Discovery II

Discovery II offers a variety of classes, workshops and retreats that support ordinary people as they explore and live out their sense of calling in life. It invites participants into a new understanding of vocation, one that is affirming of God's unique call on each of us to share the love and grace of Christ in the ministry of the church and the life of the world.

Through the Discovery II offerings, we explore, often within small group environments, our authentic vocations, the faces of Christ that each of us is gifted and called to distinctively reveal. We support each other within these settings to discover this genuine personhood in Christ and to realize it in the every day living of our lives. The expression of our faith through the gifts and callings we are given is at the very heart of Advent's mission of "changed lives, changing lives through Christ's love.” Each person who has been touched by the love of Christ is encouraged to share this grace with others as only they can.

Through Discovery II, we explore the ways that our faith is manifest in the fabric of our lives and listen together with others for the direction of the Spirit and the gifts that we are given for sharing the love of Christ within this fabric. In addition to our gifts we consider our personalities, our abilities and talents, our life experiences including our woundedness, our relationships and more, to discern how these threads of our life are woven together to reveal who we in Christ. These offerings provide a supportive and encouraging environment for the living out of our faith with the gifts and calling we are given

For more information on Discovery Class II, contact the Spiritual Life Minister at spirit@advent-lutheran.org or call the church office at 408-779-3551.

DISCOVERY II - LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
RETREAT AND WORKSHOP

Co-facilitated by Spiritual Life Minister, Marie Juncker and Mary Ellen Salzano

Friday October 20th from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday October 21st from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (lunch included)
Follow-up Sessions –
October 22nd, October 29th and November 5th - from 9:30-10:30 Sunday mornings
or by arrangement

• Do you feel a quiet, persistent “Call” to a more meaningful and genuine life? Could this be the prompting of the Spirit?
• Are you searching for ways to deepen in your spiritual life, but need accompaniment on this journey that offers formational experiences and helpful information?
• Can you see the value of knowing about your giftedness, passions, strengths, personality characteristics, woundedness, shadow side and limitations as you move forward in embracing life to the full?
• Would you like to uncover and discover with grace, truth and courage the true vocation for which you have been uniquely called and chosen for the renewing of life in your family, community and beyond?
• Do you desire a more genuinely contemplative and creative engagement of life through your true vocation, one that is centered and fulfilled in the presence and transforming power of Christ?

If you have answered YES to any of these questions, please consider this a personal invitation to join us for the “Discovery II – Life in the Spirit” Retreat and Workshop at Advent.

Our focus and awareness will be on the discovery of our true vocations revealed in Christ that encompass the spiritual gifts and personal callings we are each given in the Spirit. We will identify ways of being more attentive, supportive and faithful to these promptings of the Spirit as we engage them in our family, community and work life.

If you have yearned to take the time to open up more fully to life in the Spirit and your true vocation, then please find out more about this retreat and workshop by contacting the Spiritual Life Minister at Advent by phone at (408) 779-3551 or e-mail at spirit@advent-lutheran.org. There will be a free will offering to cover costs of materials and lunch.