PROVINCIAL WOMEN’S SPIRITUAL LIFE RETREAT

“The Hidden Seeds”
Sowing Seeds of
Faith, Love, Hope

Retreat Facilitator
Rev. Judy Knopf

About the Week-End
Check–in begins at 5:00 P.M. on Friday evening with a dinner reception in the Gallery. The program will begin at 7:00 P.M.
On Saturday morning breakfast will be served at 8:00 A.M. We will meet for devotions at 9:00 A.M. to start the day in a relaxing atmosphere for renewal and gratitude while participating in activities for spiritual growth.
We will conclude our time together on Sunday morning with brunch following by worship and communion.
Ladies are encouraged to bring their Bibles and casual clothing. As we prepare for the retreat, please pray that our time together will be a blessing for all women of the Southern Province. If you have questions, please contact Tamra Thomas, Chair of the Spiritual Life Committee at 336-748-1339 or tamrathomas@triad.rr.com

Week-end Accommodations


April 13 -15, 2012

Laurel Ridge Moravian Conference Center
Higgins Lodge

Salem Wing
(Includes 2 nights and all meals)
A Single with private bath $220.00
B Double with private bath $170.00

Judy Knopf was born and raised on one corner of a full working farm in Davidson County. She was dedicated as an infant and baptized at age twelve in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. It was at age twelve that she attended summer camp in Georgia, where she responded to a call to be a missionary, yet God did not open doors to her for mission work.
Judy has a great love for the Moravian Church, for its worship, fellowship, and traditions. We have a rich heritage into which God has called us. Let us rejoice in faith, love, and hope!
Years later after marrying Tim Knopf she joined his beloved church, Trinity Moravian Church, and for ten years they raised their children, Chris and Katie in the faith at Trinity. They moved their family to Fries Memorial Moravian Church, where Judy felt a call to Christian education and served as Coordinator of Christian Education at Fries for four years. God's call then moved them onward to New Philadelphia Moravian Church where Judy served for ten years. During this time she attended High Point and Salem Colleges. It was during her time of service there that Moravian Theological Seminary offered seminary courses at Salem College. As Judy completed course after course, she again felt a call, this time to ordained ministry. She then went on to serve under two agencies of the Moravian Church, Southern Province: Director of the Gemeinschaft Spiritual Formation Program, Board of Christian Education, and Director of Congregational Renewal, Board of Evangelism and Home Missions. In the fall of 2004, she moved to Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, graduating in the spring of 2005. She began serving at Good Shepherd on September 25, 2005 and was ordained on October 16, 2005 by The Rt. Rev. Lane A. Sapp.
Judy has a great love for the Moravian Church, for its worship, fellowship, and traditions. We have a rich heritage into which God has called us. Let us rejoice in faith, love, and hope!