11:45 Step 3
11:45-12:45 Lunch
12:45-6:00 Relax, fun, recoup, free time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-7:15 Optional Worship
7:15-8:30 Step 4
8:30 - ? Free time
Sunday
8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45-9:45 Step 5
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 (11:15) Worship and Communion
11:15-12:00 Break
12:00-1:00 Lunch