Sabbath Rest: Invitation, Gift, and Blessing

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday 02/23/2022. 3:00 PM CT

Sabbath seems like a no-brainer. But, of all the 10 commandments, it’s the one we take for granted and rather loosely tend to ignore. God is a champion of creative work, that’s for sure. Just look around at trees, birds, oceans, and human beings to marvel at his work. But, he’s also a diligent advocate for Sabbath rest, when he and we are invited to join together in noticing, enjoying, and stewarding the life that surrounds us. Join the conversation and let’s keep Sabbath a priority.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Friday, February 25, 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Spiritual Practices: Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday 2/16/2022, 3PM CT

Why practice the spiritual disciplines in the first place? And, what “means of grace” are most meaningful to the committed Christian today? In this workshop we will unpack the importance of our “prayer closet” and reconsider the most basic practices that lead to spiritual renewal. Each of the three, Scripture, prayer, and reflection, have ancient and timeless roots well worth our consideration. In a retreat-like format, we will introduce them for the health and vitality of your soul.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Fri, Feb. 18, 2022, 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Soul Care Retreat: In the Father’s Love

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”1 John 3:1 (NIV) Jesus came into the world to make the love of the Father known. This retreat is an opportunity to be renewed in the love the Father has for you, His child. Let’s draw near to God to deepen our experience of this love together.

Space is limited to 18 participants, and registration deadline is Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 at 3 PM CT.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Priority and Practice of Soul Care

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday 1/18/2022, 3:00 PM

God’s invitation for his beloved children is always for deeper intimacy. He’s the Lover of our souls and longs to be given top priority in our daily lives. But, the distractions are abundant and its often elusive to know how best to make choices that feed our longings for more of God. In this interactive online workshop, you will be introduced to sustaining practices that feed your soul. Hop off the treadmill of constant noise and activity and join us for this important conversation.

COST
$35 per person.

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Thurs, Jan 20 2022, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Soul Care Retreat: Come, and You Will See

In John’s gospel Jesus invites two curious disciples who are seeking him to “come and see” where he is staying. They spent the rest of that day with him. This was an intimate invitation and call to discipleship as they ventured to seek a deeper relationship with the Master. Our retreat offers the same invitation in Jesus’ Name to those seeking to know him more fully. Come, and you too will see.

RETREAT IS NOW FULL.

Sacred Pathways Workshop with Gary Thomas

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday 12/9/2021, 4:00 PM (Eastern)

Most believers connect best with God and grow spiritually in one of nine unique ways. Learn how to lean into your spiritual temperament and how to appreciate other people who engage with God differently than you do. In the Sacred Pathways Workshop, Gary Thomas, author of “Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God“, will describe nine spiritual temperatments and–like the Enneagram and other personality assessment tools–encourage you to investigate the ways you most naturally express yourself in your relationship with God. Gary will help you discover the traits, strengths, and tendencies in your devotional approach so you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into rigid methods of worship and praise. His goal is to help you embrace the unique pathway through which God designed you to meet and enjoy him on a personal level.

COST
$35 per person.

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Sat, Dec 11 2021, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Enneagram Workshop 1: Becoming Acquainted with Your True-Self/False-Self

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday 11/15/2021, 4PM (Eastern Time)

The Enneagram is a powerful self-awareness tool that helps us explore the diverse personality traits, gifts, vices, and “deadly sins” that describe our unique selves. The Enneagram provides a helpful framework to describe how we amazingly reflect God’s image (our True-Self), as well as how our sin patterns can distort and mar that image (our False-Self). Each registrant takes an online WEPSS Enneagram assessment in advance of the workshop. With detailed and personalized results in hand, we spend the time together exploring the self-discovery insights offered by this tool.

COST
$35 per person.

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm CT

WAITING ON GOD

Presently, our experience as Christians involves the blending of two realities. On the one hand we experience joy in Messiah’s coming and his triumph over sin and death, and the Gift of the Holy Spirit now living in our hearts. On the other hand, a deep yearning for Christ to come again with righteousness and justice, in power and glory aches within us. During this retreat we will tend to our experience of grief, longing, mourning and waiting as acts of faith while we live out our days in a fallen, imperfect and corruptible world. Come, Lord Jesus.

COST
$35 per person.
Space is limited to 18 registrants and Registration Deadline is the end of the day on Monday 11/1/2021.

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Wed, Nov 3 2021, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday October 19, 2021 at 4:00 PM ET

What exactly is spiritual direction? Is it trustworthy, even biblical? How is it different from other ways of experiencing spiritual companionship? And what do we mean when we say a model is “contemplative”? Join us as together we explore some of these questions, and experience a taste of contemplative listening.

