Liberti Men’s Retreat 2024
It is time to sign up for Liberti’s annual men’s retreat!
Here are the details: Nov. 8-10 at Innabah Camp and Retreat Center. The cost for the retreat is $175 (but you can get an early bird rate of $160 if you RSVP by Oct. 8!). This will cover lodging and the meals on Saturday and Sunday. RSVP through clicking on the PayPal link at the bottom of this page. If you need financial assistance, scholarships are available (simply contact Stephen if you need one at swood@liberti.org).
On Friday night, we will be just hanging out around the fire; arrive when you can. We will have worship, teaching, and discussion on Saturday morning, free time on Saturday afternoon, and a session together on Saturday evening. Then we will then have breakfast on Sunday morning and one final session together before we head home.
If you have questions, email Stephen at swood@liberti.org.
Here is the information about the content of the retreat from Jim Bergwall, who will lead our teaching again this year.
Which Brother? Why?
Men will have a weekend to stop and consider ways they compartmentalize life experiences for Godly and ungodly reasons. While there may be necessary and appropriate reasons to compartmentalize our lives, there are also impulses that the world, our flesh, and the Devil instigate. For example, I'm tempted to cordon off aspects of my life for different reasons. I may want to make myself look better to me or to others I'm trying to impress. On the flip side, my self-made categories can provide an excuse to hide my faith or distance myself from those I dislike, threaten me, or are just too different.
We'll reflect on four pairs of brothers from Holy Scripture.
Sitting with the Lord and these passages has revealed how I typically identify with one brother while judging the other. Over time, by God's Grace, I've realized that I've been ALL EIGHT of these men at various junctures in my life, in multiple "heart house" rooms, or in specific relationships.
Liberti Men's Retreat 2024 will be comprised of four talks:
Saturday, 9 AM, will focus on Cain and Abel, followed by personal prayer. Dangers of cordoning off our wicked hearts from ourselves + others.
Saturday, 11 AM, will focus on Jacob and Esau, followed by a small group discussion. Costs of making snap judgements about people.
Saturday Evening will focus on the elder brother and his prodigal sibling, followed by an open mic. Impoverishments from detaching blessing from God’s Love.
After another hour of personal prayer, Sunday morning's worship will focus on the brother who said he would in Jesus' parable but didn't and the brother who said he wouldn't and did. Benefits from compartmentalizing our lives under the Blood of Christ