Alliance Women’s Retreat helps women heal

By Joan Janzen

KINDERSLEY - The Kindersley Alliance Church hosted an all-day Women’s Retreat on Saturday, April 12th, featuring four guest speakers. Connie Moffatt from the Alliance Church said, “The ladies shared their stories about how they dealt with issues in their lives.”

A women’s retreat was held at Kindersley Alliance Church on Saturday, April 12th. Pictured L-R: Zdena Mutlow, Marion Ausmus, Megan Meijer, Alison Uitti, and Karla Hubick. SUBMITTED

Guest speaker, Barb Friesen is a certified grief recovery method instructor who coached the women on recovering from grief. Connie said the women were reminded that they’re not to be storage containers. “We are to be processing our feelings and emotions,” she recalled. “It was a challenge for people to be vulnerable and real.”

Megan Meijer spoke about healing from despair. “Everybody goes through times when we feel we’ve been branded by an experience or loss of something,” Connie noted. It’s easy to feel as if those times define you. “And yet scars are areas of our life that make us stronger and God is going to use those scars for good.”

Alison Uitti shared her story about the importance of forgiveness and coming to realization that it is for our personal benefit. Forgiveness may be free, however trust is earned.

Olivia Jacobson also shared her personal testimony. “Everybody has had different experiences so each lady present could identify with at least one of the speakers,” Connie concluded.

The day was a great opportunity for ladies from different denominations to connect with one another and share food, visiting and helpful resources.