Dear Women’s Ministry Team,

Many of you have asked about offering The Intentional Woman process at your Woman’s Retreat. These are usually held in a “retreat” setting at a resort, camp site, hotel, or retreat center, and not at the church facility. (Note: The One Day Interactive Intentional Woman Seminar is usually held at the church or a community facility.) The IW process is not as conducive to a “retreat” atmosphere (where the women are expecting to relax, just listen to an inspirational speaker, be social, and have fun) because it is a series of workshops and the participants “work” and are challenged to think, reflect, contemplate, respond to questions, and “do” exercises. Yet, as long as the women’s ministry team and the women at the retreat understand that the IW Process is a working interactive seminar, then it is adaptable and has been well-received and quite effective in a retreat setting. We do not attempt to do the entire Intentional Woman process (from the book, as you would in the 6-8 week Bible Study schedule.) Instead, the shortened “Reader’s Digest” version of the IW Process (similar to the One Day Interactive IW Seminar schedule) is used.

Contact us and we can discuss your specific desires and needs for your women’s group. Several of our gifted speakers from the Network of Presenters are available for these weekend retreats. We look forward to hearing from you.

The following time schedules are proposed possibilities if a Women’s Ministry team would like to use The Intentional Woman process for their Women’s Retreats.

One Night Retreat

Friday night
6:30-7:30 PM Dinner
7:30-7:45 Worship
7:45-8:45 (or 9:00) Prep Steps and Step One
9:00-11:00 PM Free time

Saturday
8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45-9:45 Step 2
9:45-10:00 break
10:00-11:15 Step 3
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Step 4
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM Lunch, relax, fun, recoup
4:00-4:15 Worship
4:15-5:15 Step 5

Two Night Retreat

Friday night
6:30-7:30 PM Dinner
7:30-7:45 Optional Worship
7:45-8:45 (or 9:00) Prep Steps and Step One
9:00-11:00 PM Free time

Saturday
8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45-9:00 Optional Worship
9:00-10:15 Step 2
10:15-10:30 break
10:30-11:45 Step 3
11:45-12:45 Lunch
12:45-6:00 Relax, fun, recoup, free time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-7:15 Optional Worship
7:15-8:30 Step 4
8:30 - ? Free time

Sunday
8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45-9:45 Step 5
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 (11:15) Worship and Communion
11:15-12:00 Break
12:00-1:00 Lunch