For those who desire an add-on of an individual spiritual direction session, an opportunity will be offered with your registration to sign up for a follow-up session with a spiritual director (1 hour), at a mutually agreed upon time on Thursday afternoon or Saturday (details will be sent via e-mail).

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Thurs, Oct 21 2021, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday 10/7/2021, 4:00 PM (Eastern)

He makes me lie down. This may be David’s deepest insight into the heart of God: a God so intent on our flourishing that his first gift to us is rest. Before God calls us to action, he summons us to stillness. He quiets us with his love. He restores our souls.

This is captured in God’s gift of Sabbath. Sabbath is more than a day. It is a place of abundance and overflow, a place where we rest from our own striving and rest in God’s bounty and goodness. It is a place of renewal and orientation from which all our work and activity flows.

In this workshop, author and professor Mark Buchanan (author of  The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath) will explore both the gift and the practice of Sabbath. We will look at Sabbath biblically, historically, theologically – but, above all, practically. Participants will come away with sense of the richness of the ancient practice of Sabbath-keeping, and with fresh motivation and strategies to live from the Sabbath.

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Sat, Oct 9 2021, 9:00 am – 11:30 am

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday 9/22/2021 at 4 PM ET

The Scriptures are replete with examples of God’s people fulfilling their unique mission, from Noah to Ruth to David to Jesus and his disciples. Listening to God, noticing his invitations, acknowledging his presence, and attending to his voice is where it all begins. All of us abide by an unwritten rule of life, but very few are asking God to help clarify it on a regular basis. In this workshop we’ll unpack the process.

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Fri, Sept 24 2021, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

The whole Christian life involves the Holy Spirit. The Christian, born of the Spirit, learns to walk in the Spirit. Maturing in grace we learn to pray in the Spirit, obtain access to the Father in the Spirit, sing in the Spirit, exhibit the fruit of the Spirit, serve with the gifts of the Spirit. What began in the Spirit must also be perfected by the Spirit. Come and attend to the life in the Spirit in you.

Space is limited to 18 participants and the Registration Deadline is Wednesday 9/01/2021, 4 PM (Eastern).

If you are an Access Mission Partner, you are eligible to receive a discount of $25 off all LTi workshops. Please use this special registration link.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Thurs, Sept. 2, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday 8/11/2021, 4PM (Eastern Time)

Why practice the spiritual disciplines in the first place? And, what “means of grace” are most meaningful to the committed Christian today? In this workshop we will unpack the importance of our “prayer closet” and reconsider the most basic practices that lead to spiritual renewal. Each of the three, Scripture, prayer, and reflection, have ancient and timeless roots well worth our consideration. In a retreat-like format, we will introduce them for the health and vitality of your soul.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Fri, Aug 13 2021, 9:00 am – 11:30 am

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday 7/22/2021, 4PM (Eastern Time)

In addition to being a tool for self-clarity, the Enneagram provides insights on how Christlike virtues can be cultivated in our lives through a transformational journey of deepening trust in God. This workshop is a sequel to Enneagram Workshop 1:  Becoming Acquainted with Our True-Self / False-Self, and we recommend participants attend that workshop prior to this one.  Bring your WEPSS report, and let’s together explore how the Holy Spirit may be at work within us to liberate us from our “deadly sins” and to make us more like Christ.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Sat, July 24, 2021, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”1 John 3:1 (NIV) Jesus came into the world to make the love of the Father known. This retreat is an opportunity to be renewed in the love the Father has for you, His child. Let’s draw near to God to deepen our experience of this love together.

Space is limited to 18 participants, and registration deadline is Monday June 21, 2021 at 4 PM ET.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Wednesday, June 23 2021, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CT

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday 6/10/2021, 4PM (Eastern Time)

The Enneagram is a powerful self-awareness tool that helps us explore the diverse personality traits, gifts, vices, and “deadly sins” that describe our unique selves. The Enneagram provides a helpful framework to describe how we amazingly reflect God’s image (our True-Self), as well as how our sin patterns can distort and mar that image (our False-Self). Each registrant takes an online WEPSS Enneagram assessment in advance of the workshop. With detailed and personalized results in hand, we spend the time together exploring the self-discovery insights offered by this tool.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm CT

God graciously speaks to us his beloved children. But how do we recognize the voice of Jesus apart from all the competing voices in our minds and in our lives? In this interactive online workshop, we draw insights from the Scriptures and explore principles of discernment taught by Ignatius of Loyola that will help us grow to better discern God’s will and direction in our lives.

LOCATION:
Online via ZOOM

DATE/TIME:
Sat, Mar 27 2021, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Eastern Time)

COST:
$35

WORKSHOP FACILITATOR:
David Wu

God’s invitation for his beloved children is always for deeper intimacy. He’s the Lover of our souls and longs to be given top priority in our daily lives. But, the distractions are abundant and its often elusive to know how best to make choices that feed our longings for more of God. In this interactive online workshop, you will be introduced to sustaining practices that feed your soul. Hop off the treadmill of constant noise and activity and join us for this important conversation. Facilitated by Steve Macchia and David Wu.

