Women's retreat day

Last weekend I had the privilege of participating in a day of retreat for the WELCA ladies of Trinity. It was a beautiful opportunity for strong women of faith to gather together to pray and study and support one another.


Our gracious hostess had all kinds of goodies available for us, including bubble wands, treats, and customized journals in which she had inserted inspirational resources.




We had lots of time for various types of study and prayer, both individually (like lectio divina) and communally (like the morning prayer liturgy).




We enjoyed lovely refreshments at a beautiful table (and we even tried our hand at napkin origami, just for fun).




And, just for more fun, we played lawn games and blew bubbles while our lunch was being prepared for us. It was delightful.




The conversation and encouragement that emerged from our study and prayer was heartening to all of us, I think. And we obviously had a lot of fun in the process as well.