GROWING DEEPER: Celebration of Discipline

The G3 Summit is fast approaching...just three short weeks away. This will be the last blog posting to remind you to send in your reservation and check. We have five rooms reserved already so there are only five rooms left.

Our theme for the weekend remains "Growing Deeper: Celebration of Discipline." Using the book by Richard Foster as reference, we will focus on several of the spiritual disciplines.

Our monthly teleconferences have been a great way to stay connected until we were able to reschedule the Summit. Thank you to Jamee for teaching us about the Discipline of Study during those phone conversations. This leads us right up to the Summit weekend.

Our Scripture for this weekend:

Psalm 1:1-3
"Blessed is the woman who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down (to relax & rest) where the scornful gather. But her delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (instructions/teachings) she habitually meditates (ponders/studies) by day and by night. And, she shall be like a tree firmly planted (and tended) by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything she does shall proper and come to maturity."

Jeremiah 17: 7-8
"Most blessed is the woman who believes in, trust in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is. For she shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the water; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit."

Colossians 2:7
"Have the roots of your being firmly and deeply planted in Him, fixed and founded in Him, being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving."

We look forward to seeing you in a couple weeks. The retreat this spring will indeed be a time of spiritual rest & rejuvenation for many of us. I've talk to several of you, and you express the desire and need to "get away" to "restore your soul" and really spend some quality time in the Presence of the Lord, so we will be budgeting a lot of time for you to practice the disciplines of meditation, solitude and prayer.

We also have scheduled some great times of fun & laughter with our sisters in Christ. We're taking our trip into Waxahachie to the Dove's Nest for lunch and shopping on Saturday, and we'll be having a real campfire with star gazing and S'mores on Saturday night!

For those who have never been to a G3 Summit or are hesitating about attending...I challenge you and encourage you to seriously consider it. Be courageous and get out of your comfortable spiritual boat!

Friday-Sunday
March12-14
Camp Hoblitzelle, Midlothian Texas
William Booth Hacienda
$125 (includes two nights, all retreat materials, all snack & all meals - except Sat lunch at the Dove's Nest in Waxahachie)

What to bring:
Bible
G3 Summit Journal (provided if you don't have one)
Pillow (if you want to use your own)
Camping Chair (for campfire)
Sleeping Bag (for star gazing)

REGISTRATION & CHECK DEADLINE: March 8