COST + LOCATION
$35 per person. Online via Zoom.

Presently, our experience as Christians involves the blending of two realities. On the one hand we experience joy in Messiah’s coming and his triumph over sin and death, and the Gift of the Holy Spirit now living in our hearts. On the other hand, a deep yearning for Christ to come again with righteousness and justice, in power and glory aches within us. During this retreat we will tend to our experience of grief, longing, mourning and waiting as acts of faith while we live out our days in a fallen, imperfect and corruptible world. Come, Lord Jesus.

COST
$35 per person.
Space is limited to 18 registrants.

Access Scholarships are also available!

SCHEDULE
9AM Connect on Zoom for intro and orientation
10AM Silence and solitude on your own (offline). We will provide materials.
11AM Reconnect on Zoom for group sharing, thanksgiving and closing worship
12PM Retreat concludes

The Enneagram has been increasingly recognized as a helpful tool for self-awareness and discipleship, with roots in Christian spiritual theology. More than a personality test that describes our strengths and weaknesses, the Enneagram examines the virtues, motivators, defense mechanisms, and "deadly sins" that lie underneath the surface. This workshop presents a distinctly Christian approach to using the Enneagram for discipleship. A portion of the workshop will be spent introducing the Enneagram through a biblical and theological lens. Each registrant will take an online WEPSS Enneagram assessment in advance of the workshop. With detailed and personalized results in hand, we'll spend the morning together exploring the self-discovery insights offered by this ancient tool.

COST
$49.00 - includes the cost of 1 WEPSS Enneagram Profile that is taken online.
Scholarships available!

The Formed by God’s Word workshops are designed with a view towards being spiritually formed by God’s Word, not merely informed. They integrate careful study of the Bible with prayerful reflection. In this workshop on the book of 1 John, we will be discussing the theme of knowing God in love. We will examine the claims that love makes and the possibility of fellowship with God and each other. Attention will also be given to the path of spiritual growth as addressed by John.

COST
$35 per person.
Scholarships available!

The Formed by God’s Word workshops are designed with a view towards being spiritually formed by God’s Word, not merely informed. They integrate careful study of the Bible with prayerful reflection. In his letter to the Philippians, Paul exhorts his readers to adopt the same mindset as Christ. We will consider how this orientation is illustrated and exemplified in the rest of the epistle, in its theology and by the people who are named. We will also ponder the deep longings expressed by the apostle.

COST
$35 per person.
Scholarships available!

The Enneagram has been increasingly recognized as a helpful tool for self-awareness and discipleship, with roots in Christian spiritual theology. More than a personality test that describes our strengths and weaknesses, the Enneagram examines the virtues, motivators, defense mechanisms, and "deadly sins" that lie underneath the surface. This workshop presents a distinctly Christian approach to using the Enneagram for discipleship. A portion of the workshop will be spent introducing the Enneagram through a biblical and theological lens. Each registrant will take an online WEPSS Enneagram assessment in advance of the workshop. With detailed and personalized results in hand, we'll spend the morning together exploring the self-discovery insights offered by this ancient tool.

COST
$49.00 - includes the cost of 1 WEPSS Enneagram Profile that is taken online.
Scholarships available!

At the end of his life Moses blessed Benjamin with these beautiful words: “Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long” (Deuteronomy 33:12). We will be leaning into the secure rest that Jesus has promised his beloved ones. Time will be given in this in this retreat for listening to God’s Word and to experiencing the rest God has promised all the children he loves. Beloved ones, come and receive the rest only Jesus can give.

COST
A suggested donation of $30 per person.
We realize these are trying times financially for many. If you are unable to give, you are welcome to register anyway. If you are able to make a contribution to the ministry of LTI, we would be most grateful.

Access scholarships are also available!
Space is limited to 18 registrants.

SCHEDULE
9AM Connect on Zoom for intro and orientation
10AM Silence and solitude on your own (offline). We will provide materials.
11AM Reconnect on Zoom for group sharing, thanksgiving and closing worship
12PM Retreat concludes

Sabbath seems like a no-brainer. But, of all the 10 commandments, it’s the one we take for granted and rather loosely tend to ignore. God is a champion of creative work, that’s for sure. Just look around at trees, birds, oceans, and human beings to marvel at his work. But, he’s also a diligent advocate for Sabbath rest, when he and we are invited to join together in noticing, enjoying, and stewarding the life that surrounds us. Join the conversation and let’s keep Sabbath a priority.

COST
$35 per person
Scholarships available!