Women's Ministry
Women's Retreat
Ladies, does the word ‘frazzled’ describe you? Do you long for more peace and victory in your daily living? Then please join us April 9-11 for a spiritually enriching weekend at Hollifield Leadership Center located on serene Lake Hickory near Conover, NC. Author of The Frazzled Female and speaker, Cindi Wood will teach us how to creatively manage the stresses of life, find God's peace in our daily chaos and develop a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. This year we will be blessed by a talented team, Rebecca Redmond and Mary Vande Guchte, who will lead us in worship.
Registration opens January 10, 2010. The cost for the weekend is $195 if paid before March 8 with a $75 deposit required. After March 8, the cost is $235 and payment must be made in full. Registration closes March 29. Space is limited, so register early.
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Contact Mary Wallace Wilson (847-2501 or mary.wilson@uscm.org) or Anne Stancil (326-3000 or anne@pray.org).
Retreat Details
You won’t want to miss out on this opportunity to grow closer to the Lord and to other women in all walks of life. It will certainly be a weekend to remember. Saturday afternoon ladies will have free time to enjoy uninterrupted time with the Lord, explore the grounds of Hollifield, travel off-site to see the local town or enjoy activities planned by the retreat committee that will surely relax any frazzled female.
Check-in begins Friday at 3:30pm in the main lobby at Hollifield and will end by 5:00pm. Directions to Hollifield will be provided in a future email/letter. Driving time is about 3 hours from Raleigh to Hollifield. The retreat concludes after lunch on Sunday. Dress for the weekend is casual.
Speaker
Cindi Wood
Cindi, a sought after speaker teaches the “strung-out and frazzled” how to creatively manage the stresses of life. Her seminars and keynote addresses have been the focal point for national, state and area conferences, church groups, businesses, schools and government agencies. With a degree in education from Gardner Webb University, she has accumulated over 20 years of experience working with adults and children, helping them to learn to combat stress by managing time, developing a sense of humor, learning to organize and, above all, teaching them to develop a closer relationship with Jesus Christ.
Author, speaker and entrepreneur, Cindi is also a wife, mother of two and prime material for stress overload. That is why she has turned her focus to the needs of so many Christian women who seek support in handling the tremendous stresses in life in this new millennium.
Cindi lives in her hometown of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Her husband Larry, is Assistant City Manager of Gastonia, NC. Her son Brandon, has a photography and design studio in Nashville, TN. Lane who is in seminary is also a singer/writer for the touring Christian band, Severely Yours. Most recently, he has answered the call to be the worship leader for Capital Community Church, a Providence Baptist church plant in Raleigh. Daughter-in-law Bonnie is married to Brandon and is a math middle-school teacher and daughter-in-law Meghan, who is married to Lane, teaches elementary school.
Worship Leaders
Rebecca Redmond
Rebecca was born in Charlotte, NC but has lived in Raleigh most of her life. She grew up attending Providence, her home church. She attended college at East Carolina University where she received degrees in Psychology and Rehabilitation Services. While she was there she was also able to participate in various musical opportunities through operas, chamber singers, and more. She developed a strong love and devotion to Christ through her college years, as well as a love for worship. Later she received a Master’s Degree from UNC Chapel Hill in Social Work and worked in Social Services before coming on staff at Providence in 2006. She currently serves as executive assistant for Pastor Leon Tucker in Education Ministries. It’s been her privilege and joy to serve in the music ministry at Providence through choir and worship team for the past 7 years. She met her husband, Jason, a teacher at West Millbrook Middle School, through a Christmas Caroling event at Providence in 2007, and they were married in October 2008. They are enjoying being newly-weds and now live in North Raleigh.
Mary Vande Guchte
Mary and her husband, Tom have been married for 30 years. They have 5 children ages 15-25, one son-in-law and one soon to-be daughter-in-law and one beautiful baby grand-daughter. Mary was part of the Providence Music Ministry for about 12 years. She was involved in worship planning and played piano/organ in the worship time. Presently, Mary is seeking God’s plan for her as a musician. This past year she produced a CD, “Still Waters” that is being used by Hospice to minister God’s peace and presence during difficult times.
Retreat Prayer Requests
Please join us in prayer for our upcoming women’s retreat.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." ~Philippians 4:6-7
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Pray for God to give each woman physical, spiritual and soul rest while at the retreat.
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Pray for the safety of all women traveling to the retreat and throughout the weekend.
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Pray for God to be glorified in our time together.
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Pray for our speaker, Cindi Wood, and our worship leaders, Rebecca Redmond and Mary Vande Guchte, to be inspired by God as they prepare to minister to the women before and during the retreat.