In His Steps: Following the Christian Year
No specific programme has been developed yet. But the various retreat and seminar themes have been designed with a spiritual progression in view following the seasons in the Christian Year.
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(a) Season of Advent & Epiphany (December ~ January)
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Longing, Watching, Celebration; Time for renewal and hope, a looking forward as a new year unfolds |
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Year-end ~ Reflection & Review, Looking Forward & Preparation, Another new year is dawning |
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Epiphany ~ The revealing of Christ the King, the Word made flesh |
Retreats
1. The Sabbatical Lifestyle ~ Cultivating the Rhythm of Grace (4 days 3 nights)
2. Longing for God (based on Song of Songs) (4 days 3 nights)
3. Advent Retreat ~ Celebrate the Triune God of Grace (3 days 2 nights)
Seminars
1. The Sabbatical Lifestyle ~ Cultivating the Rhythm of Grace
2. Scriptures, Sexuality and Spirituality ~ Studies on the Song of Songs
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(b) Season of Lent, Easter, Pentecost (February ~ June)
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A season of fasting, self examination, repentance to prepare the heart to appreciate God’s great act of love to redeem humankind at the cost of His beloved Son |
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Ascension & Pentecost~ The Ascent of the Son, the Descent of the Spirit |
Retreats
1. Taking the Word Deeper (Lection Divina) (3 days 2 nights)
- Lenten Retreat I ~ On the Crossroad with Jesus (3 days 2 nights)*
- Lenten Retreat II ~ In the Upper Room with Jesus (4 days 3 nights)*
- Lenten Retreat III ~ A New Journey with Jesus (starting 2010) (4 days 3 nights)*
* Based on a series of three books of Lenten meditations by John Chong Ser Choon
Seminars
1. Taking the Word Deeper ~ The Practice of Imbibing & Praying Scriptures
2. Life in the Trinity ~ Recovering the Doctrine of Trinity for Christian Living Today
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(c) Season of Ordinary Days (July ~ November)
Ordinary days - discipline among the mundane, friends to walk with each other.
Retreats
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Double Knowledge in Spiritual Formation (4 days 3 nights) |
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Garden & Desert, Parched & Watered Souls (based on the Desert Fathers)
(4 days 3 nights) |
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Journey Journals ~ Remembering Our Stories (3 days 2 nights) |
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Of Rocks & Trees, Of Skies & Seas (4 days 3 nights) |
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Sabbath for Spiritual Formation ~ Creation, Redemption & Resurrection
(4 days 3 nights) |
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Spiritual Disciplines For Spiritual Formation (3 days 2 nights) |
Seminars
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Cultivating Spiritual Friendship |
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The Double Knowledge in Spiritual Formation |
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Spirituality of the Desert Fathers |
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Spiritual Disciplines for Spiritual Formation (Retreat, Solitude, Silence) |
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Prayer Re-Loaded ~ Re-examining Our Practice of Prayer |
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Jacob ~ A Life Graced By God (A Case Study for Spiritual Formation) |
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The Art of Journalling ~ A Life Imprint (New Seminar) |
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Ages Apart, Graced by God ~The Spirituality of the Early Church Fathers (New Seminar) |
Note: Seminars are conducted as half day, full day or as teaching series. |
