Doors into Prayer -Part Two- Camp Arcadia, Michigan

Camp Arcadia brings together 

long-time friends and new friends to be made.

 Sometimes it is cousins, and sisters, 

and sometimes it is sisters in faith.

 Doors into Prayer- 
our Heavenly Father meets us in all sorts of ways.
We learn to pay attention, become child-like, 
cry for help, practice Sabbath, 
and watch and give thanks.

Sometimes those prayers 
end up right in our Bibles.

The Camp Arcadia Women's Retreat

 had a section of break out sessions.

Visual Faith Coach Valerie Matyas

 led a break out session on Scripture Doodles

 using Portal of Prayer devotion 

and the Concordia Publishing House calendar.

A great way to process and remember words 

and highlights from a Bible reading or devotion.

What does it LOOK LIKE when our prayer life 

becomes a visual story?

Visual Faith Coach Candice Schwark

 led a breakout session 

on making a paper bag journal

 to use to collect your retreat experience.

 The paper bag method can be used 

as a processing resource

 for all sorts of Visual Faith projects.

                                                                                                                              photo credit- Candice Schwark

Working on the 

Doors to Prayer - Paper Bag Journal

Here is the youngest attendee 

with her lovely paper bag journal.

Saturday evening included great music

 from the talented brother duo-Brothers Mogan.

They had us up and dancing.

Sunday morning worship

 by the lake was a highlight of the weekend.

So was the gathering of this team

 of Visual Faith Coaches.

Left to Right- Candice Schwark, Pat Maier, Connie Denninger, 

Katie Helmreich, and Valerie Matyas

We form online relationships and friendships

 as teammates for Visual Faith ministry.

What a joy to actually meet in person!

This was a best gift of the weekend.