Women in Conversation retreats 

Women in conversation

    

Women in Conversation retreats are one of a kind experiences complete with worship, challenging input, time to talk, laugh, cry, and even participate in the "Menno Spa."

 

Retreats are offered every two years and are co-sponsored by Laurelville Mennonite Retreat Center and Mennonite Women USA. Since 2004 the retreats have been offered at two locations – at Laurelville in western Pennsylvania and in Wichita, Kansas. Next retreats in 2010.

2008:  Women in Conversation: Daring to Let Our Spirits Soar    

Speaker: Carolyn Holderread Heggen

Worship leaders: Becky Degan at Laurelville and Jenny Schrag at Wichita

"For women, our very sense of identity is rooted in our connections. Circles of care can be an incredible gift of grace where wounds are healed and lives are transformed." 

- Carolyn Holderread Heggen

 

"Spend time with God without agenda. The mark of true spirituality is the willingness to miss almost everything."                         -June Alliman Yoder


2006 – Women in Conversation: Treasuring Time

Speakers: June Alliman Yoder and Mandy Yoder Schrock

Worship leaders: Louise Ranck at Laurelville and Kay Schroeder at
Wichita

 


2004 – Women in Conversation:  Creating Wholeness

Speaker: Brenda Martin Hurst

Worship leaders:
Roma Eicher at Wichita, and Brenda Benner and Donna Mast at Laurelville

"Women need to take persistent risks to create wholeness in their own lives, for their families, and for the communities in which they live." 

                  -Brenda Martin Hurst 




2002 – Women in Conversation: Desiring Wholeness

Speakers:  Regina Shands Stoltzfus on "Restoration" and Valerie Weaver Zercher on "Revolutions"

Worship leaders: Cynthia Lapp and Carol Oberholtzer at Laurelville Mennonite Retreat Center

 

1999 – Women in Conversation: Seeking and Sharing Wisdom

Speakers whose stories were told in: Quiet Shouts: Stories of Lancaster Conference Mennonite Women Leaders edited by Louise Stoltzfus and She Has Done a Good Thing: Mennonite women leaders tell their stories, edited by Mary Swartley and Rhoda Keener

Worship leaders: Wanda Roth Amstutz and Andrea Welty Peachey at Laurelville Mennonite Retreat Center     

 

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