Retreat-in-a-Bag Series (The Beginning)

Three books are currently available in our “Retreat-in-a-Bag” series:  “We are the Fragrance of Christ,” Steadfast and Immovable,” and “Disciplesheep–Putting Off  Your Wolf-Like Tendencies.”   Each represents a theme that we have used for a women’s retreat, and contains reproducible artwork, a quiet time study, and skit(s) related to the theme.  The books provide direction for carrying out the theme through decorations and remembrances, as well as general guidance for putting on a women’s retreat.

But the dream was birthed over five years ago with a desire to make skits that had been written for our women’s retreats available to other churches.  On occasion, we had been asked for copies of the scripts.  So we began a journey to learn the process of putting the scripts into a publishable format.  In the midst of that process, we realized that while the skits on their own would be helpful, possibly more guidance regarding the development of the theme throughout a retreat or event would be even more helpful.  Perhaps other small churches could benefit from resources that we had the ability to make available.  That is how the idea of putting a full retreat theme and resources all in one package developed–and thus the name “Retreat-in-a-Bag.”