Events
Upcoming Events
- Spring Retreat | May 18-20th, 2012
- $695.00 per person
- Click here to register
- Fall Retreat | November 2-4th, 2012
Past Events
- CLE Winter Couples Retreat | February 10th - 12th
- We invite you to get away with us and invest in your marriage. Come join Rich and Sue Blue as we:
• Harness the power of systems thinking to transform and renew your relationship
• Generate positive systems with your partner and renew your relationship
• Find support and encouragement with other couples who want to have authentic and dynamic relationships.
For couples please select quantity as 2 to ensure proper registration.
- Experiencing Authentic Spirituality | January 26th, 2012
- Do your spiritual disciplines need a tune-up? Come join Rich Blue and the CLE community for an inspiring 3-part series to help you renew your relationship with God, deepen your faith, and make the Bible comes alive!
Each class is $100, but register for all three for $225!
- CLE Fresh Start 5k | December 31st 2011
- Join the CLE Running and Walking community for a FRESHSTART in 2012 during our first annual FRESHSTART 5K. With experienced runner and licensed therapist Nancy Rollins leading the way this will challenge you athletically and personally to push yourself as you set the pace for the New Year.
Details:
Race begins 8am; $5 on-site registration
(includes post-race refreshments)
Orders for t-shirts will be taken race-day,
men’s and women’s dri-fit sizes available for $25
- Holiday Meditation | December 8th, 2011
- Celebrate a wonderful year of transforming ourselves and growing in our intimacy with each other and with God.
Join the CLE community to reflect on all that we have learned, express our gratitude, and envision who we will be becoming in the year to come.
Come and participate with us as we discuss a passage of scripture and reflect on what it means to live a life of faith during this season.
Light refreshments will be provided.
- Fall Retreat | November 4th-6th 2011
- Join Rich Blue as he introduces his new book, Grappling with God: The Battle for Authentic Faith. This weekend will be a life transforming experience of learning how to identify the mistaken family rules, myths and beliefs which unconsciously undermine your ability to have a life full of joy, aliveness and adventure. You will learn how to use principles to guide your relationships and inform the way you tackle your life. This weekend is about letting go and taking off the gloves in your relationship with God and each other. Grow with God as you stretch yourself.
- The Power of Small Groups Unleashed
- Would you like to experience the nourishment, satisfaction, and fulfillment that a small growth group experience can bring to your life? Join us for an introduction to the life-transforming power of personal growth work as it’s done at CLE.
This training will give you a taste of group work at CLE as we focus on four key elements that will increase the potential for authenticity, aliveness and personal transformation in any small group setting.
These elements include:
• Learning how to meaningfully connect with yourself.
• Tapping into the power of feelings
• Sharing genuinely and effectively with others.
• Tasting the life changing influence of truthful feedback.
- Men's Leadership Series | Discover your Vision- Wednesday June 15th
- Join us for an inspiring and challenging evening exploring what it takes to become the kind of men we all long to be - men of integrity, courage and passion who are leading lives of meaning and purpose.
- Secrets to Abundant Living | June 4th, 2011 12-2pm
- Join us for this interactive workshop and learn the secrets to abundant living that CLE has discovered during its 15+ years serving the Northbrook and North shore communities.
- Leadership Group for Graduates- Saturday May 21st, 2011
- We are excited to announce to you that we have created an advanced leadership group that will support you in taking your life to the next level of power, meaning and satisfaction.
- Spring Retreat- May 13th-15th, 2011
- Learn how to feel your feelings and use them to discover the deeper hungers of your soul. Let go of your soft addictions and replace them with the nourishment and satisfaction that comes from experiencing genuine community.
- Men's Leadership Series | Develop your Dashboard- Thursday May 12th
- Join us for an inspiring and challenging evening exploring what it takes to become the kind of men we all long to be - men of integrity, courage and passion who are leading lives of meaning and purpose.
- The Wright Developmental Model Unpacked | April 16th, 2011, 12-3pm
- Join us for this workshop designed to help you learn how to maximize the potential of the Wright Developmental Model (WDM) for Personal Transformation.
- Women Who Work Seminar April 14th, 2011
- This workshop is primarily designed for entrepreneurs and women who are looking for more support and/or challenge in their professional life.
