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Refresh Seminar: France and Ireland
A Renewal Seminar
for Missionaries and Christian workers
... just the R & R program you need!
Heartstream Resources for
Cross-Cultural Workers
About Heartstream Resources
Dates for 2007
Ireland: June 5-15
France: June 16-27
Information for Ireland ... be online very soon
Come to Heartstream Resources Refresh! at Camp of the Peaks in the French Alps near Grenoble, France.
Get away to the breath-taking beauty of the Alps to renew your spirit, rest your body, and catch up with your soul. Relax on the balconies, meditate on the mountains, read, hike; drink in the beauty of nature as well as the crystal glacier water and the pure alpine air.
Refresh! is specifically designed for the renewal, enrichment and refreshment of families and singles who minister across cultures.
Under the guidance of professionals from Heartstream Resources and the Narramore Christian Foundation, who have decades of experience in missions and caring for missionaries, Refresh! offers you the opportunity to discover how your life is going, assess your strengths and current life issues, enrich your personality, and enhance your ministry by making you a more fulfilled and whole person. It will help you discover new tools and resources. You can enjoy a vacation with a purpose, learn new skills, and enjoy teaching and personal counsel.
Staff and Classes
Lawrence Dodds M.D., M.P.H., is a specialist in preventive medicine, family practice, public health and tropical disease. Dr. Dodds will teach stress management, nutrition, fitness, spiritual formation and related topics, and will be available for medical consultations and counseling.
Lois Dodds, Ph.D., is a counselor, educator and writer. She will teach on marriage, parenting, personality types, adult and child development, as well as being available for consultation. The Dodds' lived in Peru for 13 years and have taught and served cross-cultural workers in about 30 countries. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
Charles Schaefer, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with mission experience.
Frauke Woerple Schaefer, M.D., was a missionary in Nepal for seven years.
Rhonda Pruitt, Ph.D., is a counselor with twelve years overseas experience.
Mary Gothi, M.A., is a family, teen and marriage counselor with 25 years experience.
Stephen and Jocelyn Head direct Heartstream in New Zealand. From Australia, they served WBT and SIL for 23 years, 10 in PNG. Stephen is a pastoral counselor; Jocelyn is a spiritual director.
Rose Thomas taught MKs in Peru for several years. She will oversee the children's program.
Tim Wilson, camp Director, is a teacher. He and Vivian, his wife, have 25 years experience in making camps a fun and enriching experience for you.
Additional staff with various gifts and training will be added depending on enrollment.
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Activities for all ages
Daily devotional time, with great music enjoyable to all ages. Drama and other creative arts will be included in worship. Bring your instrument and join in!
Formal classes
Formal classes include personality studies, spiritual formation, marriage and parenting enrichment, stress management, fitness and nutrition, life assessment and journaling. Format is relaxed, with time for questions and discussion.
Consultations
Consultations upon request are available for medical needs, marriage enrichment, parenting, and other areas of development.
Informal fun
Informal activities provide fun and recreation for both adults and children. These will include activities such as the following (depending upon enrollment):
• Cooking with herbs you grow and collect yourself
• Handling the Stress of Motherhood when you go across
cultures
• Tips for Home schoolers
• Guided hikes and Alpine nature walks
• Painting with water colors
• Working with clay
• Drawing
• Journal writing
• Enhancing your family or personal devotions with music
• New ideas for church worship
• Set your own lyrics to music
• Creating outdoor worship experiences with the lessons
of nature
• Sing around the fire
• Story-telling: myths, legends and fairy tales and other
great stories
• Foreign films for personal evangelism
• Photography
• Saturday farmers' market and craft fair in the nearby village
of Le Bourg d' Oisans
• Other recreational activities are available in the area.
Facility and Meals
This facility of Greater Europe Mission includes a new lodge/chalet with modern commercial kitchen and beautiful dining room with spacious balconies. A few separate chalets, dating back 200 years, are available for families. Shared rooms only. Meals model good nutrition guidelines for fitness, heart health, and eye appeal.
Location
A network of good roads, airports, trains and local buses make Camp of the Peaks easily accessible. Rental cars prepaid abroad are very reasonable. You may want a car for local trips. Maps and bus schedules are available with registration.
What Others Have Said
"I came here trying to recover from burnout. I found I am not alone in my struggles and have been given tools to help me recover."
"We had a very stressful first year on the field. This has been a near perfect time to relax and reflect on these events and process these issues."
"Thank you for helping me get a new sense of how much God loves me."
"We have been on the field for four years and under extreme stress to the point of despair, burnout and marital distress. This time at Refresh! has been essential and literally lifesaving! It gave us the tools to take steps back to all that God has made us to be and all He has for us individually in our marriage, ministry, and relationships."
What to bring
Casual clothing, personal devotional and hobby materials, notebook, umbrella, jacket, camera, hiking shoes, flashlight, musical instruments and coffee mugs.
Registration and Costs
Early-bird registration before May 15: $30 per family or couple, $15 singles. After May 15: $50 per family or couple, $25 per single. REgistrations are non-refundable.
Please register by e-mail with the camp, by fax, phone or letter, and send registration fee promptly. Full payment for the program is due upon arrival. Program begins with dinner at 6 p.m.on Saturday.
Cost for two weeks: Adults: $500 each. Babies: $50 each under 2 years. Children 2-12. $250 each. Children 13-18: $350 each. Third child or more: $50 each.
Arrival time: Saturday, June 12 between 4 & 6 p.m.
Departure: Friday, June 25 after breakfast.
Heartstream Resources for
Cross-cultural Workers
For registration
E-mail: campdescimes@compuserve.com
Camp des Cimes, La Rivoire
38520 Bourg d'Oisans
FRANCE
Camp phone: 33.4.76.80.0720
Camp fax: 33.4.76.79.1745
Presented by
Heartstream Resources for
Cross-Cultural Workers
in cooperation with the
Camp of the Peaks
and the
Narramore Christian Foundation
For program information only:
E-mail: Heartstream
For information on MK Re-entry seminars:
E-mail: NCF |
About Heartstream Resources
Heartstream Resources was formed in 1992 by a group of professionals who have worked in the care of cross-cultural workers for about three decades. It is a non-denominational Christian organization that is multi-disciplinary—including medicine, psychology, pastoral care, personnel, candidate selection and training, administration and leadership training. Its teaching is at the graduate level in leadership and cross-cultural training. Each staff member has, on the average, more than twenty years of service abroad.
Heartstream Resources staff have lived and worked in more than a dozen countries, and before forming or joining Heartstream Resources, worked with several denominations and international missions or agencies.
"We are motivated by the love of Christ, to serve and care for His servants who provide vital help to people around the world."
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