Make this year different! Join us for a faculty retreat with master educator Christina Bieber Lake at Biola University in sunny L.A. this Jan. 2-4. We’ll rest and reconnect, exploring visions both of personal sustainability (how can we avoid burnout?) and professional innovation (how can higher education serve the needs of the future?).
There will be no fee to attend the retreat. If you cover your travel, we’ll provide the meals and all the rest – including, especially, the rest.
Just as she did so masterfully at Asbury in August, Lake will lead us in interactive sessions as we rediscover our real calling – to be human beings made in God’s image, not slaves to our jobs – and consider practical ways to stay grounded in this calling and resist overwork and burnout. We’ll think together about how Karam Fellowship can become a community where we continually help one another resist the culture of burnout and create protective boundaries around the rest and contemplation that we need both as human beings made in God’s image and as educators called to impart something more than ashes and a burnt-out shell to the rising generation.
Our recent faculty retreats have been enormously fruitful, and attendee feedback is through the roof. What makes the time most special is connecting with the people we love who are working with us – “beside us” in spirit – toward our shared vision of what theological education can be.
Speaking of which, in our last few retreats, we have found that field trips have been a very fruitful way to catch a fresh vision of our calling while also enjoying rest and personal connection. Now, we hear it can be a tiny bit difficult to get around by car in . . . L.A. But we’re working on ideas for a field trip to make our time especially memorable while we’re spending January in the city of beautiful sunshine. Watch this space for details coming soon!
To join us, please take five minutes to register for the retreat.
Highlights of the retreat will include:
- Guided reflection and conversation to reconnect with our calling and resist overwork
- Real community and collaboration with peers across theological education
- An immersive L.A. experience inspire a fresh vision of educational innovation
We’ll be meeting from dinner on Thursday, Jan. 2 through lunch on Saturday, Jan. 4.
Please register for the retreat in order to join us!
If you’re flying, you have several airport options; here’s where Biola is located so you can figure out which one you want to use.
We will have a discounted room block at the Holiday Inn La Mirada for only $129 a night!
That’s a pretty great price for L.A. in January.
To book your room:
- Go to the hotel booking page.
- Set the dates for your room (check in Jan. 2, check out Jan. 4).
- A drop-down menu called Rate Preference will appear below the date boxes.
- Click on Rate Preference and double-check that Group Rate is selected, with the code “BIO” entered in the box.
- On the following page, you’ll be offered a $129 rate; select that rate.
- Make your reservation!
The $129 discount rate on hotel rooms won’t last forever, so don’t delay.
Register to attend and book your room for the January 2-4 Faculty Retreat today!
