We're so glad that you are here. As we settle into the weekend, we'd love for you to consider 2 questions:

• How are you coming into this retreat? What are you bringing with you?

• What do you hope to take away from your time here?

Take some time tonight to reflect on those two questions and jot down some thoughts in your journal. Here is where we will start Session 1, tomorrow morning.

Need some prompting? Enjoy this song, "WELCOME" by The Arcadian Wild, as you settle in and know that "All of you" is welcome here.

Consider the work of FIRE in your life?

• What are the FIRES that the Lord has placed you in?

• Where do you naturally lean toward "hardness?"

• Where are you be invited to be made malleable?

Consider the poem "FIRE" by Judy Brown.

• What does this relationship of FUEL // HEAT // SPACE look like in your life?

• Is there a need to re-orient your personal triangle?

The Hammer

Life "On The Anvil" is one of vulnerability. To be in the process of formation is submit to the hammer's blows. Most are ball-peen taps, some sledgehammer strikes.

• To whom have you entrusted the hammer in your life?

• Who has invited you to steward the hammer in their life?

What is the process on "long formation?"