Adult Retreats

Speaker: Kyle Toner

Walking Worthy of Your Calling: The apostle Paul urges the church in Ephesus in his letter to them to walk in a manner worthy of the call upon their lives.

In our day, Paul’s invitation still rings out to a church called to be salt and light in a still broken world. Together we will take some time to examine the letter to the Ephesians and posture our lives towards our calling in Christ.

Kyle, with his wife and three kids, lives in Airdrie, Alberta and serves as Discipleship Pastor at Living Springs Christian Fellowship.  Kyle’s awe of Jesus is fuelled by constant adventure in study that he loves to invite others into. God has graciously given us: Jesus as our Saviour, his Spirit within us, the scriptures to guide, and a world full of beauty. Kyle’s hope is to see people participate in the fullness of all we have in Christ.

Cost

• $159 per person based on a room share
• $219 for a single occupancy (if space permits)

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Speakers: Mark and Petra Anderson

What if prayer wasn’t one more thing we have to do every day, but simply desiring awareness and experiencing interaction with God throughout the day … eating, sleeping, shopping, working, walking, etc.?   Deep down, aren’t we longing to actually encounter God and be transformed, not just be praying to Him? Join us for this relaxed and spacious weekend of honest sharing around prayer struggles and practical approaches for any believer to experience God anytime, anywhere.  We’ll meet God in Scripture, in music, on a walk, over a meal, in stillness, in lament, and in thanksgiving … all in the beauty and welcoming hospitality of Barnabas.  All that is required is a humble heart and a willing spirit.

Mark and Petra are Spiritual Directors to professionals, entrepreneurs, ministry leaders, and students:  everyday followers of Jesus sprinkled around the world who are longing to see God’s Kingdom come.  With backgrounds in engineering and teaching, they served together as the Pastoral Team at Marineview Chapel, Vancouver for 17 years before turning full-time to coaching and spiritual direction.

Mark and Petra love helping people find their role in God’s work.  They facilitate encounters with the Holy Spirit by creating space for believers with full lives to recognize His Loving Presence with them and respond with deeper surrender and trust.  They are based in Vancouver, with grown children and a growing crew of grandchildren.  They are contemplatives who engage life fully with work, rest, and play … especially paddlesports and supporting many international justice ministries.

Cost

• $540 per couple based on a room share
• $276 for a single occupancy (if space permits)

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Facilitator: Nancy Shepherd
Host: Melissa Lochhead

Cost: $276 per person based on single occupancy

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God’s Redemptive Story: from ashamed and abused to accepted in the Beloved

This retreat is designed for women from a church background who have or are living in an abusive relationship with someone perceived as an authority figure. This could include a spouse, a parent or other family member, or someone in a role of spiritual authority.

In a place of warm welcome and safety, women will be encouraged to reflect on their beliefs about who God is and who they are, and to move towards the healing and hope of their true identity as the Beloved of God, their Redeemer.

Our facilitator, Nancy Shepherd, will share from her story of emerging from a long abusive relationship into healing, freedom and joyful hope. Her passion is to help women understand the true nature of the God who loves them, and make space for God’s Spirit to heal and transform, and lead them into greater life.

Bring your comfy clothes, bathing suit for the hot tub, and good walking shoes if you want to spend time exploring our walking and hiking paths!

Speaker: Carole Ardell

Carole Ardell is five and a half decades into her life. A love for Jesus, collaborative learning and the outdoors are what get her up out of bed each morning. She thinks in pictures and appreciates the beauty of rustic wooden antiques. Well acquainted with family sorrow and relational pain, Carole has found peace and is learning contentment as her willingness to trust Jesus grows.

Cost

• $540 per pair based on a room share
• $190 for additional adult daughters

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Speaker: Doug and Loralie Phaneuf

Cost: $540 per couple

Doug and Loralie Phaneuf will be leading this retreat. Doug is senior pastor at Living Springs Christian Fellowship in Airdrie, Alberta. Loralie has been serving along side Doug since 1995 and is now Associate Discipleship Pastor, doing outreach, events, Women’s Ministry and Kids’ Ministry. She enjoys going for walks, playing games and chocolate. Doug and Loralie have an amazing story of God’s faithfulness in their own lives through pain and loss.

This retreat is now full. Please email the office to be added to the waitlist. 

Speaker: Doug and Loralie Phaneuf.

Cost: $540 per couple

Doug and Loralie Phaneuf will be leading this retreat. Doug is senior pastor at Living Springs Christian Fellowship in Airdrie, Alberta. Loralie has been serving along side Doug since 1995 and is now Associate Discipleship Pastor, doing outreach, events, Women’s Ministry and Kids’ Ministry. She enjoys going for walks, playing games and chocolate. Doug and Loralie have an amazing story of God’s faithfulness in their own lives through pain and loss.

This retreat is now full. Please email the office to be added to the waitlist. 

Speaker: Carson Pue

Cost

• $540 per couple based on a room share
• $276 for a single occupancy (if space permits)

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Led by Dr Carson Pue, this retreat is for people over 55 who are anticipating or have found themselves in a new season of life.

Here we often encounter both challenges and joys of an “empty nest”, adult children, grandchildren, while sometimes wrestling through life’s purpose and values when career and family-raising are more in the rearview mirror.

Join others in similar life stages to think, learn and reflect together about how to live well and on-purpose here and now, and what it means to find Jesus in the midst of our journey.

This is a retreat we are doing in partnership with the Mark Centre. Led by Jamie and Donna Winship and best-selling author Paul Young (The Shack), Wonderfully Made is a 3-day retreat where we’ll explore an intimate process of facing our fears and embracing our true identity.

You will have space to listen and reflect alone and visit with others. You’ll hear stories of how people all over the world are tuning into their true identity.

Book on this retreat through the Mark Centre website.

Speakers: David & Kathryn Fields and Ricky Stephen

Cost

• $260 per couple
• $150 for a single

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This year the theme of our retreat is focused on knowing Jesus’ joy and letting that joy fill, transform, and move us. Expect this to be a time of refreshing and renewal, eating great food with some great new friends, and finding space to pray, and hear from God.   

David & Kathryn Fields first connected with Barnabas 12 years ago through the Christian Leader and Spouse retreat. David is the Lead Pastor at Summit Drive Church in Kamloops, where he has been in pastoral ministry for over 16 years. 

Ricky Stephen is a long-time Barnabas enthusiast and staff alum. He and his wife Michelle recently moved to Kamloops where he is serving at Pastor of Community Life at Summit Drive Church.

Speaker: To be confirmed

Cost

• $129 per person

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