Every year the Midwest Covenant Women have a retreat in the fall at Covenant Heights. Covenant Heights is located just outside of Estes Park at the base of Long's Peak. Here's a view of the main chapel:
The View of Long's Peak from the chapel windows:
The group of ladies at the retreat from Arvada Covenant Church -Debbie, Cheryl, Joanne, Polly, Kinsey, Karen, Pat, Sherry, Vivian, Joan, Dottie, and Julie:
This year our speaker was a missionary from Israel who shared the importance of Genesis 12:2-3: "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the peoples on the earth will be blessed through you." This was God's promise to Abraham, a man whom God used to start the nation of Israel. She shared about the importance and relevance this has to our lives today. We also had a wonderful time of worship. We enjoyed it so much we are thinking of ways to make it possible for the worship leader to come join us for our Spring Retreat! She is a young, dynamic worship leader who can play guitar and piano!
We also got the opportunity to hear about three women from Faith Covenant in Colorado Springs who recently went to China. They went with women from the denomination, including Ruth Hill, on what is called a PACE trip. This means Prayer And Cultural Experience. They were able to tour parts of China and learn about their culture while they were in prayer for the country. It was great to hear about their trip and to learn that Covenant Women offers opportunities such as this!
We also spent time discussing Break the Chains. The national project for Covenant Women seeks to address this horrifying topic and promote taking action. We were able to take a few minutes to watch the movie about Break The Chains. Please visit this website if you would like to see the DVD: http://www.covchurch.org/humantrafficking. You will hear more about this cause throughout the year as Arvada Covenant Women Ministries gets involved more in this cause.
After the lunch we had free time to do the zip line, shop in Estes Park, nap, or hike around the park. A group of ladies from our group chose to do the zip line and hike.
Sherry, Julie, Cheryl, Joanne, and Debbie
Sherry, Polly, Joanne, Julie, Cheryl, Kinsey, Debbie, Pat, and Karen at Lily Lake:
Lily Lake
Fall colors:
Karen does the zip line:
Kinsey
Debbie
Cheryl
Joanne
We had such a great time! We hope these pictures inspire you to come join us next year!
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