Ashram Retreat 2011
Bishop Charles Dorrington & Rev Josh Wilton will be speaking at the BC Christian Ashram Retreat 2011 on Friday July 15th, 6:30pm to Monday July 18th 12 noon. The location is Summit Pacific Park on Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford, BC.
We will post more information about the 2011 Ashram Retreat as we know more, but see below from some highlights from the 2010 Retreat.
Ashram Retreat 2010
The Christian Ashram Retreat Experience 2010
August 16, 2010
Bishop Silas Ng
Imagine four days away for rest, refreshment and revitalizing your spiritual life. Participants at a recent British Columbia Christian Ashram Retreat enjoyed the opportunity to connect with God and others as well as hear powerful teaching on the high value of daily quiet time and the relevance of the Ten Commandments.
This summer, Bishop Silas Ng and the Rev Josh Wilton led BC Christian Ashram, a four-day spiritual retreat. Bishop Silas, who is completing his doctoral thesis on micro-macro discipleship, offered five practical presentations on how to design an effective daily quiet time, emphasizing the difference this discipline makes in our Christian walk. Noting that less than 10% of Christians have a regular daily quiet time, Bishop Silas said daily devotions are vital to the success of effective church planting and spiritual renewal. He is leading people through the entire bible one chapter a day in his daily prayer blog as a means to assist people in their daily quiet time.
Rev Josh Wilton is the lead pastor of The Table, a new ACiC/AM Church plant in Victoria BC. Josh taught on the relevance of the Ten Commandments for our everyday living, focusing on freedom from the idols in our life, and on the need for regular Sabbath rest in our workaholic North American culture.
There was a strong youth and young adult ministry at the BC Christian Ashram led by Jill Cardwell, Youth Pastor at St. Simons, North Vancouver. One of the young adults at the Ashram told me that they “enjoyed the chance to get away, to refocus on God, to reconnect with old friends.” Basically, the Christian Ashram retreat is about connections: connecting with God and the people around you.
The United Christian Ashram movement presents a number of summer retreats throughout North America and around the world, with the largest one drawing over 800 in the Maritimes. It was founded in 1930 by Dr. E. Stanley Jones in India where he served as a missionary for over 50 years. During his life, Dr. Jones was the world’s most widely read spiritual writer, with twenty-eight books selling millions of copies.
My wife began attending the BC Christian Ashram in 1974 where she was powerfully impacted by the Holy Spirit. Many members of her family have since given their lives to Christ through the Christian Ashram. I began attending 36 years ago, and now serve as the BC Director. You are invited to have a vacation with God throughout North America in 2011.
*The DVDs of Bishop Silas and Josh’s talks are available for purchase through stuart@lightspeed.ca.
Posted By: Rev Ed Hird, ACiC Communications Director
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