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MINISTERS' PEACEMAKERS RETREAT:

NEW! Upcoming 2011 Retreats:
-Lubbock, TX - September 30 - Oct. 1
-Searcy, AR - Nov. 11-12

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For Church Leaders, Elders, and Ministers

No greater conflict exists in our culture - in our world - today than the struggle among Christianity and the gay community. Churches in dispute of what stand to take - to re-define scripture and accept men and women who have embraced a gay identity. Families in dispute as to whether or not we allow loved ones who identify as gay to come home for the holidays. The silence and the separation have been devastating and from this, a great chasm has grown between us, creating futher alienation between anyone who claims to follow Christ and anyone who claims to be gay.

Church leaders - elders and ministers - are often on the frontline of this conflict, and yet most express a sincere need for help in understanding. The Body of Christ is desperate for leaders who know how to address this issue, and more importantly, how to care for those of us who have been impacted by same-sex attraction. We need more peacemakers.

Is God calling you to be a peacemaker in this arena? In our Churches? In our families? Bringing lives together to begin the conversation - to address the pain, the hurt that's behind the same-sex struggle - that's what ministers are often called to do. And those conversations can be more comfortable and more productive for the Kingdom with better equipping.

That's what the Peacemakers Retreat is all about...

Peacemakers is a three day retreat designed specifically for equipping ministers to respond to the needs of someone impacted by same-sex attraction. Led by Dr. David Lewis, pastoral counselor for the Cross Timbers Church in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, metroplex, and Sally Gary, director of CenterPeace, ministers taking part in the retreat wil gain greater insight into the same-sex experience and leave better equipped to respond as Jesus would to men and women who experience same-sex attraction. Here's what you can expect from Peacemakers:
  • Rich Discussion leading to greater insight about same-sex attraction
  • Opportunities to ask questions and talk freely about what we don't know
  • Inspirational worship with Brandon Scott Thomas

CAMP DAVID:

  • Offered annually at various locations
  • Opening and Closing Retreats
  • Reading & Journaling Assignments
  • Online Chat Groups
  • Contact with mentor throughout the year
 The Psalmist was known for being a "man after God's own heart", yet we know that he was often tormented by his own brokenness. Like its namesake, Camp David seeks to be a place where we can recommit to being men and women after God's own heart, no matter what we're struggling with, finding grace and peace in the process.

Designed for believers who experience unwanted same-sex attraction, we'll spend a year examining what it means to live out a life of holiness in the midst of that struggle. Beginning with a weekend retreat, "campers" will be paired with a mentor who will commit to walking with us via phone and internet for the rest of the year to discuss reading and journaling assignments. Throughout the year we'll have online discussion groups with fellow campers and their mentors. Then at year's end, we'll gather for a closing retreat to process what we've learned together.

What to expect:

Developing a more intimate relationship with God as Father will be the focus of Camp David. Beyond that, Camp David offers an opportunity to explore the roots of same-sex attraction and the underlying issues that often go unexamined in the life of someone first to living in deepest relationship with our Creator, we have the opportunity to grow in our ability to form healthy intimate relationships with others.

PARENT RETREATS:

A weekend that provides parents with a safe place to ask questions, to express feelings and to connect with other parents who are learning to love and relate to a son or daughter who experiences same-sex attraction.