"The Castle" Prayer Retreat
October 12-13, 2007
Adult Cost: $38.00 per person -
food and lodging, double occupancy
Students $20.00: High School and College special rate.
Accommodations are in a huge old mansion that is built like a castle, including the dungeon, and a cupula for prayer.
Rooms have double beds, bath and shower. A large kitchen is available to prepare meals or snacks,
and large meeting rooms. There is plenty of room to spread out a find places to pray indoors or take a hike through
the woods and down to the river as part of your prayer walk.
Learning To Pray
Most people have never done an extended time of prayer such as a prayer retreat.
For first timers even the suggestion can be intimidating. We seek to minister to
the novice pray-er. Our goal is to teach, or rather coach, you in spending intimate
time alone with God.
Training Manual & Workbook
We have a training manual and workbook to guide you each step of your day
of prayer, with workbooks and exercises that help you pray. We also include a free
library of books on prayer that help coach you in your area of need, as well as
Scripture on tape and CD to soak you mind in the Word. We provide some CD players and
cassette tape of quiet worshipful music to aid your private expressions to God.
Silent Retreat
This is primarily a silent retreat, that is, you need not fear having to pray outloud
or in public. We are together, but we are alone with God.
Retreat Schedule
Day 1 – Friday Evening
3 pm – Early Arrival
6 pm – Supper together
7 pm – Orientation - Six Steps of Intimacy
8 pm – Journaling - Tell God why you are here.
9 pm – Devotional Reading
10 pm – Free time
11 pm – Bedtime
Sleep 10:30 pm – 6:30 am
Day 2 – Saturday
7 am – Rise and Shine
8 am – Simple Breakfast
9 am – (1) Be Still Before God
10 am – (2) Be Thankful for Everything
11 am – (3) Be Worshipful - Praise for who God is
12 am – Lunch - soup and sandwich Nap time / or just relax
1 pm – (4)Confess Sin
2 pm – Walk & listen to sermon tape/music, etc
3 pm – (5) Cloth in God's armor
4 pm – (6) Cast all personal cares on Him
5 pm – Head for home
This is my personal style for an ordered and disciplined time of extended prayer.
There will be some who find it difficult or unrewarding to be so disciplined.
In that case you need to develop your own style. Just be sure that it keeps you praying.
Find more resources on prayer at our PrayerToday.org web site.
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