Our events are open to all those desiring to grow deeper in their intimacy with God & each other.
Discovery Retreat Facilitators
Tom Ashbrook
Tom has served as a pastor for 26 years and then the co-founder, team leader, and founder associate for the Order of Imago Christi, an international spiritual formation ministry, for 20 years. As a Minister for Formation with SFSAZ, Tom develops spiritual formation resources and coaches Christian leaders and churches to live and lead with a spiritual authority grounded in loving intimacy with Jesus. He provides spiritual direction and coaching for pastors, churches, and missionaries in various parts of the world and teaches in spiritual formation seminars and other spiritual formation settings. Tom earned a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, an M.S. in Management Systems, an M.Div., and a D.Min. in Spiritual Formation. Tom lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona with his wife Charlotte. His books include Mansions of the Heart: Seven Stages of Spiritual Growth, and Mansions of the Heart Study Guide; Presence: What if Jesus Were Really Here, and study guide, Discovering Christ’s Presence; Contagious Fire: Forming Christian Hearts for Kingdom Mission; and Connected: Rediscovering Life-Giving Love with God. Learn more about Tom’s ministry at www.tomashbrook.com.
LuAnn Roberson
LuAnn volunteers her time with the SFSAZ as a gift from her home base, A Simple Pause, an outreach to leaders and learners through MSW ministries. She has tended to bodies and souls for many years as a trained Spiritual Director and a nurse specializing in trauma and the crisis of newly diagnosed cancer. She is familiar with those life-altering moments and desires to offer hope, direction and companionship. You can reach her at [email protected] or [email protected].
Ted Wueste
Ted serves as the Founder/Director of the Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona. For the last 30 years, he has served in various ministry capacities with 20 of those years serving in pastoral ministry. After serving as an associate pastor, Ted planted a church that he pastored for 9 years and then served as an Executive Pastor of Spiritual Formation for 6 years. Ted designed and taught in a Spiritual Formation program at Phoenix Seminary for seven years, and now enjoys a ministry of spiritual direction, retreat leading, and teaching. Ted is the coordinator for a spiritual direction training program in Arizona (Selah) and serves as Senior Faculty. He has written several books on the spiritual journey as well as devotionals and study guides that many have found helpful. You can reach Ted at [email protected] and learn more about his spiritual formation ministry at www.desertdirection.com.