2022 ACGR quick recap

 

Making Medieval Memories !

           We had a great time of reflecting on the times of when Kings and Queens ruled the day.  We looked at how we as caregivers can reflect upon our care for self and care for those whom we serve.  There was a time of community that offered companionship between caregivers. Each participant received effective reflection and words of affirmation that helped them to refresh their spirit for another year of caring from the heart. 

   If you missed this year’s Annual Care Giver Retreat make plans to meet us next year for a serious time of reflection, refreshing and renewal.  If you serve others with personal care you will need to be refilled with the love, compassion and vigor a loving caregiver hopes to give. 

         We will post some material related to the retreat later but thanks to all who could make it and get the idea that the task of caregiving is an important aspect of society and needs the support of the medical community. 

   

 

Making Medieval Memories! 

The Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center was a great venue for the support of our wonderful caregivers.  Thanks to the Ignatius House Retreat Center Staff.!  

   The ACGR team explored the times of the past to inform our future. 

 In Teaching

                                In Song 

    and with great insight! 

We made some great Medieval Memories ... 

         

   May the remembrance of Medieval Days offer times of reflection and renewal for your days of giving compassionate care! 

  Horace and Shibana Cutter 

 

Extra! Extra! Extra! 

The Annual Care Giver Retreat is on the way

When: May 13, 2022

Where: Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center

Address: 6700 Riverside Dr., Sandy Springs, Ga 30228

Are you registered?   

Admission Fee: $50.00

Breakfast and Lunch included in admission fee

    You can now register for the ACGR by app, text or computer...  www.ecompasscare.info   to place your contact information so we can register you.

Deposit fee $20.00  

Save your space!

Complete admission balance $30.00 on location May 13^th

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     Send registration amount to $HmanChaplain

 

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You may pay the balance upon your arrival at retreat site.
     Complete admission balance $30.00 on May 13^th

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Look for this phone number 678-763-1871  name Horace Cutter to send electronically.   Send Deposit $20 to hold your seat!

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     Great! You are now registered for the ACGR !! 

Now you will receive a special instruction pack and information for the ACGR Care Giver Making Medieval Memories !! 
      Received Only after registration...

   Do you have questions about the retreat? 
What to bring?
How to dress?
Who will be there?
How long will the sessions last?
Go to www.ecompasscare.info  ask questions   

Making Medieval Memories

          The Annual Care Giver Retreat

   You are invited to attend the Annual Care Giver Retreat!  

This year's theme is Making Medieval Memories... 

As a caregiver you give a lot of your time to others to make sure their daily needs of comfort are provided.  But may we ask you?  Have you taken care of yourself lately?   Care giving, is one of the most stressful tasks that anyone can take on.  As a provider of care you are responsible for the wellbeing of those who would lack many needed services, services that may cause illness, pain, and stress.  That’s a big job. 

Yet, in order to care for someone else, one must effectively take time to care for oneself. You must take time to Reflect, Restore and Recreate your own emotional vitality.   This is done by stepping away from a busy schedule and taking a breath of fresh air.

 

You are invited to attend ‘The Annual Care Giver Retreat’ among other caregivers just like yourself.  All attendees will be given one agenda.  That will be the task of Reflection, so that each may Restore his/her weary spirits and be involved in Recreating the attitude which has peace, purpose, and hope.

 

The Retreat will be held by Chaplain Horace Cutter, M.Div., BCPC.  Chaplain Cutter and the other spiritual care givers will lead the caregiver retreat in activities, reflective readings and times of solitude that will bring opportunity for margin.

 

It is Chaplain Cutter’s aim to schedule a time of Reflection which many nurses, social workers, hospice and healthcare workers do not get during the busy schedule they keep.  Come among the beautiful scenery at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center to sooth your soul and quiet your spirit.

  

The Retreat will take place on Friday, May 13  from 8:00 am- 3:30pm, beginning with a mild breakfast with lunch included.  The attendance fee is $50.00 (call Chaplain Cutter (678-763-1871).  

 Participants will meet at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center

 The ACGR will be held on Friday 13^th of May from 8am to 3:30pm on location at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, among the natural fragrance of flowers and lovely landscape.  The Annual Care Giver Retreat is specifically for Professional Care Givers and Professional Teachers. 

       House Jesuit Retreat Center 6700 Riverside Dr, Atlanta,  Ga 30328

   We hope to see You there!

The IMAGE we offer

 

The Image we offer

 

^NKJ 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

            I have noticed along with this new way of communicating in meetings on the computer screen, that we have to deal with how we look in a new way. 

    I have been in some meetings where the person on the other end does not want anyone to see them due to their hairstyle or the fact that they do not have on makeup.  I wonder with this way of thinking, do we consider our image as that of the image of God upon us. 

Our opening verse offers an amazing idea that we are being transformed into the image of the Son of God.  Before Paul mentions the fact that we are bearing and becoming more like Christ he offers that we are also being freed by the power of the Holy Ghost.  This freedom being effected by God, the Holy Ghost and is happening on the inside, shaping our inner person to be more like God. 

Think of your relationship with God today…

Describe a point of your relationship with God that helps you to know that you are His child, a skill you have noticed or behavioral type that has come over you, or even a sense of His presence that you have been aware of like the fruit of the Spirit when you did not even know it was happening but realized after a situation that happened….

God, The Holy Ghost is shaping you into the image of Jesus Christ as you walk with him daily.  Notice other places in your life that The Holy Ghost could shape and change you because He is successfully working on your being to shape you into the express image of Christ.  God works on his children in many ways and this is one of them.       

