Adult Retreats

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Barnabas is looking forward to hosting this special few days for pastors, leaders and their spouses in partnership with The Way Church in Vancouver.  Come and take time to rest, feast, connect and be ministered to in a beautiful and relaxing setting.

Chris Price is part of the Executive Leadership Team at The Way Church having moved to Vancouver with Deandra and their family to begin church planting in 2019.   Chris leads the teaching team at The Way and carries a deep passion for preaching The Word.  Previously, Chris served for ten years as the lead pastor at Calvary Baptist in Coquitlam, BC.  He has a master’s in Christian studies and a BA in Biblical studies, and is the author of Radical Hope: Resurrection Faith in a Hurting World (2016).

Elita Friesen is a pastor at The Way Church in Vancouver where she serves on the teaching team. Before joining The Way, Elita worked in women’s ministry for five years where she served as the director of a weekly women’s program.  She has written two Bible studies: Relentless Mercy, on Jonah, and Courageous, on Joshua.  In 2021, she co-authored a book with Chris Price entitled The Whole Church.  Originally from Houston, Texas, Elita graduated from the University of Mobile (Alabama) with a Bachelor’s degree in communication. She moved to the lower mainland in 2011 with her Canadian husband, Ryan, and their four wild but wonderful young kids.

Registration opens January 7th, 2022.

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Spend a weekend partnering with us to help make the property beautiful. From weeding and planting in the garden beds to maintenance and building projects, Serve and Grow is the perfect opportunity to spend a weekend away using your gifting to help Barnabas.

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Our marriage weekends are the perfect opportunity to getaway together. We take care of all the details so you can have space to enjoy the weekend with your spouse. Find encouragement in your marriage and in you walk with Jesus.

Featuring Rob and Charlotte Wilms

Charlotte and Rob have been married for 18 years. They are parents of 4 wonderful kids – Elizabeth, Clara, Nathan, and Evelyn – and a dog, can’t forget the dog. They live in Saskatoon where Rob pastors at Avalon Alliance Church and Charlotte works at Mission Thrift. They love being a family and traversing life in Christ together in the place the Lord has planted them. They are the first to say they are still figuring out marriage, and figure that will continue to the very end, but they’re fully in for that life-long journey together!

Marriage and Life in Christ

            Rob and Charlotte’s passion is to understand all of life as that which is “hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3) This of course includes marriage, as one of the central ways through which Jesus forms His life in us who are married. Rooted in Scripture, this time together will allow us to engage in this view of marriage and to a new dependence on Christ as we seek to honor Him with our lives and with our relationships.

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