Resources

Retreat Planning, Guides & Devotionals

Invitation to Retreat Personal Retreat

Invitation to Retreat

The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God. In these pages Transforming Center founder and seasoned spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton gently leads us into retreat as a key practice that opens us to God.
Time Away: A Guide for Personal Retreat Personal Retreat

Time Away: A Guide for Personal Retreat

Time Away details the joys, challenges, and benefits of a personal retreat. This book's step-by-step instructions will enable anyone--from first-timer to veteran--to make the most of dedicated time with God.
Wilderness Time: A Guide for Spiritual Retreat Personal Retreat

Wilderness Time: A Guide for Spiritual Retreat

Helping us to create self-guided retreats -- for individuals or groups -- Emilie Griffin offers plans, encouragements, and suggestions based on her own experience and fortified by the inspiring words of contemporary Christian writers.
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again Sabbatical

Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest

Sharing her own story of practicing sabbath for the past twenty years, Ruth Haley Barton offers hard-won wisdom regarding the rhythms of sabbath, exploring both weekly sabbath keeping as well as extended periods of sabbatical time.
Getaway with God: The Everywoman's Guide to Personal Retreat Women's Retreat

Getaway with God: The Everywoman's Guide to Personal Retreat

With grace and warmth, Letitia Suk provides step-by-step guidance and the necessary tools to enable any woman on any budget to plan time away, whether it's a quick, half-day break or a weeklong time of restoration.
Women's Retreats: A Creative Planning Guide Women's Retreat

Women's Retreats: A Creative Planning Guide

This workbook will guide leaders through each step in the planning and production of a transforming women's retreat.
Come Apart before You Come Apart: A How-To Guide for Women's Retreats Women's Retreat

Come Apart before You Come Apart: A How-To Guide for Women's Retreats

What if you could get inside the brain of an experienced retreat planner for tips, guidelines, or new ideas? Jan Petersen reveals what she has learned in her experiences of conducting retreats for over twenty years.
Vision Retreat Guidebook Marriage Retreat

Vision Retreat Guidebook

Serving as a hands-on, practical tool, the information contained in this journal leads couples to address important topics such as marriage priorities and values.
Transform Your Marriage Vision Retreat: A Self-Guided Getaway for Couples Marriage Retreat

Transform Your Marriage Vision Retreat: A Self-Guided Getaway for Couples

By developing a joint vision for your marriage, in the areas that create the most conflict, the two of you who are on the same team can now get on the same page and watch incredible things happen.
Be Still: Designing And Leading Contemplative Retreats Retreat Planning

Be Still: Designing And Leading Contemplative Retreats

Written for lay and ordained leaders, the book introduces the purpose of retreats, provides a theological and biblical understanding of the model, and offers guidance for designing and leading these gatherings.
The Ultimate Retreat Planning Guide Retreat Planning

The Ultimate Retreat Planning Guide

A Complete Resource for Anyone Who Wants to Plan Great Retreats & Camps with Practical Step by Step Instructions.
How To Plan A Youth Retreat: A step-by-step guide to creating your best youth retreat ever! Retreat Planning

How To Plan A Youth Retreat: A step-by-step guide to creating your best youth retreat ever!

How To Plan A Youth Retreat is a resource for youth workers and youth pastors everywhere. It's filled with useful information and tips to help when planning a youth retreat.

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