Inspired To Create: Reignite Your Creativity
Wordsowers Retreat
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Theme: Inspired to Create
Incredible opportunity to reignite your creativity.
The annual Wordsowers Retreat/Write-In will be at Mahoney State Park, located at 28500 W. Park Highway, Ashland, NE 68003. Meet in the Cedar Room on the main floor of the Peter Kiewit Lodge from 9:00 a.m. to *5:00 p.m. The cost is $10.00 per person; however, you will need to purchase a day pass for $7.00 if you don’t already have a state park sticker.
A continental breakfast (pastries and fruit, plus some gluten-free options) will be served, along with coffee, decaf coffee, tea, juice, and bottled water. **You will need to bring a sack lunch and a preferred beverage for the noon meal. A popcorn bar will be available in the afternoon.
After breakfast, we’ll spend a few minutes in worship and in the Word of God based on the theme, “Inspired to Create.” Be sure to bring your laptop and/or pen and paper, along with a writing project. Around 10:00 a.m., writers are encouraged to go their separate ways throughout the park to write for a couple of hours. We’ll return to the Cedar Room for lunch and a time of fellowship, sharing, and prayer. Once again in the afternoon, writers will go their separate ways for a couple of hours.
We’ll end our time together by giving folks a chance to share what they accomplished throughout the day.
Please RSVP by September 12th to Debbie Crom at debbie_crom@yahoo.com. You can also RSVP by responding to this email. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Amy Stanley at amystanleyauthor@gmail.com.
*If you’d like to stay later than 5:00 p.m., the Cedar Room is available until 10:00 p.m. Some of the support staff will remain there as long as you want to stay. You will be on your own for supper.
**Refrigeration is not available, so you might want to include a cooler pack in your lunch.
In review, you will need to:
-Bring $10.00 cash to pay for the retreat.
-Have a state park sticker or purchase a day pass for $7.00.
-Bring a sack lunch and a preferred beverage for the noon meal.
-No refrigeration. Put a cooler pack in your sack lunch.
-RSVP by Saturday, September 12th.
-Bring a laptop and/or pen and pencil, along with a writing project.
-Provide your own supper if you stay later.
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Important Note: The regular monthly meeting will not be held in September. The Wordsowers Retreat will replace the monthly meeting.