Women's Retreat Sponsored by the YMCA of Middle TN and the Upper Room

Offers a Wholistic Approach to Health and Spiritual Well-Being

The YMCA of Middle TN and The Upper Room invite women to a retreat this fall at the beautiful
Nelson Andrews Leadership Lodge in Nashville. The 1 1/2 day retreat will offer workshops and
worship to encourage women to live intentionally and integrate the five dimensions of health into
their lives. The dimensions include physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and financial wellness to
promote flourishing vitality in mission and ministry.

Nashville, TN, August 20, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Retreat for Women Offers a Path for Wholistic Living.

The Upper Room and the YMCA of Middle Tennessee will co-sponsor a Steal Away Women's Retreat
October 4-5, 2019 at the YMCA Nelson Andrews Leadership Lodge in Nashville, Tennessee. The retreat
is based on research by the Steal Away Women visionary, Rev. Dr. Paula Smith, who wrote her doctoral
thesis in 2018: “Steal Away: Reclaiming Wholistic Health and Well-Being.” In the same year, Rev. Dr.
Smith recognized the need for a retreat that would bring alive her thesis. She then hosted two daylong
gatherings for clergywomen, one in the fall of 2018 and another in the spring of 2019. The Steal Away
Women's Retreat in October will be 1 1/2 days and will welcome both lay and clergy women.

Research has indicated that a wholistic approach to health and well-being closely aligns with God's intent
for humans to flourish. Third John 2:2 (New Living Translation) states, “I hope all is well with you and
that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.” First Thessalonians 5:23 also promotes a
wholistic approach to health and well-being: “May God, the God who makes everything holy and whole,
make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body” (The Message). “Steal Away:
Reclaiming Wholistic Health & Well-Being” proved to be a viable model for cultivating holy habits and
equipping participants with tools and resources to improve their physical, spiritual, emotional, social, and
financial health and well-being. Although the target audience for this initial project was clergywomen, the
principles and strategies apply to anyone seeking to align attitude and behaviors into an integrated,
intentional approach to health.

“Steal Away Women retreats encourage living intentionally and integrating the five dimensions of health
that promote flourishing and vitality in mission and ministry. Those five dimensions are physical,
emotional, spiritual, social, and financial wellness,” said Rev. Dr. Smith. She and the Steal Away
Women's team see this upcoming retreat as an opportunity for women to wrap themselves in a relaxing
spiritual atmosphere to reflect, refresh, and renew.

Retreat worship and workshop experiences will include Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography, Beads of
Belovedness, Centering Prayer Practice, Restorative Yoga, a workshop on nutrition, and more. In
addition, time will be set aside for quiet reflection and rest.

As part of the registration fee, each retreat participant will receive lunch on Saturday, beads for the prayer
bead workshop, and a copy of the Upper Room book Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes for Women by
Patricia Wilson.

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For more information and to register for this event, visit StealAwayWomen.org. Group discounts are
available.

Source: Steal Away Women

The Upper Room is a global ministry dedicated to supporting the spiritual life of Christians seeking to
know and experience God more fully. From its beginnings in 1935 as a daily devotional guide, The Upper
Room has grown to include publications, programs, prayer support, and other resources to help believers
of all ages and denominations move to a deeper level of faith and service. Learn more at UpperRoom.org.

The YMCA of Middle Tennessee is part of the YMCA USA, a worldwide charitable fellowship united by
a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind, and body. Learn
more at YMCAMidTN.org.

Steal Away Women strives to provide space to help women reclaim biblical principles that evoke
awareness, inspire change, equip, and empower with resources that lead to intentional wholistic living.
Learn more at StealAwayWomen.org.

Contact:
Lauren Ward
(615) 340-7052
StealAwayWomen@gmail.com
StealAwayWomen.org

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stealawaywomen.org

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