Rev. Dr. Frederick Schmidt, is the Keynote Speaker at this year’s “Drawing Closer to God” retreat, sponsored by the NIC Spiritual Formation Committee, on Nov. 3 at Grace United Methodist Church, 1718 Avalon Ave., Joliet, IL.
Schmidt is the Rueben P Job Chair in Spiritual Formation and the Director of the Reuben P. Job Institute for Spiritual Formation, both at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and retreat leader. The topic for Rev. Dr. Schmidt’s message is “Praying for Discernment: Changing the Way We Do Church.” For more information and registration click here.