Meet Your Facilitators

Naomi R. Wenger spent 20 years as the director of a contemplative retreat center, inviting folks into silence and stillness and encouraging them to rest. Now, she continues to practice silence, active listening, and stillness in her freelance work as a Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader. Her current challenge is learning to practice her contemplative lifestyle outside of the contemplative community. She still delights in ushering people toward their own inner openness to quiet mind, calm heart and still hands.

Naomi has a B.A. in History from Houghton College, a MAR from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a MATS from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. She is a Spiritual Director, a Spiritual Direction Supervisor, and a Retreat Leader. She has been influenced by Ignatian and Teilhardian spirituality. She is also studying to become Certified in Permaculture Design. She now lives on the edge of a small city next to a 20 acre homestead with her husband, her Scotch Collie, Flora, one rooster and six hens.

Lon L. Swartzentruber is learning to rest (just like you) and is journeying towards a deeper more contemplative form of leadership. He is CEO and Managing Partner of Design Group International and has more than 25 years of professional experience in organizational transformation, strategic planning, and coaching. As a Process Consultant he has supported the leadership of over 150 Clients and their organizations.

Through this work, Lon has walked alongside organizational leaders to help them articulate their vision. By taking a posture of listening, his service has helped them build consensus, obtain funding, and engage true and lasting change.

Lon earned his B.A. in Business from Goshen College and MBA from George Mason University. He is a credentialed coach by the International Coaching Federation, Executive Process Consultant credentialed by the Society for Process Consulting, and an Accredited Practitioner with iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram.

Multi-Rested Leader Retreat – Be the best leader you can be

7 and 8 May 2024

Being rested is important and an essential component to living a healthy life. Being rested helps you be your best self in every area of your life.

There are many opportunities to take rest and it can be hard to utilize them. Our lives are busy, filled with important things, and we work very hard to accomplish them well. These are among the challenges we face in taking a step back to catch our breath. So, the cycle has a chance to repeat itself and keep going.

At this two-day leadership resting retreat, you will have that opportunity for break this cycle and rest. To have the pause you have been yearning for, to slow down, to look up, and to be quiet.

As a part of our resting, we will consider and learn some tools that can help us develop a quiet mind, a calm heart, and still hands. These three elements of becoming a multi-rested leader are evident all around us. During our retreat we will utilize simple practices that can help you incorporate these three elements into your daily life, work with others, and in being your best.

Naomi Wenger and Lon L. Swartzentruber have co-developed a multi-resting leadership retreat experience for individuals seeking to find a space to rest. They have partnered with GilChrist, the Fetzer Institute’s retreat center located just outside of Three Rivers, Michigan.

Space is limited to eight individuals.

Now more than ever, rested leadership is essential in every area of our world.

Meet Your Facilitators

Meet Naomi

Meet Lon

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