tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13044440608576980752011-07-28T12:08:35.225-07:00The companion blog to The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian RetreatsRachel Gilmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00661075172314633502noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304444060857698075.post-43467702539435105502009-07-08T10:04:00.000-07:002009-07-08T10:05:49.577-07:00

Click here for the BlogTalkRadio.com interview of Rachel by Christian Work At Home Moms founder Jill Hart. Thanks, Jill!http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cwahm/2009/07/07/The-CWAHM-Network

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On Tuesday, July 7, Rachel will be on blogtalkradio.com doing an interview with Jill Hart of RadiantLit.com and CWAHM.com. Log on around 10:30 to hear the full interview.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cwahm

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Here's the link to our first ever Judson Press-sponsored webinar on retreat planner with Rachel Gilmore...www.judsonpress.com/webinars/Relighting_the_Torch_through_Spiritual_R_R.wmv(about an hour long)Questions? Email Rachel, rachel@writerrae.com.

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From Marketing Director Kim Shimer...Judson Press Holds First Webinar!We've done it! On April 30, Judson Press hosted its first webinar with Rachel Gilmore, author of The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian Retreats. Despite some technical difficulties in the beginning, I would say the presentation was a resounding success. We had more than 130 people register, and almost half of those actually

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An excerpt from the review for The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian Retreats:"Gilmore's thoroughness will allay the concerns of those who've never planned an off-site, large-group event. A priority resource for church leadership, but it's also good for a library. "—Church Libraries, Spring 2009

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This just in...The webinar invite for my retreat planning training session was listed under the Events section on Jim Agnew's Literary World web site this morning. Thank you, Jim. Thank you, God! Check it out!!

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Great news for all you retreat planners! I'll be hosting a FREE retreat planning webinar on Thursday, April 30, from 2-3 p.m. EST. There is no cost to register, and I'm giving away a chance to have me plan and speak at your retreat! Click here for more info or to register.

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FRANKFORT AUTHOR PENS RETREAT GUIDEBy Rena FulkaThe SouthtownStarRetreats offer much more than devotional time in a quiet and peaceful setting."They're little escapes from the real world to get back on track with God," Frankfort author Rachel Gilmore said."Retreats provide opportunities for transformation. Sometimes they're little transformations, sometimes they're huge. And they come with a new

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Today I got an email from Joseph Johnson, a pastor and co-owner of the Emmaus Retreat Center. The Center has been his dream and vision for the past twenty years. Like most of us working for God, he did not travel a straight path to get where he is. I think he'd agree with the words from Proverbs which preface my book... man makes the plans but God directs the steps.Take a moment to check out the

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As I've been thinking about the nature and purpose of conferences and retreats, I've decided that they remind me of how our family vacations. My husband loves big, long camping trips packed with mountains to climb, lakes to canoe, fish to catch, boats to sail, history and geology to explore and new campgrounds to visit. My dream is really to park the camper on the shore of a lake and just sit and

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The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian Retreats received a nod in the March 2009 Sojourners! Yay God!

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This verse from I Corinthians was in my inbox today when I got home from retreat:"Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." (I Corinthians 13:7, NLT) This is exactly what we wanted to communicate to the women this weekend at the Love the One You're With retreat; I think we were successful...Friday night...in the Psalms study room, women

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And hopefully I'll be laughing all the way to the bank (at some point, assuming there still are banks)!The unbelievable saga of my retreat planning book continues... When I started my research last spring, I began calling camp and conference centers around the US to get my data for the "get yourself started" listing of facilities nationwide. I had the hardest time reaching a live person, and

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Newsflash! Rachel will soon be hosting webinars to make your retreat planning process even easier! Training is being done later this month with the goal of hosting the first webinar in April. During the session, Rachel will walk you through the retreat planning overview and answer all your questions, so you can get your retreat in the works!Stay tuned for more details/dates.

