Primary Purpose: Connect with God, Learn from Others, Be Transformed with Humility

Primary Settings: Places outside the normative routine and character of a person’s life……Situations where people can practice the spiritual disciplines and achieve the above purpose with limited distractions and pretext.

Primary Values:
· Listen much, Speak little – Practice Silence
· Stop the distraction – Practice Solitude
· Learn from what and who you don’t know – Practice Submission

Location Ideas:

Fairhaven Retreat Center, East Tennessee

www.fairhavenministries.net
March-November Cost: $200-400

Avila Retreat Center, Durham

www.avila-retreat-center.com
Cost: $30-$150

Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, GA

www.trappist.net
March-November Cost: $300-400

Guatemala

March – August Cost: $1000

To learn more, email Elaine Bayless or contact the church office at 919-784-8088.