      Look at what that familiar passage in James 1 says:

James 1(ESV)

²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. ²⁴ For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. ²⁵ But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

            James is informing us that we are changed by looking into the divine mirror of the Lord which is the scripture. In the Word we learn, practice, and change more and more into the likeness of Christ as we continue to depend upon the powerful Word of God to guide, confront, comfort and complete our training in our personal Christian experience.  But he also says that we have the responsibility of putting into practice what scripture teaches in order for the special purposes of God to become a reality in our lives.

          The Bible is a powerful mirror helping us to see ourselves and giving us some context for our relationship with God.  God shapes and molds us each day, even on the dull days when nothing seems to happen.  He molds us into the amazing image of Christ little by little.  Remember that God is the One and Only Creator who made the World as we know it with no material. Why would He not be able to shape and mold His children into an image of His choosing pleasing those you know well. 

          Looking into the mirror of God’s Word makes changes in us for advancement of His glory and our good.  Look into the mirror of God's Word today. 

Chaplain Horace Cutter

How do you Retreat?

How do you Retreat? 

        You may be planning to come to the ACGR 2021 and are ready to retreat.  But you may be asking yourself, "How do I prepare for the retreat?" 

       Retreating is not a vacation.  Vacations vary from doing absolutely nothing to going about so much that you need rest afterwards.  But a retreat is much different.  It is a time set aside to renew your heart, refresh your spirit and regroup or evaluate your own life, some of what you may counsel your care receiver to do.  

        Well, here are some important things to remember as you get ready to reflect, refresh and renew so that you can recreate your mind towards the important task that you do each day. 

       This year's event theme is 'The Our of this World, Meet and Greet'

        You may want to dress up in something that shows you as out of this world like a superhero or an alien or angel.  You may have a better idea of a costume that shows that caregivers are Out of this World.   

           You may already know that we will be meeting this year at Dunaway Gardens in Newnan, Ga.  Dunaway Gardens is a beautiful landscape of manicured gardens in the far corner of Newnan.  You will connect with nature and others as they reflect upon their lives and their calling.  

            As you prepare for the retreat it is good to remember that the Gardens are out in nature.  That means that we suggest that you dress down for this event.  Very comfortable outside clothes will be best.  Make sure you wear rubber bottom shoes or sneakers/ tennis shoes as you will be walking along wet rocky areas in the morning and grass that may be slippery.  

          Everyone should remember to bring something to sit on while in the gardens, the ground will be moist and this will help you be comfortable in nature.  

        

            Just for your information! 

    We are looking for the person who can illustrate in their costume, the way that care givers are Out of this World!  How can you put this idea into words or a costume?  Think about it.  

    

   I think it is always great to bring a friend.  Most care givers have a little group they connect with for support in the field.  This is important, so bring your little support circle and attend together.  

      You may ask any questions to my email or on this blog to prep for a great time.  

    We will see you on the 3rd of June at 9am. 

        Chaplain Horace Cutter

        hmanchaplain@gmail.com 

         678-763-1871

 

Change in Plans for the ACGR 2021

 The Out of this World, Meet and Greet

  Have you taken care of yourself lately?   

Care giving, is one of the most stressful tasks that anyone can take on.  As a provider of care you are responsible for the wellbeing of those who would lack many needed services, services that may cause illness, pain, and stress.  That’s a big job. 

Yet, in order to care for someone else, one must effectively take time to care for oneself. You must take time to Reflect, Restore and Recreate your own emotional vitality.   This is done by stepping away from a busy schedule and taking a breath of fresh air.

    We are returning to Dunaway Gardens in Newnan, Ga

    You are invited to attend ‘The Annual Care Giver Retreat’ among other caregivers just like yourself.  All attendees will be given one agenda.  That will be the task of Reflection, so that each may Restore his/her weary spirits and be involved in Recreating the attitude which has peace, purpose, and hope.

 

The Retreat will be held by Chaplain Horace Cutter, M.Div., BCPC.  Chaplain Cutter and other spiritual care givers will lead the caregiver retreat in activities, reflective readings and times of solitude that will bring opportunity for margin.

 

It is Chaplain Cutter’s aim to schedule a time of Reflection which many nurses, social workers, hospice and healthcare workers do not get during the busy schedule they keep.  Come among the beautiful scenery at Dunaway Gardens to sooth your soul and quiet your spirit.

  

   Date:  Thursday, June 3^rd  

   Time:  9:00 am- 4:30pm, 

Beginning with a mild breakfast, lunch on your own.  The attendance fee for the Retreat is $25.00.  Register by May 26^th  After 5-26, the fee is $35.00 (call Chaplain Cutter (770-969-8354).  

 Participants will meet at Dunaway Gardens, Ga

 The ACGR will be held on Thursday, June 3^rd from 9am to 4:30pm on location at Dunaway Gardens, among the natural fragrance of flowers and lovely landscape.  The Annual Care Giver Retreat is specifically for Professional Care Givers and Professional Teachers. 

      Dunaway Gardens, is a well-manicured garden tucked in the corner of Newnan, Ga.   You will be surrounded by nature and have time to take for reconnecting with your mind and body and spirit. 

Dunaway Gardens is locate at  3218 Roscoe Rd., Newnan, Ga. 30263

Directions to Dunaway Gardens       

*From I-85 take exit 47 Bullsboro Dr. (Hwy 34) in Newnan.

*Drive toward Newnan about ¼ mi, make right on 34 by pass.

*Continue on 34 by-pass (3mi.) to Hwy 70 (Roscoe Rd). make right & Drive apprx. 5. 5 miles. 

*Dunaway Gardens will be on the Left.    We hope to see You there!

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