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24 Hour or 48 Hour Silent Prayer Retreat
24 Hour Retreat November 14-15, 2024
48 Hour Retreat November 13-15, 2024
Location: Spirit in the Desert – 7415 E Elbow Bend Rd, Carefree, AZ 85377
We live in a noisy, busy world. It can be exhausting and discouraging. Jesus invites us to something different that can shape the way we are interacting with the noise. In Mark 6:31-32, we read: “Because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Come away with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’ So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.” Take some time away to follow Jesus in this invitation to rest.Come for 24 hours or make it a 48 hour retreat. Gentle facilitation at the beginning and end with options for how you might spend this time with the Lord.
Rest and Release: soul care day
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 // 9a-3:30p
Location: Franciscan Renewal Center – 5802 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
Catherine of Siena reminds us that our union with Christ offers a double blessing. Someday, we will see our friend and Savior face to face in Paradise, but we also get to enjoy his presence along the way in the wilderness. As Hebrews promises, we look forward to a final rest, but we can also rest where the Triune God has taken up residence in our hearts. In this soul care day, we meditate on the three signs of burnout and the remedy of spiritual rest.
We will have gathered times of prayer, time for personal reflection and prayer (you’ll be given materials), sharing in a small group, and an opportunity to meet with a spiritual director, if desired. Lunch and materials are included.
Cost:
Regular Registration: $49
General Member Registration: $44
Full and Professional Member Registration: $40
2025 SFSAZ Conference
Pilgrimage: seeing the sacred as we walk with Jesus
February 6 & 7, 2025
Location: Valley View Bible Church, 4222 E Lincoln Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
Since ancient times individuals have followed their hearts on the spiritual practice of pilgrimage. They have traveled together and alone on sacred journeys near and far from their homes, for long periods of time or just a day.
Join us as we consider our life in Christ as pilgrimage, Matt and Julie Canlis will be sharing around themes that give us context and encouragement for this life. Matt will look at resting in our identity as well as living out of our baptism into Christ. Julie will look at pilgrimage in the early church, people and places. Breakout sessions by SFSAZ staff and friends.
Conference will be followed by a pilgrimage in the City of Phoenix, the Camino de Phoenix.
For cost and registration click the button below.
Formational Prayer Seminar
For more than 20 years Healing Care has trained clinical counselors, pastors, spiritual directors and Christian leaders to help people experience lasting change and hope.
The approach of Formational Prayer/Care integrates practices of the behavioral sciences, neurobiology and counseling with Christian spiritual formation and biblical teaching. This unique modality has proven to be an avenue of healing for thousands of hurting individuals around the world.
Topics Include:
- Stages Of Healing
- Core Longings
- Types Of Trauma
- Positioning For Episodic Experience
- Caregiver As Empathic Witness
- Attachment & The Love Of God
- Ministry Of The Holy Spirit
- Spiritual Warfare
- The Lost Art Of Lament
SEMINAR FORMAT
Lectures (live & virtual) / Small Groups (practice and processing) / Formational Prayer Demonstrations / Activities & Experientials for personal growth
Refund Policy
In-person events: 30 days or more prior to event: 100%, 14-29 days before event: 90%, 7-13 days before event: 60%, 1-6 days before event: 30%
No refunds available after an event.
Ongoing Contemplative Prayer Offerings
Be/Still
Contemplative Prayer Group
Taizé Prayer
Other Offerings
Renew
Renew: individual private retreats designed by our SFSAZ team to fit who you are and where you are in your life with God. Retreats include accommodations and meals at a retreat center as well as time with a Spiritual Director and Pastoral Counselor to help process all that you are experiencing as you spend time with God. Retreats can be anywhere from 2-5 days. Let us know and we can consult with you in designing a retreat. Great for times of discernment, transition, and/or simply needing the space to reflect and be renewed in your life with God and the ministry to which He has called you.
Please fill out this form to initiate the process https://sfsaz.breezechms.com/form/0f32fd
FORMATIO: the art of caring for souls
A two-year cohort journey in learning the art of soul care. Based around six retreats, participants will learn to more fully care for their own soul as well as coaching others in the ways and rhythms of Jesus. The art of caring for souls is companioning someone in their journey of experiencing God in awakening to the love of God, growing awareness of self and God, increasing attentiveness to His presence and voice, and abiding in/with God. This invites a lifestyle of intentional practices and rhythms that form us in the image of Christ. Some of those practices include: silence and solitude, prayer and listening, and discernment and detachment in the context of Scripture and community. Click here for more program information.