Women's Study: 3 MPH
Date/Time: Wednesdays | March 30 - May 11 | 1:30 – 3:30pm
Location: Fellowship Rogers Campus | Rogers Community Office
Description: Three Miles Per Hour” (3MPH) is a weekly mini-retreat for you if you’re ready to get off the treadmill of your everyday, street-level life. Three miles-per-hour is approximately the speed a disciple would walk with Jesus—unhurried, listening, learning with every step of the journey. Slowing down. Breathing in the Spirit. Refreshing your soul–for 2 hours each week for 7 sessions.
Each week learn different spiritual practices that make space in your soul for transformation by God. In the community of other thirsty souls, meet with God and enjoy His presence. (If you enjoyed “Come Away with Me”, you’ll savor a variety of other practices. If you didn’t participate in “Come Away with Me”, your soul is in for a special treat, unlike any other study you’ve ever experienced.)
To accompany your journey, select a book from the reading list—one that resonates with you or piques your interest. Keep a journal or notebook with you for taking notes from your reading and your spiritual practices. These weekly mini-retreats are facilitated by Bekah Mulvaney.
RESOURCE LIST
Select a book that appeals to you and (preferably prior to the workshop) purchase it for reading throughout this journey. Each week you will share with the group what you are gleaning from it.
Holy Habits: A Woman’s Guide to Intentional Living, Mimi Wilson & Shelly Volkhardt. Jam-packed with personal stories, this book helps you understand God’s character intimately, while introducing many practical habits that will allow God to conform your heart to His.
Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey into Meditative Prayer, by Richard Foster. This book weaves Bible teaching, quotes, and stories to describe the riches of a quieted mind and a listening heart. This book can lead you to experience an intimate relationship with God through silence and listening.
Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation, by Ruth Haley Barton. This book addresses your craving for a way of life that opens you up to the presence of God. Through personal story and exercises, you’ll be inspired to build a way of ordering our life around the values, practices and relationships that keep us open & available to God for the work of spiritual transformation that only God can bring about.
The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ, James Bryon Smith. This guide to a joyful life in Christ refutes the false narratives that are commonly thought to bring happiness & success. Soul-training exercises throughout the book help you discover intimacy with God and abandon such destructive practices as anger, self-centeredness, greed, worry, and judging.
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, John Mark Comer. Does your life seem too hurried? This contemporary author shares a practical, personal, and challenging call to imagine new ways that our lives can slow down and imitate Jesus.
Walking with God: How to Hear His Voice, John Eldredge. This book is one man’s intimate and personal journey of learning to hear the voice of God. We are invited to enter the adventure of navigating our everyday choices with His guidance.
Windows of the Soul: Experiencing God in New Ways, Ken Gire. In our longing to hear the voice of God, Gire explores the unexpected “windows” through which God can speak in addition to Scripture (such as art, nature, poetry, dreams, movies, etc.)