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Women in conversation |
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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." |
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| 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 |
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"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 |
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"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
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| 2004 – Women in Conversation: Creating Wholeness
Speaker: Brenda Martin Hurst
Worship leaders:
Roma Eicher at Wichita, and Brenda Benner and Donna Mast at Laurelville |
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"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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |