Pastors Retreat
Barnabas Landing
+ The Pastorate
November 4 - 7, 2025
Featuring: Mark Buchanan and
Ric & Ruth-Anne Gilbertson
Share in the restorative beauty of Jesus.
We are delighted to partner again with The Pastorate, setting aside special time for pastors to share in the restorative beauty of Jesus.
Join 30 Canadian pastors and their spouses for a refreshing getaway at Barnabas. Enjoy a light program facilitated by author Mark Buchanan, with the opportunity to sign up for 1:1 sessions with seasoned Spiritual Directors Ric & Ruth-Anne Gilbertson.
There will be plenty of free time for relaxation, play, and connection. We so look forward to setting the table for you!
DATES
November 4 - 7, 2025
FEATURING
Mark Buchanan
Ric & Ruth-Anne Gilbertson
COST
$320/Person
Single Occupancy: + $100
Upgrade to a room in The Station: + $150
Mark Buchanan
Mark Buchanan is a Canadian author, former pastor, and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Ambrose University in Calgary. With a background in creative writing and theology, he brings over two decades of pastoral experience into the classroom. He’s the author of ten books, including God Walk and Your Church is Too Safe, exploring themes of spiritual formation, leadership, and biblical imagination. Mark and his wife, Cheryl, also lead New Story Community, a ministry serving Indigenous women.
Ric & Ruth-Anne Gilbertson
Ric & Ruth-Anne Gilbertson have decades of ministry experience in missions, leadership development and pastoring. In the last 10-15 years, Ruth-Anne has focused primarily on practicing and teaching Inner Healing Prayer ministry and offering Spiritual Direction, while Ric has served in pastoral roles and offered Spiritual Direction as well. They have a deep love for Jesus and His Church, and currently work and play in Kelowna, BC.
What they offer:
Spiritual Direction is the practice of intentional conversations with a person who has been trained in providing spiritual guidance and companionship in order to assist the directee pay attention to how God is present to them and how they are being present to God.
Inner Healing Prayer is the process of a facilitated conversation with triune God, in which the facilitator helps someone bring their pain before Jesus, and listen/watch for how Jesus wants to speak, guide, and work in order to bring healing. Pain is part of life, and we often carry heaviness, depression, bitterness, frustration, unresolved tension, because we haven't taken time to understand our pain and bring it to Jesus. IHP makes space for us to pay attention to what God is inviting us to look at, and to hear His word of life, in order that we may live more freely and fully alive.