Make Self Care A Priority!

By Dave Ragsdale, Vice President of Counseling & Team Training Self Care is any discipline that nurtures your physical, emotional, spiritual, relational health and well being. Self Care is the proactive behavior that supports your resiliency and enables you to serve others even more effectively....

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You Need to Care

By: Dave Ragsdale, Vice President of Counseling & Team Training Every Christian leader can practice healthy self care with 3 simple strategies that involve: A Priority, A Plan and People. 1. Make Self Care a top Priority 2. Create a Good Self Care Plan 3. Enlist the People that will support your...

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Leadership is an At Risk Occupation

by: Dave Ragsdale, Vice President of Counseling and Team Training People often ask me why leaders are so vulnerable to burn out and do not practice self care. It is no surprise that throughout the world Christian leaders are suffering from symptoms that are a result of self care neglect. They are...

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Caboose MakeOver

Upon arriving at the QuietWaters Retreat one person commented, “I was anxious about meeting my counselor and about being away from my home and family, but found the Retreat Center to be a hospitable and welcoming place.” The MakeOver of the backyard of the QuietWaters Retreat will add to it being...

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MakeOver Continues

Today I’m at the Retreat overseeing the continuing work on the MakeOver of the re-landscaping.   Board member Mel Medema is overseeing the project, but is out of town today.  So I’m not so sure that the project is in good hands with me as the overseer.  However, with Joe and his concrete...

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Extreme MakeOver

Filling in the Pool QuietWaters has an exciting project in the works.  If you can’t wait to find out what it is, or if the picture isn’t a good enough of a hint… skip to the end of this post to find out the details… All of the construction and modification reminds me of a cultural...

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Welcome to our Blog

We are introducing a blog to the Quiet Waters Ministries website to enable us to provide you with frequent updates and encouraging words.  You will hear from several staff members about new happenings at QWM and good articles to help you with self-care, growth and vision as you carry out your call...

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