Overwhelmed No More is set up as an online retreat you can do at your own schedule. The retreat provides a plan for prayer that incorporates a variety of prayer methods. As mentioned earlier in the Welcome Section, you may begin the "week" on any day and pause when needed, if you feel called by God to spend more time with any specific scripture reading or reflection.

Below you will find the themes for the six weeks and an overview of the sections of each week. There is also a list of materials you might find helpful such as pointers for prayer.  

The themes for each week are:

1. Know you are not alone
2. Pray in daily life
3. Center your life around God
4. Clarify your “yeses”
5. Choosing between goods
6. Walk boldly in peace

Each week is broken into several sections to provide a framework for prayer for the week. A description of each section is below. 

1. The Grace We Seek: This will give you the grace we are praying for each week, a brief description of what to expect, a check list for the week, and the prayer guide for the week.

2. Day 1: In this section is the video for each week along with the accompanying audio reflection or handout to prayerfully complete after the video. Please allow 25-30 minutes for the video and 10-15 minutes for the handout or reflection. 

3. Days 2-5: Days 2-5 will be a mix of guided audio prayers and suggested scripture to pray with each day. 

4. Day 6, Day of Repetition: Each week you are invited to repeat a scripture or guided prayer of your choice from the week.

5. Day 7, Gathering the Graces: At the end of each week, we invite you to review your week of prayer and share the graces on the community wall. 

6. Go Deeper Resources: In this section, you will find extra resources that go along with the weekly theme to further support your prayer or education on the topic of the week.  

Materials: 

Below are the materials we suggest you gather for the retreat.  

• A Binder for putting your weekly prayer guide and handouts
• A Bible
• A Journal 
• A Pen

Pick a Daily Time for Prayer: 

It will help to have a set time of prayer each day. Picking the same time each day will help you create a routine of prayer within your daily life. Review your weekly calendar and find 10-15+ minutes a day that you can schedule on your calendar for your daily prayer. Know that as the retreat continues the Holy Spirit might lengthen your time of prayer. 

Create Your Prayer Place:  

Find a place in your home that can become your prayer place. Make it a sacred place by placing a few meaningful items that help you enter into prayer. Examples might be: a candle, a picture, image or icon, photos of your family or friends, etc.  

Please Note:

Some of the videos were recorded in front of an in person retreat and some of the videos that begin each week were recorded for our online community retreat offering of Overwhelmed No More. So you may hear a reference to sharing in a community forums. If something stirs for you as a result of your prayer and you wish to share it with us, please feel free to do so in email, [email protected] and we will be happy to respond. You are not walking alone on this journey, even in a self-paced retreat. We are here to accompany you no matter the format of our retreat content!