Please Join Us - Make 2013 Your Year

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Come to Huston Camp & Conference Center in Gold Bar, WA, for spiritual growth, friendship and the beauty of the outdoors. At this year's retreat, April 26 through 28, 2013, we’ll spend time considering the spiritual gifts God has given each of us. We’ll explore how to use these gifts to serve God while promoting joy in our lives. And we’ll begin to uncover the answer to the question, “What if every woman at Holy Cross were working in her giftedness?”

Our speaker, Jan Dwyer Bang, is founder of Boundless Results, a training, speaking, consulting and coaching business where she helps people make leaps forward in the areas of leadership, service, teambuilding and communication. Jan is currently enrolled at Western Seminary, where she is pursuing a Masters in the coaching program. While she travels nationally as a professional speaker and coach for major corporations in the secular world, Jan’s passion is to share the joy of walking with the Lord daily. She is a contributor to Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul 2.

For details and registration information, please click here, or contact Karen Orr at korrnut79@hotmail.com.

Save the Date!

The annual Holy Cross Women's Retreat is April 26, 27 and 28, 2013. Details to follow in late January. Mark your calendars. We look forward to seeing you there.

April 2012, Camp Huston

Thank you, women of Holy Cross, for a delightful weekend of sunshine, laughs, stories and friendship. Highlights? For some of us, it was Bunco; for others, Donna Oiland's funny, sad and inspiring stories; or Eucharist on Sunday; the walk to Wallace Falls; a roaring fire in the fireplace; 3-D Bible stories with homemade props; talking with your roommate after lights out; delicious meals with no cooking or cleanup; small groups; the book exchange; quiet time; the music; a stunning view of the mountain; the labyrinth; sunshine; God's presence; a sense that at least for this weekend all is right with the world.

If you joined us, thank you. If you didn't, please come next spring: the 2013 retreat won't be complete without you.

– The Retreat Team

What's your story?

S ometimes it seems like too much trouble to attend,
T o upset the delicate balance of our busy lives.
O nce upon a time ... that's how the story begins.
R efresh your story. Say
Y es to this weekend retreat. What's your story?  


Find out how God is working in your life at the Women's Retreat on April 20, 21 and 22.

Got two minutes? Enjoy our little movie!

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Taste and see that the Lord is good. Happy are those who trust in Him.
-- Psalm 34

"Legacy … Reflections Along the Way"

That's the name of Donna Oiland's book, and we (the retreat committee) heard from a church member today who uses Donna's book in her work as a Hospice volunteer! We're looking forward to this year's retreat. How about you? Will your name be written in the story of the 2012 Holy Cross Women's Retreat? We hope so.

Here's a pic of Donna, who is a delight. She's warm and funny and happiest in her stocking feet. If you want to see Donna from the neck down, come to the retreat!