When: September 12, 2026 from 9:30am until 3:30pm
Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 10630 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 (click here for a map)
Who: Anyone! Absolutely anyone who is discerning anything in life is welcome to attend: lay people, ordained people, people who are currently in diocesan discernment, people who are discerning anything within our without the church…
What: Do you have a big question in life that you are thinking about and wondering what God would have you do? A question like:
- Should I retire?
- Should I go back to school?
- Should I try this ministry?
- Should I start my own business?
- Where should I volunteer my time?
These questions and more are invitations to explore your relationship with God, yourself, and others more deeply and this one-day retreat will give you resources to do just that.
Join other discerners across the Diocese to learn:
- The Foundations of Discernment
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- What is discernment?
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- How do I know this is the voice of God?
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- Bible study
- Tools for Discernment
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- Why do we need individual and communal discernment?
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- A panel discussion with Bishop LaBelle and others about discernment
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- Resources for discernment and where to find them
We will close with a Commissioning for Discernment Prayer Service with anointing. Attendees are invited to read two books in preparation for the retreat: The Dream of God: A Call to Return, by Verna Dozier (Seabury, 1991); and Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, by Parker Palmer (John Wiley & Sons, 2000)
Note: This is an in-person gathering and will not be online or hybrid. There will be another one of these retreats in the autumn in a different location in the Diocese.
Interested in attending? Please click here and complete the registration form.
Questions? Contact Secretary to Vocations Michael Seewer (mseewer@ecww.org).
