Snoozing among the Strangers
Nov. 7th, 2012 08:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
primsongWell, that was fun. Our little church just doesn't seem to "get it" when it comes to having a women's retreat, so often it seems more like a 'business meeting-meets-group therapy' event and in spite of our having a grand place at the beach we can go to each year, it seriously needs help. SO... My daughters and I are setting out to go to as many women's retreats put on by other churches as we can reasonably manage, considering cost and scheduling. And size. I'm targeting big, huge churches where they won't even realize we're strangers, actually.
One down! We just had a great weekend at a retreat center out in the country, surrounded by 270+ friendly women who didn't have a clue we were undercover retreat-lurkers. No one ever did figure it out, which I found amusing. We took notes on what worked (personalized candy bar on my bed! Casual, continental breakfast in jammies!), and thoroughly enjoyed having a relaxing time where we were free to wander in and out as we liked, as no one there had any expectations regarding us at all and they would probably never see us again anyway. And there was a heated pool and hot tub. And badminton. And late night games of Bananagrams with too much junk food on tap. I could get used to this.
Next one looks like it will be in early March, maybe, at a beach conference center. Another friendly megachurch. Niiiice.
And the ladies at my church who have heard of this mission say "Oh yes! Take notes! We really need new ideas!" Gladly shall I make this Great Sacrifice of my Time, Hanging out at Fun Places.
One down! We just had a great weekend at a retreat center out in the country, surrounded by 270+ friendly women who didn't have a clue we were undercover retreat-lurkers. No one ever did figure it out, which I found amusing. We took notes on what worked (personalized candy bar on my bed! Casual, continental breakfast in jammies!), and thoroughly enjoyed having a relaxing time where we were free to wander in and out as we liked, as no one there had any expectations regarding us at all and they would probably never see us again anyway. And there was a heated pool and hot tub. And badminton. And late night games of Bananagrams with too much junk food on tap. I could get used to this.
Next one looks like it will be in early March, maybe, at a beach conference center. Another friendly megachurch. Niiiice.
And the ladies at my church who have heard of this mission say "Oh yes! Take notes! We really need new ideas!" Gladly shall I make this Great Sacrifice of my Time, Hanging out at Fun Places.
