Dear Friends,
AFLC Home Missions invites you to get away for a few days at Calvary Free Lutheran in Mesa, AZ for our 2018 Leadership Retreat February 5-9. Our 2018 theme of WORSHIP comes from Romans 12:1-3 which states “present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which if your spiritual worship.”
Come ready. Come prayed up. Come to be fed. We are praying for a special moving of God’s spirit in our lives, families, and ministries. Here are a few things to look forward to:
New This Year:
✔ Longer Retreat
✔ Revised Format
✔ Comedy Night!
✔ Bonfire & Hayride Night!
Speakers:
Dr. Steve Lombardo Pastor Gary Jorgenson Pastor Joe Ocker
We look forward to seeing you in February,
Pastor Paul
DATES
February 5-9, 2017
Monday Evening - Friday Noon
LOCATION
Calvary Free Lutheran
590 N 96th Street
Mesa, AZ 85207-7006
COST
Individuals $100 (HM* $80)
Couples $150 (HM* $130)
*People who are serving or attending a HM congregation have a reduced registration cost.
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Scholarships are available. Email us for details!
HOUSING + MEALS
A limited number of host homes are arranged by Calvary Free Lutheran. Attendee's who are serving or attending a HM congregation have top priority.
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Breakfast at host homes. Other meals hosted or coordinated through CFL.
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED!
Online registration has closed but there is limited room still available. Please contact Julia in the HM office for details about registering. homemis@aflc.org OR 763-412-2018
REVIews
Here is what some of our pastors, Parish Builders, and lay leaders are saying about the Retreat:
Home Missions Committee MemberSuch a wonderful retreat! Not just AZ and the weather, but Calvary’s pastor and people, our HMC wives and their selfless serving, and the rich time in Word and worship and fellowship. I came thinking I was going to be giving, but I was so impacted by the presence of God and the Lord’s dealing with me in love and correction that I came away being powerfully refreshed in a way that I have not experienced in years.
The conference had dynamic presenters with powerful messages in each presentation. The theme in the morning meetings was praying to our Father who wants to meet with us and desires a relationship with us. The afternoon message stressed the importance of “listening” to the Father. We also learned how to see interruptions in ministry as a blessing.Home Missions Parish Builder
PAST HOME MISSIONS LEADERSHIP RETREATS
HOME MISSIONS LEADERSHIP RETREAT
MESA, AZ, FEB 24-27, 2014
Sometimes the busyness of serving in ministry chokes out the necessary practice of pausing to consider what the LORD Jesus has done and is doing around us and through us. At the 2014 Leadership Retreat in Mesa, AZ our retreat vision was to inspire the heart and offer practical application to the hands of the Home Mission Pastor and his wife, Parish Builder, and other key congregation leaders.
Topics covered throughout the week included "Help! We aren't on the same page: When People Disagree" by Ollie Olson. "Considering Christ in Worship and Social Media" by Ryan Egan. Additional Bible studies and practical sessions were led by Pastor Dale Finstrom, Pastor Rick Long, Pastor Joe Ocker, Pastor Paul Nash, and Pastor Al Monson.
