We were excited to have the opportunity to lead a worship retreat for Hinkletown Mennonite Church this weekend. The retreat was from May 15-17. It was at a beautiful cabin in a place called Waterloo.
The theme of the weekend was "A New Thing" and the theme verse was Isaiah 43:19. Jen did most of the teaching for a change since she is a worship leader and this retreat was focused on worship. She taught a lot about being ready to perceive the new things God is doing, about recognizing and learning from what God has done, but not getting so stuck there that we miss what God is doing right now. We dove into the context surrounding our theme verse to see these very concepts clearly spoken in this prophecy.
Jen taught about various spiritual aspects of worship leading and team leading. She also taught on practical things like music theory, team dynamics, and "techie stuff" like sound systems and projectors (Sean led that part!)...
Then on Saturday night we had a time of "hands on" learning and experience in "Inspirational worship". Everyone in the group got a chance to do something new and perform it for the rest of the group to inspire others to worship. It was fun!
Sunday morning was our last session and Sean spoke about God's ramah and logos words. We ended with a time of inspirational worship and individual listening for God's ramah words. Then we went around the group and welcomed everyone to share any ramah words God spoke to them during that time. Every single person in the group shared a ramah word God had given them. Some of the words were significantly life changing and led to release of spiritual gifts. There was ministry and prayer and a wonderfully sweet spirit there that morning.
We left encouraged about the good work God did in and through us this weekend and we also were glad for the new friendships we formed!
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