Retreats

There are a variety of retreat styles offered through the ministry of Equipping Lydia. You are cordially invited to join us for the retreat that you need for this season in your life. See the Ministry Calendar for upcoming retreat dates.
Spiritual Refreshment Retreats

What to expect:
9am – 3pm Experience guided times of quiet, solitude, prayer, worship, study of Scripture, and fellowship.
3pm – 5pm As the Spirit leads… during this time some women will need to return home while others are welcome to stay and continue in fellowship, reflection, or receive personal prayer ministry.

Who should attend:
Women of the Christian faith who may feel weary, dry, or depleted. This is gentle day with much freedom in a beautiful setting and it is perfect for "first time" retreatants. Individuals are welcome as are small groups or clusters of co-workers and friends. These retreats are especially helpful for women on the front lines of Kingdom ministries in their homes, communities, churches, and in the world.

2010 Spiritual Refreshment Dates (Full Ministry Calendar)
Silent Retreats

What to expect:
9am – 3pm Experience a day of silence and fasting in Christian community where we gather regularly for the reading of Scripture and worship before entering back into silence. The fasting is optional if there are dietary constraints.
3pm – 5pm Celebrate the tradition of the Love Feast as we break our fast and give thanks in praise and prayer for what the Lord has done in our hearts this day.

Who should attend:
Men and women of the Christian faith are invited to attend these silent retreats. These are especially helpful for those who are discerning God's good will in their lives or simply need to stop and listen to the still small voice of God in the midst of the hurricanes of modern life.

2010 Silent Retreat Dates (Full Ministry Calendar)
Reflection Retreats for Women of Christian Faith

What to expect:
The ministry of Equipping Lydia has seen that many women have been bound in their Christian journey struggle to understand their gifts, talents, and purpose in God's Kingdom. Often they say, "I just don’t fit." These reflection retreats offer insight on the core principles of this ministry designed specifically for women destined for maturity as they reflect the image of Christ.

9am – 3pm Prayer, worship, teaching, reflection & fellowship addressing the subjects of:
  • Spiritual Freedom: Who Has God Created You To Be?
  • Spiritual Growth: Practicing God's Heartbeat of Love in Every Day Life
  • Sabbath: Finding The Rest of Jesus
  • Welcome: Opening Your Heart and Life to Love
3pm – 5pm As the Spirit leads… during this time some women will need to return home while others are welcome to stay and continue in fellowship, reflection, or receive personal prayer ministry.

Who should attend:
Women who long to mature in the likeness of Christ are invited to attend these retreats, particularly if you have struggled with freedom, maturity, rest or perhaps having an openness of your heart and life to others.

2010 Reflection Retreat Dates (Full Ministry Calendar)
  • May 12 - Welcome: Opening your Heart and Life to Love, for Women of Faith
    Location: A Quiet Place Retreat Center, Bryantsville, KY
    Register by email: retreats@equippinglydia.org

    True Christianity is gracious and generous. The gathering together in love and community is critical and quite frankly rare. This retreat will help retreatants explore what blocks or invites the gracious hospitality of Christ in our lives… particularly to the least or to those who are difficult to deal with. This is a simple, but radical approach to welcoming weary travelers on their journeys of faith.
     
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  • August 28 - Spiritual Freedom: Who Has God Created You to Be?, for Women of Faith
    Location: A Quiet Place Retreat Center, Bryantsville, KY
    Register by email: retreats@equippinglydia.org
  • November 12 - Sabbath: Finding the Rest of Jesus, for Women of Faith
    Location: A Quiet Place Retreat Center, Bryantsville, KY
    Register by email: retreats@equippinglydia.org
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Customized Retreats
Custom-designed spiritual formation retreats and workshops can be developed for your congregation, work group or team. Equipping Lydia specializes in "home retreating" by leading small groups through spiritual formation in the intimate setting of the host's home.

A Sampling of Custom Retreat Topics...
  • Kaleidoscopes of Restoration: Explore the gifts of suffering--how God can create something beautiful out of brokenness.
  • Soul Friends: Grow in understanding of Christian friendship and deepen your assurance of love.
  • Profound Simplicity: Experience personal transformation through the real meaning of Christmas.
  • Hospitality: Explore the rich tradition of Christian welcome.
  • Chrysalis Moments In Your Busy Days: Discover simple ideas to experience Sabbath rest in the midst of modern life.
  • Come To Your Senses In Prayer: Examine sensory preferences and their impact on the way we pray and worship.
  • Strengthening Marriage through Prayer: Practice praying for your spouse... finding restorative love in the process.
  • Diving Deeper In God's Grace: Explore the means of grace as an intentional practice of drinking from the well that never goes dry.
  • The Body of Christ -- Alive in Prayer!: Living in the Overflow of God's Blessing
  • Dreaming with God: Team/Group Visioning
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Special Retreats
From time to time, Equipping Lydia will offer special retreats. Check back here often for new events.

Upcoming special retreats
  • Friday, June 25 - Mother, Are You Sitting Down?
    Lisa Baker's story of God's amazing love and faithfulness for a mother and her daughter.

    Lisa Baker’s testimony as a mother is one of yielding to God through the challenge of raising a beautiful but strong willed child. If you are a mother who needs a word of hope, come and be encouraged and strengthened by God’s love through Lisa’s journey with her daughter Jaime.

    Friday, June 25, 9am-2pm, Lexington,KY
    Click HERE for more information.

    Register at retreats@equippinglydia.org or call 859-533-7257.
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Retreat Costs

Unless noted, there is no set fee for most Equipping Lydia retreats. We do receive a love offering which can be either financial or an offering of service towards this ministry. Your offering is not a "payment for services rendered." Grace is not something one can buy. In fact, others have poured into Equipping Lydia so that you can have this experience of spiritual renewal.

Your offering ensures that someone else in a future retreat can be blessed. And so, it is an appropriate act of Thanksgiving to prepare to leave an offering. Your gift can be an offering of money or of Christian Service.

If your gift is service: Equipping Lydia needs women to serve in a variety of capacities... See our Wish List

If your gift is financial: We are finding that the cost per retreatant, per day, is $50-$75. Your financial help ensures that these retreats are available for other persons. Please be as generous as the Lord leads you.

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Donations can also be sent to:
Equipping Lydia
978 Charwood Drive
Lexington, KY 40515
(859) 523-3219
info@equippinglydia.org

Please pray about what your offering is to be. We ask that you leave your check or a note describing how you want to serve on the day of the retreat in a box marked "love offering."
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