NEW Retreat title & desciption

OK, guys, no holds-barred … (well, if you have a LOT of harsh criticism, maybe you can take it offline and just email me directly? 🙂 ) …

I’d REALLY love to hear what you REALLY think of these titles & descriptions for my “all new” women’s retreat.

(Same content because the gospel is the gospel, right? But must shorter Tara teaching times; totally different examples; and MUCH MORE interaction/discussion/reflection.)

Thanks for your counsel!
Love ya,
t

Title for Retreat
Becoming Who You Already Are—How the Gospel Transforms our Lives and Brings Us Peace

Description for Retreat
Do you ever sense a disconnect between what you claim to believe and how you actually live? Would you like to know what it really looks like to develop a deepening devotion to the Lord in the context of loving and intimate relationships? Is your heart restless, angry, or sad? Would you benefit from a time of rest, study, worship, and fun? (Are you reading this right now and thinking, ‘Yeah, right. That doesn’t sound like any women’s event I’ve ever been to.’) If so, then we have good news for you! At our fall retreat, we will learn together how the ‘already and not yet’ aspects of the gospel bring real peace to our busy, broken, and temptation-filled lives—all in the context of covenantal, redemptive relationships.

Schedule & Session Titles

– Friday night (Session 1, 60 mins tkb): Why I am the Way I am and How God’s Grace Enables Me to Change
– Small Group Discussion or Private Reflection Time (60 mins) on: Session 1 (The Heart, the Heat, and God’s Redemptive Plan)

– Saturday morning (Session 2 part A, 45 mins tkb): The True State of My Relationships and How God Calls Me to Something Better (part A)
– Saturday morning (Session 2 part B, 45 mins tkb): (part B)
– Small Group Discussion or Private Reflection Time (60 mins) on: Sessions 2 (Biblical Peacemaking, Redemptive & Authentic Relationships)

– Saturday afternoon (Session 3, 45 mins tkb): Learning to Live in a Cycle of Grace—Repentance, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation
– Small Group Discussion (45 mins) on: Session 3 (Peace with God, Others, and Within)

– Saturday afternoon ‘wrap up’ (45 mins tkb): Becoming an Instrument of Mercy: Next Steps for Laying Hold of and Ministering Grace in our Lives