{"id":627,"date":"2026-06-03T18:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kriesi.at\/themes\/enfold-reef-shop\/shop-bottoms\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:01:21","slug":"the-lower-half","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cel.edu.au\/?page_id=627","title":{"rendered":"Retreat 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq92rqmy-86ba9a5b6481f5fd039b763e1e76b233\">\n.avia-section.av-mq92rqmy-86ba9a5b6481f5fd039b763e1e76b233{\nbackground-color:#ece4d2;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/cel.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_2012-1500x630.jpeg);\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-position:50% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-mq92rqmy-86ba9a5b6481f5fd039b763e1e76b233 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.1;\nbackground-color:#1a1208;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='btm-hero'  class='avia-section 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id=\"style-css-av-btm-split-textcell-3e9730b95cbe5e3ce7c300d351e92ed8\">\n.flex_cell.av-btm-split-textcell-3e9730b95cbe5e3ce7c300d351e92ed8{\nvertical-align:middle;\nbackground-color:#fdf9f4;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_cell.av-btm-split-textcell-3e9730b95cbe5e3ce7c300d351e92ed8{\npadding:90px 90px 90px 80px !important;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 989px){ \n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_cell.av-btm-split-textcell-3e9730b95cbe5e3ce7c300d351e92ed8{\npadding:40px 30px 40px 30px !important;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-btm-split-textcell-3e9730b95cbe5e3ce7c300d351e92ed8 av-gridrow-cell av_one_half no_margin  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  content-align-middle'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-btm-split-ey-8062d1e3fd2550ab71543572ba526ad1\">\n#top 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class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>IMAGO DEI RETREAT 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IMAGO DEI is an invitation to return.<\/p>\n<p>Not to who you used to be &#8230; but to the person God formed before responsibility, expectation and experience began adding their own definitions.<\/p>\n<p>For many of us, leadership has asked us to become capable, dependable and strong. We have learned to carry others, solve problems, meet needs and keep moving.<\/p>\n<p>But somewhere within all that carrying, it is possible to lose sight of the person doing the carrying.<\/p>\n<p>IMAGO DEI creates space to look again.<\/p>\n<p>To notice what has become hidden.<\/p>\n<p>To release what was never ours to carry.<\/p>\n<p>To recover the parts of ourselves we abandoned along the way.<\/p>\n<p>And to allow the Spirit of God to renew us in the image of our Creator.<\/p>\n<p>Before we help children discover who they are, we must remember who we are.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4at0j-47f31af5e2c118072649ae550eb08486\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4at0j-47f31af5e2c118072649ae550eb08486{\nheight:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4at0j-47f31af5e2c118072649ae550eb08486 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-btm-split-spec-dcd220bc1e1790de71eaf0ae3991be0f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-btm-split-spec-dcd220bc1e1790de71eaf0ae3991be0f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:13px;\ncolor:#a8794e;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-btm-split-spec-dcd220bc1e1790de71eaf0ae3991be0f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Friday 27 \u2013 Sunday 29 August 2027<\/p>\n<p>Boards, Principals, Approved Providers, Directors, and Educators are warmly invited.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-14st0z-3ad81fde11acf0b544e5224ea49230e7\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-14st0z-3ad81fde11acf0b544e5224ea49230e7{\nheight:28px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-14st0z-3ad81fde11acf0b544e5224ea49230e7 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_buttonrow '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-buttonrow-wrap av-btm-split-row-168106a31c60396036a7aeac4bfb1c40 avia-buttonrow-left  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-btm-split-btn-e909721e46b718efb951ee1690478393\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-btm-split-btn-e909721e46b718efb951ee1690478393{\nbackground-color:#002c7b;\nborder-color:#002c7b;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\nmargin-bottom:16px;\nmargin-right:16px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-btm-split-btn-e909721e46b718efb951ee1690478393 .avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:#ffffff;\nstroke:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='https:\/\/wkf.ms\/4w1iSRn?form_name=&project_id='  class='avia-button av-btm-split-btn-e909721e46b718efb951ee1690478393 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large'   aria-label=\"SECURE YOUR PLACE AT RETREAT, TODAY\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >SECURE YOUR PLACE AT RETREAT, TODAY<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-yncsz-a9609ac5d7a0a4932096d569add0de54\">\n.avia-section.av-yncsz-a9609ac5d7a0a4932096d569add0de54{\nbackground-color:#f4eee2;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='btm-cta'  class='avia-section av-yncsz-a9609ac5d7a0a4932096d569add0de54 custom avia-section-huge avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-627'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-s9483-2defe80beda74b51aa0fb883741cbb1f\">\n.flex_column.av-s9483-2defe80beda74b51aa0fb883741cbb1f{\npadding:0 90px 0 90px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 989px){ \n.flex_column.av-s9483-2defe80beda74b51aa0fb883741cbb1f{\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-s9483-2defe80beda74b51aa0fb883741cbb1f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-25  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-btm-cta-ey-69d8ebb84b9478bf70f28ce68f63f02b\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-btm-cta-ey-69d8ebb84b9478bf70f28ce68f63f02b .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#6e5440;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-btm-cta-ey-69d8ebb84b9478bf70f28ce68f63f02b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">REFRESH AS A TEAM &#8211; 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