What is discernment?

 So many of us live our lives on autopilot. We often take the prescribed next step, then the next, until one day, the road ahead is not so clear. Sometimes we feel stuck at a dead-end; sometimes the crossroads are confusing; sometimes we wonder how we got to where we are in the first place.

Discernment is like the bench placed at the cross section of the many roads walked in our lives. Here, we can pause, rest, ponder, get our bearings, and create a personal compass. A compass with your passion, values, gifts and purpose. We will get curious about who you are and what you truly desire.

Our spiritual discerner will sit alongside and journey with you as you tell your story, reimagine your personal compass, and live the life you long for.

OPTIONS:
Group Discernment: Invite friends to join
90 min. session

Individual Discernment: One-on-one
60 min. session

Spiritual direction is a ministry of loving listening and meaningful questions offered in a safe setting that allows us to notice God’s presence and activity in our lives, creating opportunity to respond to God’s invitation. This creates the space where you (the directee) can listen to yourself reflect on your journey with God in the presence of a compassionate and skilled witness (the director) whose only purpose is to help you recognize God’s current promptings and how you’re responding.

This type of companionship is offered in both individual and group settings. For individual direction, this relationship develops through regular, one hour conversations over the course of a committed time frame agreed to by the director and directee.

“ [In] spiritual direction… I felt heard.  [The spiritual director]  brought some good insights after hearing me share and connected some dots for me.”

Group spiritual direction is a small group of people committed to meet together with a trained facilitator to provide spiritual direction for each other. Members of the group are given an opportunity, one at a time, to be the directee and the group responds prayerfully to whatever the directee chooses to present.

This format of intentional group listening offers each participant more awareness of God in their lives, for the sake of others; helping individuals grow in their faith, love others more fully and participate in the mission of the Church more effectively. Group spiritual direction is a form of listening that is sacred and confidential, with a commitment to regular monthly meetings for 2 hours each for 8 months. There is a maximum of 8 participants in a group.

“I genuinely felt cared for in this special small group of women – I am so grateful for everyone’s vulnerability and openness in our discussions and carry with me a more intimate knowledge of God’s love for me and His daughters.”

If you have a group of 3 – 5 people you would like a spiritual director to facilitate for, please contact us connect@womenofwonder.us

Our retreats lead us into an intentional time of communal silence and solitude, inviting us to unplug, listen, and hear God speak. We are reminded that the world is charged with the grandeur of God as we slow our pace, revel in the nature around us, reflect with a spiritual director, or engage with God through creative and literary mediums.

We offer guided Winter and Summer in person retreats annually and themed virtual half-day retreats quarterly.

Our in person retreats offer the following:

• Introduction to silence and three guided group reflections on the retreat theme offered by our team
• Printed resources with suggestions for prayer & meditation
• Spiritual direction or spiritual discernment
• Ample space for personal quiet & reflection
• Gathering of the graces and communion (communal sharing & listening) as we close the weekend

“We come together in intentional silence, inviting God in our journeys to speak and show us in our experiences. “ – Refresh Retreatant

Contrary to the constant doing that most of our lives reflect, it’s the resting, receiving, that are often the true gifts to our souls. The WOW! Soul Care Cohort is our invitation to female ministry leaders to trust God to tend to the ministries and people we care for as we submit and allow ourselves the time to be with our Lord.

We aim to foster a community of grace for women in ministry to share, listen, connect, and grow in a safe setting. We connect you to practical resources to care for yourself and others in your communities through sustainable rhythms of self-care and spiritual discipline. Our desire is that you leave nourished and better equipped to fulfill the work you are called to. 

Our contemplative prayer gatherings invite us to pray, alone, yet together, intentionally pausing to see where God guides us. We introduce and practice various forms of prayer such as the Examen, Lectio Divina, Imaginative Prayer, Visual Journaling Prayer, and Breath Prayer. We invite those who are versed in these forms and those for whom these practices — or prayer itself — may be new, or anyone in between.

We also host seasonal cohorts dedicated to deepening these practices in a communal setting.

Join us in the journey of collective discovery that contemplative prayer offers us.

Description:

We believe the kingdom of God flourishes when there is room for men and women to lead equally. In marriage, ministry, or any relationship, the call and value of one is not diminished at the cost of the other.

The WOW! seminar series aims to sharpen and expand the understanding of God’s design for women in leadership through sound biblical teaching. These monthly seminars affirm God’s call to leadership and discipleship for every individual with the hopes of men and women being able to lead alongside one another to further God’s kingdom here on earth.

Each seminar highlights and explores women and Scripture in ways that encourage and challenge you to seek God in applying these leadership principles in your own context of family, work, community, church, and self. We offer a space where all can safely discuss culturally held ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ ideas of leadership within the redemptive biblical narrative to further partnership and collaboration towards a flourishing church.