Note: If unable to attend, you are invited to be in prayer support during the time of the retreat. Please email Kay McGlinchey at kmcglinchey@genderroadcc.com if you will be in prayer.

 

The Reverend Harry Bolen

Harry Bolen grew up in Newark, Ohio and graduated from Newark High School in 1961. He graduated from Bethany College in 1965 and then graduated from Drake University Divinity School in 1968. Harry served as Associate Regional Pastor for the Christian Church in Ohio from 1971-77 directing High School and College age conferences. He has served several Ohio congregations and also was the Executive Director of the Family Planning Center in Lorain, Ohio. Harry now works as the Executive Director of the Campus Ministry Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In addition, Harry coaches' congregations and works with congregational stewardship programs around the Ohio Region as well as conducting Spiritual Life retreats and workshops for local and regional events.

Schedule

Tuesday:

1:00-2:00 p.m. Registration

2:00-2:45 Ice Breakers/Get Acquainted Activities - Mitch Becker

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-3:15 Opening Worship - Kay McGlinchey

3:00-5:00 Session 1: Relax (Relax, Forgive, Pray, Be Still)

5:00-6:00 Free time/get ready for dinner

6:00-7:00 Dinner in the dining hall

7:00-9:00 Session 2: Listen (Continuation of Session 1)

9:00 Fellowship time

Wednesday:

8:00-8:15 Devotions to get the day started - Steve Bentley

8:30-9:30 Breakfast in the dining hall

9:30-11:30 Session 3: Connecting (Dividing Time, Faith Awareness, Being Still)

11:30-12:30 Free time/get ready for lunch

12:30-1:30 Lunch in the dining hall

1:30-3:30 Free Time

3:30-5:30 Session 4: Being (Fruit of the Spirit, Praying Scripture,

Relaxed Concentration)

6:00-7:00 Dinner in the dining hall

7:00 Fellowship Time

 

Thursday:

8:00-8:30 Devotions to get the day started - Nik Donges

8:30-9:30 Breakfast in the dining hall

9:30-11:30 Session 5: Going Out (Living in the Presence, Prayer is: Acting on our Faith, Keeping in Touch)

11:30-12:00 Closing Worship and Communion - Spiritual Life Committee

12:30 Lunch in the dining hall

Retreat participants are asked to bring a favorite snack and/or drinks to share with the group. Also bring any of your favorite resources or books on spirituality, which you use and might recommend. Be prepared to write. Be prepared to walk if you are able. Be prepared to listen deeply to one another. Be prepared to rest.

Camp Christian is the Ohio Region's Camp Facility, located about eight miles west of Delaware, Ohio and about a mile from Magnetic Springs. The Herald B. Monroe Lodge has twenty rooms each with two single beds. Guests will need to furnish their own bedding, towels and toiletries. Guests share rest rooms and showers conveniently located near their rooms. The lodge is handicap accessible. Meals are served in the new Howard Ratcliff Dining Hall just a short distance from the Lodge. The camp phone number is (937) 348-2811. Dress for the retreat is casual.