Women’s Retreats

Speaker: Connie Denninger  

Doors into Prayer

Do you find yourself at a loss for words when praying? Does your mind wander or do you fall asleep during prayer?  Is it challenging to remember how God has already answered your prayers?

Sometimes we find ourselves with an “empty toolbox” in our prayer lives. We are unsure about choices that could lead us in new directions. Connie’s area of research in the spiritual formation of women gives us a lens to see new possibilities. Telling her story as a “frustrated prayer warrior” who has found doable, accountable and fun processes, Connie will share what she has been learning in a journey using Visual prayer processes for the last ten years. Experiential engagement for participants highlight possible doorways into a new prayer life story. We’ll look at practices that bring depth and dimension to help us: pay attention, become child-like, hear our cries for help, practice sabbath, and watch and give thanks.

Several breakout sessions will look at more in-depth practices of Visual Faith including Bible Journaling and Keep the Faith (personal story-telling) practices.

Connie Denninger is an Indiana farm girl trained as a family life educator- (Valparaiso University- Home Economist). She blogs at Vintage Grace, and loves to poke around in her garden. She has gathered the stories as a Visual Faith Coach for over twenty years and is learning to be a Digital Missioner. She completed a Master’s Degree in Church and Community Leadership at Concordia University- Chicago in 2013. She loves beauty in the sacred space of home and  seeks to live life “as prayer”. She is the co-founder of Visual Faith Ministries with Patricia Maier, and is thrilled to see all the ways the Lord is using Visual Faith tools in churches, schools and in the neighborhood. She is the encourager to    husband John-the LC-MS Southeastern District President and three daughters and spouses. Her special delight is being Gigi to four grandsons. She lives outside Washington D.C. on the Virginia side.

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He Calls Me Loved

He Calls Me Loved: A Sprint through the Book of Isaiah.

The Book of Isaiah is overflowing with God’s realness, God’s passion, and God’s unrelenting affection for His people, for each and every one of us.

Throughout this Old Testament book God speaks truth into our lives by sharing with us His vision of Who He is and who we are in relationship to that. His vision is so very different from what the world tells us. We’ll talk about glorious titles God bestows on His children: Loved, Redeemed, Holy, Child, Clay, Ransomed, Gathered, Sought Out, Awake, Neighbor, Helper, and Rebel.

How do God’s names for us, God’s provision of identity,    bestowed upon us, change every part of our days? Let’s sprint through Isaiah and find out more – He Calls You Loved!

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann is a licensed social worker and mental health care provider, a writer, speaker, wife, mom, forgiven and loved child of God. She received her deaconess certification, as well as her bachelor’s degree in theology and psychology from Concordia University Chicago, and her master’s in social work from the University of Toledo with an emphasis on children and families and social justice.  She has also served in various ministry capacities including college student ministry, women’s and children’s ministry, and missionary work in Haiti.  Heidi is the founder of I Love My Shepherd Ministries and ilovemyshepherd.com which provides resources to get women in the Word, strengthen marriages, and broaden our understanding of mental health. Heidi serves the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in the areas of church worker wellness and church revitalization.

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