In a five-day retreat format, three individuals or couples engage in a gracious process of reflection, self-revelation, and mutual encouragement in a supportive environment of peers. Every Group Leadership Experience is facilitated by a trained group therapist who is familiar with professional and church organization struggles, joys, frustrations, disappointments, and demands.

Clergy couples need and deserve special support. With that support, a healthy balance in marriage, family and church life can be achieved. But couples must be intentional in their efforts or the demands of the church can produce burnout and compromise the marriage relationship. The statistics have not been promising: 81% of pastors surveyed said that ministry leaves them with insufficient time with their spouse and 77% said they felt pressure to have an ideal family. Church life naturally competes with a healthy marriage where the margins for quantity and quality time seem constantly threatened. The need to enrich clergy couples underscores the fact that the overall health of the clergy marriage will dramatically affect the ministry as a whole and especially the growth of a church.

In the Group Leadership Experience clergy couples will be encouraged to:

QUIET WATERS RETREAT HOME
Hal and Sally Seerveld provide you a loving and comfortable experience when you visit the Quiet Waters Retreat Home. Our Retreat Home accommodates 1-3 couples at a time. The Retreat Home is located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, and provides a relaxing and confidential setting. Quiet Waters Ministries wants guest participants to have a place to feel at "home" during their time away from home. Hal and Sally place a special emphasis on pampering you during your visit to their home. Our hosts own the Retreat Home and see it as their ministry.

SCHEDULE FOR LEADERSHIP GROUP EXPERIENCES
July 14-18, 2008

For more information contact us at info@qwaters.org or call 1-866-5-Waters (1-866-592-8377).