{"id":5494,"date":"2017-03-27T12:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T16:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:28:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:28:50","slug":"men-preparing-for-2015-retreat-31315","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=5494","title":{"rendered":"Men Retreat to Strengthen their Mission (3\/17\/17)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mens Fellowship group followed a tradition this year; we went on a retreat to Black Rock. This was our 16th annual retreat. Routine? Not really! Every time you open yourself up for an encounter with God, something different is likely to happen. The topic of this year’s \"\"<\/a>retreat was “Being a Man with a Mission”, and we explored how our “mission” plays out in our personal, family and church lives.<\/p>\n

Retreats aren’t just “book learning” or listening to a pastor give a presentation. These retreats are opportunities to form and to strengthen relationships by sharing the struggle of applying the topic to each of our lives. Somehow, in the atmosphere of “retreating” from the regular surroundings, we are able to hear God’s voice more clearly and to get in touch with our true feelings. In the music, or hiking, or even in eating, the distractions of the everyday world are removed and we’re open to re-evaluate and refocus.<\/p>\n

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Being a Man with a Mission<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Our leader for this weekend was Pastor Matt Murphy of the 217Church<\/a><\/span> in Windsor NJ.<\/p>\n

During the four sessions (Friday evening, Saturday AM, Saturday PM, and Sunday AM), we used the example of Paul to explore the “Four Ms” of Mission.<\/p>\n

Click on each tab below to get a taste of each topic…<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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