Spring Retreat

This year 60 women gathered at Spring Retreat for fellowship, fun, teaching, and worship.  The room was beautiful and filled with decorations that matched our zebra theme for the retreat.   

What a great welcome crew!  Check out their zebra scarves!  We have an amazing team of women who  worked hard to put on a great retreat!  We are thankful for all your hard work.  There aren't pictures of everyone who worked hard on the retreat but we want everyone who played a role in the retreat to know we are proud of you and thankful for your help!

The first night we had a competition to see who could wear the best animal print outfit and accessories. 

Nails to match the decorations:

Beautifully decorated vest:

 We had fun taking group pictures with all the great animal print outfits!



We even had shoes and footies that were animal print.

We had an amazing worship team this year that blessed us with their talent!

Women loved the worship this year!

We brought back the marketplace again and supported our worship leader, authors, Triennial fundraising, and great causes like Restore Innocence and Mavuno Marketplace.

Our speaker, Tiffany, had a very genuine and heart felt message this year. 

Read the review from one of our retreat attendees:

Tiffany’s “God’s Love is Bigger than Your ‘But’” sessions were heartfelt, hopeful and real. Her beautiful photographs enriched her sessions and she chose verses that undercut those fears and “but God” moments. When we feel small, we must remember how big God is! Only He determines our worth. And He knows our hearts better than anyone. He is the God who sees us (Genesis 16:13). This especially impacted me because I have felt invisible for a great part of my life, even being treated that way by people who called themselves my closest friends. It is so powerful knowing that God can see me, that He loves me and can overcome not only my fears, but the world (John 16:33)! Tiffany encouraged all of us to reframe our lives with this idea of His unfailing, unfaltering love as bigger than any obstacle!

Tiffany and Kinsey (our Women Ministries Chair) pose in front of the zebra butt.  It was a fun and visual way to remind us that God's love is bigger than a Zebra's butt and any other but we could find in our lives.  

We rejoice in the fact that God's love is bigger than our but.

Breakout Sessions!  Women loved the choices this year and wanted to attend them all!  We didn't get to capture all of the options with pictures but here is an idea of one unique craft idea during a breakout session.

Enjoying fellowship with others:

There were to many fun things going on to capture them all on camera.  We didn't get a picture of every person, all the breakout sessions, yoga, or the food.  I think we were too busy enjoying the amazing food to think about pictures! 

Hopefully this gives you all just a small taste of what our weekend was like!  We hope you will join us next year!