We expected it to fill back in October when registration opened just like it had for the past 4 years. And, it did. It’s not because of any awesome marketing strategy or cool graphics. We actually aren’t that great at those. It was because so many foster and adoptive couples know what they need. And, we’re right there with them. We don’t need another conference. There’s already a lot of good ones out there. We need connection; we need each other. We need to intentionally step out of our daily life and take a deep breath so that we can press on in what we have been together called to do.
That’s what the Together Called marriage retreat is about. Yeah, there’s a schedule. Yeah, speakers do prepare something. Good speakers most often do. Yeah, there are breakout sessions (we’re leading one of them) and a resource table. But, all that is planned—all that we as a team plan—is planned to promote connection—connection to a kindred community, connection between a husband and wife, and connection to the One who made each one of us and takes great pleasure in us even when we feel like we are not up for the task before us.
Life can change pretty fast for people in the adoption world which means that some of those couples who said yes to this and registered back in October have had to say “not this time” after all, leaving us with THREE OPEN SPOTS for this year’s Together Called being held the last weekend in March at Bear Creek Mountain Resort.
If the idea of retreat alone is not enough (I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t be). Check out some of the folks who are a part of the program: Nate and Sara Hagerty, renown author of Every Bitter Thing is Sweet and our very first Together Called speakers; singer/songwriters (and adoptive parents) Philip and Jessica Morlan from Seeds Family Worship; Jeff Nitz, Senior VP of Adoption and Family Services at Bethany Christian Services, and his wife Cheryl Nitz, Director of the Attachment & Bonding Center of Pennsylvania; Carolyn Ruch of Rise and Shine Movement, Anna Balfour of Potential Difference, Amy Brady of PAUSE, and Stephanie Smit of The Sparrow Fund team. Mark and I are championing the whole deal and leading a breakout session on connecting as a husband and wife.
Head over to the page about the event on The Sparrow Fund’s site
NOW to read more about the weekend
and
Add your name to THE WAITING LIST to try to get one of the three open spots.
Maybe you didn’t know about it back in October. Or, maybe you simply weren’t able to commit then. We totally get that. But, now that we’re this close, we’d love for you to consider or reconsider. You’ll never regret an investment made in connection.
I can’t wait to see who jumps in.
