The topic for this year is Getting Closer to God Through Trials presented by the Reverend Bobbie Knowles. Below is the description of the retreat from the ECW brochure:
And here are some great reasons to attend the retreat:The Bible tells us in Romans 8:28 that, “All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.” James 1:2 says, “Consider it pure joy, whenever you face trials of many
kinds.” Through her experiences The Rev. Bobbie Knowles will
help you realize how you too can get closer to God through the trials you experience. You will learn that God’s grace is really sufficient to get you through any and every situation in your life. You will discover that
when your trials seem too hard to bear, God does provide a way of escape and through those trials you emerge a much stronger person. Because of the many trials in her own life Rev. Bobbie has learned that there is always grace within the trials
one encounters. She also realizes that when we come close to breaking down, we begin to touch those things that break us and in that breaking, our true nature
emerges. Only then do we appreciate that we are actually strong enough to bear these trials and that is when we begin to allow God to get closer to us, as we get
closer to Him.Rev. Roberta Knowles, aka Rev. Bobbie, has been the Vicar at St. Philip the Joy-Giver Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas since June 2007 after serving as the Assistant Priest of St. James Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas.
- Establish, re-establish or deepen their personal relationship with
Christ. - Learn how to yield to the actions of the Holy Spirit and experience His presence as He works in and through them.
- Join with other Christian women in sharing the trials in their own lives as they discover they are not alone.
- Meet new people and make new friends.
I will be attending the retreat, and would love to see some of the All Saints' Twenties and Thirties ladies there!
