A Clergy Women’s Retreat - November 6-8, 2011

We all need them, yet few of us find the time to nourish them:  Friendships.   Several recent studies on personal resiliency suggest that one of the healthiest aspects of our lives is the ability to develop and maintain a strong network of people who love, support and care for us.   But this involves time and energy that we don’t seem to have.  The intentional practice of making and keeping friends is too often neglected in our lives.

As clergy we are around people all the time, but too often we have few friends in our lives to whom we are not also “pastor.”  And for clergy women, there are unique challenges that face us in ministry that make it all the more important for collegial support and friendships.

The Rev. Sharon L. Vandegrift will lead clergy women of our conference in a retreat of why we need to nurture collegial relationships and how we can intentionally find ways to support one another.  All clergy women are invited to attend.  Continuing Education Funding available.  1 CEU will be awarded. 

The Rev. Sharon L. Vandegrift, Executive Director and Coach for Bridge-the-Gap Life Coaching Services, LLC, is a clergy member of the Eastern PA Conference and a Life and Leadership Coach endorsed by the United Methodist Endorsement Agency.   Having served in a variety of appointments: campus minister, pastor of small congregations, and senior pastor and head of staff of larger congregations, Sharon’s special affinity for the unique life and work of the professional pastor makes her an extremely effective coach for clergy who are just starting out on the pastoral journey, as well as for the seasoned pastor who wants to move forward.

Sharon is a graduate of Albright College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Institute for Life Coach Training, and, is credentialed as a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation. She is a regular contributor to ‘Response Magazine’, the publication of the United Methodist Women; a founding member of the Methodist Coaching Connection, an organization of United Methodist Clergy who are endorsed for the ministry of coaching ; and a volunteer coach for ‘One to One: Women Coaching Women’, a non-profit organization that provides coaching to women in challenging economic situations.

Offered by the clergy women of the Northern tier of the WPAUMC and through the Erie-Meadville District. 

Cost: •$ 210.00 per person     Private Room request (if available): Additional $20.00

To reserve your place, click here for reservation form: RESERVATION FORM

For more information call: 814-945-6512   e-mail: info@olmstedmanor.org

Olmsted Manor Retreat Center PO Box 8 Ludlow, PA  16333

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The world gives itself up to incessant activity merely because it knows of nothing better.  The inspired man works among its whirring wheels also; but he knows whither the wheels are going, for he has found the center where all is stillness . . . Paul Brunton