Registration is now open for the 2025 denominational Clergywomen’s Retreat to be held Feb. 10-13, 2025, in Winter Park, Fla. This event, which takes place every five years, offers an opportunity for all licensed and credentialed clergywomen to gather for refreshment, renewal, and inspiration.
The retreat speaker is Meghan Larissa Good, a Mennonite pastor and author of Divine Gravity: Sparking a Movement to Recover a Better Christian Story. Information about the event can be found at www.brethren.org/ministryoffice.
Scholarship assistance is available by contacting officeofministry@brethren.org for an application. Congregations and districts are encouraged to support their clergywomen in attending and to consider supporting the scholarship fund by giving to the fund here at www.brethren.org/giveministry.
Ministry Office director Nancy Sollenberger Heishman looks forward to the gathering as “an important time for clergywomen to experience the power of sisterly solidarity, a restful time apart from the intense expectations of ministry, and an opportunity to reflect on Christ’s call to love.
Translation will be offered in Spanish and Haitian Kreyol.
La inscripción ya está abierta para el retiro de mujeres clérigas denominacionales de 2025 que se llevará a cabo del 10 al 13 de febrero de 2025 en Winter Park, FL. Este evento que se lleva a cabo cada cinco años ofrece una oportunidad para que todas las mujeres clérigas licenciadas y acreditadas se reúnan para refrescarse, renovarse e inspirarse.
La oradora del retiro es la Rev. Meghan Larissa Good, pastora menonita y autora de Divine Gravity: Sparking a Movement to Recover a Better Christian Story. Puede encontrar información sobre el evento aquí: www.brethren.org/ministryoffice.
Hay asistencia para becas disponible comunicándose con officeofministry@brethren.org para presentar una solicitud. Se anima a las congregaciones y distritos a apoyar a sus mujeres clérigas para que asistan y también a considerar apoyar el fondo de becas donando aquí: www.brethren.org/giveministry.
La directora de la Oficina del Ministerio, Nancy Sollenberger Heishman, espera que la reunión sea “un momento importante para que las mujeres clérigas experimenten el poder de la solidaridad fraternal, un tiempo de descanso aparte de las intensas expectativas del ministerio y una oportunidad para reflexionar sobre el llamado de Cristo al amor. Se ofrecerá traducción al español y al criollo haitiano.
Enskripsyon yo ouvri kounye a pou Retrè 2025 ki baze sou Lafwa k ap fèt 10-13 fevriye 2025 nan Winter Park, Florid. Evènman sa a, ki fèt chak senkan, ofri tout manm klèje fanm ki gen lisans ak akredite opòtinite pou yo reyini ansanm pou rechaje, renouvle ak enspire tèt yo.
Oratè retrèt la se Rev Meghan Larissa Good, pastè Mennonit ak otè Divine Gravity: Sparking a Movement to Recover a Better Christian Story. Enfòmasyon sou evènman an disponib isit la: www.brethren.org/ministryoffice.
Asistans bousdetid disponib lè w kontakte officeofministry@brethren.org pou yon aplikasyon. Nou ankouraje kongregasyon yo ak distri yo pou yo sipòte fanm klèje yo nan patisipasyon yo epi konsidere sipòte fon bousdetid la lè yo fè don nan fon an isit la: www.brethren.org/giveministry.
Direktè Biwo Ministè a Nancy Sollenberger Heishman rele rasanbleman an “yon moman enpòtan pou fanm klèje yo fè eksperyans pouvwa solidarite sè, yon tan repo anba atant entans ministè yo, ak yon opòtinite pou reflechi sou apèl Kris la pou renmen. Yo pral ofri tradiksyon an panyòl ak kreyòl ayisyen.
— Nancy Sollenberger Heishman, director of the Ministry Office of the Church of the Brethen, and Founa Augustin Badet, director of Intercultural Ministry for the Church of the Brethren, contributed to this report.
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