- CLE Running Club April 2nd, 2011
- Singles Workshop- March 4th, 2011
- Men’s Workshop- February 24th, 2011
- Couples Retreat- February 18th-20th, 2011
- Abundant Mid-Life Workshop- Saturday January 29th, 2011
- Sexuality and Intimacy- Saturday January 22nd, 2011
- More Support for Moms- Thursday January 13th, 2011
- Running Club- Saturday January 9th, 2010
- Holiday Celebration- Thursday December 9th, 2010
- Chicago Singles Workshop Friday Nov. 19th @ Indigo Studio
- Fall Retreat – November 5th – 7th, 2010
- Satellite Growth Group Workshop- Saturday October 16th, 2010
- After the Honeymoon: A Newlywed Workshop- Thursday September 30th, 2010
- Singles Workshop- Thursday September 16th, 2010
- Countdown to College- Wednesday August 11th, 2010
- Parenting Seminar- Thursday July 29th, 2010
- Satellite Group Workshop- Saturday July 24th, 2010
- Abundant Life Fitness Workshop- June 26th, 2010
- Singles Workshop- Thursday July 8th, 2010
- Spring Retreat- From Attachment Wounds to Wholeness May 14th – 16th, 2010
- Join us for this year’s CLE Spring Retreat. We will be exploring how we can be more authentic, tell more truth in the here and now, experience our feelings in order to enhance our aliveness, have more acceptance of ourselves, and experience more intimacy with each other.We will be using the lessons from Attachment Theory along with the power of the CLE community, to perceive each other accurately, in the here and now, with positive regard, unconditionally, and consistently. Join us on this weekend adventure where you will grow and enhance your sense of self and find more meaning and satisfaction in your life.
- Satellite Group Workshop- February 27th, 2010
- Singles Workshop February 26th, 2010- Philadelphia Church
- Couples 2010 Retreat – February 12th – 14th, 2010
- Singles Workshop- January 15th, 2010
- Singles Workshop- November 20th, 2009
- Fall 2009 Retreat – November 6th – 8th, 2009
- Sustaining Our Soul: Parenting the Child Within
- Singles Workshop- October 16th, 2009
- Spring 2009 Retreat – May 15 – 17, 2009
- Fighting Fear with Faith
- Winter Couples Retreat An Emotionally Focused Marriage February 13-15, 2009
- Join us for an exciting and meaningful weekend where we will be looking at our marriages through the unique lens of Attachment Theory, examining how our earliest experiences interacting with our parents have influenced our ability to bond meaningfully with our spouses.
- Women Alive Presents “Relational Investments: Sharing Your Growth Process” January 31, 2009
- How often have you thought, “I wish my friends understood why my work at CLE is so important?”Well this is your opportunity ladies:Bring a friend to experience the power of this amazing community of women.
- Fall Retreat 2008 Celebrating A Relationship Reformation November 7-9, 2008
- We’ve all heard of spring cleaning-how about fall reformation!We will be inventorying our relationships and taking stock of the unhealthy baggage we have allowed to accumulate. We will begin with cleaning, sorting, and tossing everything that does not promote authentic and satisfying relationships. We will be on the lookout for offenders like bad boundaries, dirty deals and special relationships. We will then take on filling our relationships with everything that promotes life, love and the pursuit of personal and spiritual maturity.
- Men’s Retreat Leadership from the Inside Out Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:30 – 10:30 a.m. The Park Center, Glenview
- Join us for an inspiring and challenging morning exploring what it takes to become the kind of men we all long to be-men of integrity, courage and passion who are leading lives of meaning and purpose. Our vision is for men to lead from their hearts and not simply their heads. When we understand more about ourselves and the forces at work within us, we are free to lead in creating more nourishing and rewarding relationships. CLE hosts a community of men who are dedicated to becoming the best husbands, fathers and friends they can be.
- Spring Retreat 2008 The Transforming Power of Truth May 16 – 18, 2008
- We will be exploring the power of truth and learning how knowing the truth sets us free to become our most whole and complete selves. Become more proficient at knowing what you are feeling in the moment and being more present with yourself and others. Learn how to use the “funnel of truth” to identify your core issues and challenge the mistaken beliefs limiting your joy and aliveness. Experience more intimacy with others as you explore the deepest truths of your heart. Join us for this amazing adventure in community!
- Couples Retreat Embracing God in Your Marriage February 9 – 10, 2008
- Join us for a weekend of improving your relationship with a community of couples who are committed to having the best marriages imaginable. * Communicate honestly with each other and God * Improve your effectiveness in conflict resolution * Practice applying the wisdom of the Drama Triangle * Learn new ways to invite and include God in your relationship * Have fun together in the company of other likeminded couples.