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Rachel will be presenting two sessions at the Christian Camp and Conference Association's Carolinas/Virginias Supersectional Conference on Tuesday, March 3, at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. You can also meet her at the vendor expo on Monday night from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hope to see you there!Conference Session Descriptions:Retreat Planning Is a 2-Way StreetBased on interviews

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From the Religiously Affiliated Camps Winter 2008 newsletter..."This new resource can be a helpful addition to the libraries of camp leaders. Many congregations who come to your site for retreats need assistance in developing both plans and programs for their retreats. By making this book available or suggesting it to them, you can enrich their total retreat experience. You may want to consider

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July 27-28, 2009Rachel will be speaking on retreat planning at the National Women's Conference, Lake Williamson Conference Center, Carlinville, IL.

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March 27-28Rachel will be speaking on retreat planning, with a special focus on intergenerational retreats, at the Greater Chicagoland Sunday School Convention in Arlington Heights, IL. She will also lead a 2-part workshop on the benefits of intergenerational programming. See session write ups below.Living His-Story, Part One: Whose Story Is It?Using Deuteronomy 6:5-9 as a foundation,

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Join Rachel and co-leader Christine Bierma at the "Love the One You're With" women's retreat February 13-14 at Camp Manitoqua in Frankfort, IL. Remember what it's like to walk hand in hand with the Savior. Renew and refresh your relationship with Him as you prepare your heart for Easter. Registration information is at www.writerrae.com/feb_retreat.html.

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What a most excellent day! The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian Retreats made the #20 spot on the Judson Press Top 20 list for 2008...and it only released mid-December! Yay, God!To buy your copy, visit Judson Press at www.judsonpress.com.

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As part of the blog, I'd like to be able to post information about camps/retreat centers that blog readers have used and would like to recommend. You can post a comment to this post with your camp name in the subject line OR send me an email with the camp specs and why you love it and I'll create a post under the subject heading Reader Recs: (Camp Name). Thanks for helping create a network of

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For my friends at The Writers' View and others interested in taking a little time for yourself to just be in the presence of God without distractions and other voices (unless of course you're a writer and those voices are talking to you again!)...Please note: This list is not comprehensive but is compiled through the research of retreat centers that I did for The Complete Leader's Guide to

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The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian Retreats will be out in bookstores nationwide beginning December 10. It is also available through www.judsonpress.com or www.amazon.com.Rachel will also be conducting mini-retreat planning workshops and book signings at Chicago area bookstores and is working to schedule more comprehensive retreat planning workshops at camps and conferences centers

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Last night I showed up for praise team practice a few minutes early and walked in on the choir finishing rehearsal. They were working on Blessed Assurance, which is one of those golden oldies from church hymnal days. Regardless of your church background growing up, you likely heard and/or sang that song on more than one occasion. And I thought what my friend Christine, the choir director, said

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As the publication date draws nearer and pre-press publicity has started, I will be updating this blog with all kinds of support information for The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian Retreats. If you have questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact me at churchrae@yahoo.com. Stay tuned...

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Yesterday was a topsy turvy day. I discovered, by accident, that my beloved cover design for my first book had apparently been changed. It wasn't that I didn't like the new cover, but I LOVED the original. I felt sort of like a new parent must feel when you're expecting to have a boy baby and it comes out a girl. Thrilled, overjoyed, grateful...but surprised, nonetheless.Turns out, another

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Thrilled by the news that my book, The Complete Leader's Guide to Christian Retreats, was coming out 4 months earlier than expected, I emailed all my faithful supporters to share my exciting update. Then this week I got word that my book will be the inside front cover of the Judson Spring 2009 catalog. Wow! For the most part I'm overwhelmed with gratitude...to God, to Judson, to my family and

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What a road I've been on to get where I'm going. I'd say I can't believe I've finally arrived...at the brink of "real" authorhood with the upcoming publication of my first book by a legitimate, royalty paying publisher...but that's not true. I can believe it because it has been such a God-thing from start to finish, and, in many ways, my life (as an aggregate of 40 years lived) makes so much

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