Living & Learning Together in the Woods
Retreat is our annual getaway, our church family vacation. We spend a weekend at a near-by camp playing together and engaging resources to foster communal growth and knowledge.
Fall Retreat 2022 schedule and registration
Past Retreat Themes, Speakers, and Verses
- 2022: CMC's 50th Anniversary
- 2021: Emerge – Connect
- 2020: Cancelled due to the pandemic
- 2019: Exploring the Ecology of Faith Formation
Resource persons Sarah Ann & Benjamin Bixler - 2018: Sabbath Soul Tending
Resource person Anita Amstutz - 2017: Joy, Love, and Resistance: Practicing the politics of Mary in the face of Empire
Resource person Isaac Villegas - 2016: Where the Good Way Lies
- 2015: Play It Again Sam: How God Speaks to Us Through Play
Resource person Melissa Florer-Bixler - 2014: One Spirit Many Songs
Resource person Seth Crissman, theme verse Colossians 3:16 - 2013: Crossing Borders, Respecting Boundaries
Resource person Jayne Docherty, theme verse Isaiah 65:17-25 - 2012: CMC's 40th Anniversary
Retreat Committee Members
- Linda Martin Burkholder (Chair, 2022)
- Pastor Jason Gerlach (2022)
- Sher Waidelich (2022)
- Andrea Wenger (2022_