Thank you to all of you who prayed for our recent Ladies Retreat. Many have said it was the best one yet. Thankful for a great leadership team that worked well together. Our theme for this retreat was The Fruitful Connection and we looked at John 15 and Galatians 5.
We started out on Friday night with a bonfire and testimony/worship time together. It was amazing to hear of how God had worked in the lives of the two ladies that shared. We serve an awesome God.
On the Saturday I taught on the first three verses of John 15. We looked at the importance of being connected to the vine and being pruned by the Gardener. After the first session there was a time for the ladies to go off by themselves and spend some time with God and listen to what He had to say to them.
A friend of mine continued in teaching the rest of John 15 (v's 4-17) in two further sessions with times of prayer afterwards. There were also meaningful times of worship throughout the day.
In the afternoon there was an opportunity for free time. This could be spent relaxing, swimming, going to the "beauty" salon or enjoying fellowship with old and new friends.
A friend and I offered debrief/counselling sessions in the afternoon so we were busy with that as well as at other times during the weekend. Pray for these ladies that God would continue to provide their needs as they work through some difficult situations.
On Saturday night we had an ice cream social with lots of lovely toppings. There was a lot of fun and laughter and it was good to see people enjoying themselves.
Sunday, brought two more teaching sessions from another friend on Galatians 5 with prayer, discussion groups and worship.
It was a great group of 50 ladies and we had a lot of fun together throughout the weekend as well as learning from each other. Pray that the things that we learned will not be forgotten and that we will be reminded to apply what God has spoken to us about.
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