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Women's
Retreat
July
25-26, 2007
The
Women's Retreat was an excellent time for Christian
women to get together prior to the main conference.
During this one-day event, you could seek a time
of blessing, renewal, prayer, introspection, encouragement,
and bonding with other fellow believers.
The
retreat was held on the campus of Chapman
University, Orange, CA.
Keynoter
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Ann
Phillips, M.Ed., M.Div.
, has been facilitating various educational
and personal growth group experiences in
a wide range of contexts for the past thirteen
years.
Upon her graduation from college, she came
out as a lesbian to her family and friends.
After several years in a long-term relationship,
Anne came to know Jesus Christ as her Lord
and Savior. As a conservative evangelical,
she felt it was impossible to reconcile
her newfound faith and her orientation.
Ann joined a local Exodus International
(ex-gay) program. She was later recruited
to be the Women's Program Director at Love
in Action, International, in Memphis, TN.
Within the ex-gay movement, Anne became
a speaker and workshop leader confidently
explaining the "causes" of homosexuality
and how to "change" it.
However,
after ten years of having "all the answers,"
Anne realized that God had not placed a
period at the end of her now well-known
testimony nor her life. Thus, she began
the journey of trying to live the questions.
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