Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center:
Where Women Find their Way
1780 Thurman Creek Road
Matfield Green, Kansas 66862
620.753.3465
Rev. Billie Blair, Director
Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center
Where Women Find Their Way
Connecting with God, Family and Friends
March 7-8, 2008
Fri 7pm-Sat 4pm
Fee: $70
Facilitator: Rev. Christi Peterson, LMFT
Have you ever wondered why you said “yes” to bring cookies to the PTA meeting when you really didn’t have the time? Have you ever wanted to
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Utilizing Murray Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, we will take a look at the family in which we grew up and begin to understand our own role in connecting with our families and within our key relationships. Plenty of time will be set aside for table fellowship, worship, reflection, and fun!
Readings from Bishop Rueben Job’s book, A Guide to Retreat for All God’s Shepherds, from the writings of Julian of Norwich, and the Holy Bible will inform our worship. Learning will occur through personal reflection, experiential exercises and completion of a family genogram (map).
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About the facilitator
Christi Peterson holds a Master of Science in Family therapy from Friends university, a Master of Divinity from Saint Paul School of Theology and an undergraduate degree in Physical Therapy from Kansas State University and the Kansas University Medical Center.
Combining 12 years experience as a physical therapist in acute care hospitals, with 9 years
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A genogram is a tangible and graphic representation of a family's relationships and ways of functioning.
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The family is the primary and, except in rare instances, the most pwerful system to which a person ever belongs. A "family" consists of the entire kinship network of at least three generations.
- Molly Mc Golderick
lovingly confront someone with how you feel but didn't have the “guts” to do it? Have you ever wondered if God is really there for you? If any of these questions resonate with you, this retreat is for you!
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serving as a United Methodist pastor in the local church and currently serving in a marriage and family private practice, Christi brings years of experience into this event.
On a personal note, Christi has been married for twenty-eight years and has two daughters who are beginning their married lives and careers in Manhattan, KS and San Diego, CA.
