Flourishing Pastors
Featuring: Matt & Jamie Boda
and Ric & Ruth-Anne Gilbertson
March 2 - 5, 2027
Refreshment and new strength for your journey.
Flourishing Pastors is an intimate retreat capturing the heart of our vision: to see Rooted and Flourishing Families and Leaders.
We long for Christian leaders who are influencing their communities, the Church and the world, to come away and receive from Jesus what they most need in order to thrive: rest, encouragement, inspiration and friendship. This retreat is for pastors and spouses, as well as ministry leaders who carry a similar burden to pastors (i.e. those who have direct pastoral responsibility for people). This includes church ministry leaders who aren't formally called pastors, leaders of discipleship ministries and spiritual directors.
We pray that these few days will provide refreshment and new strength to continue in your work of love and service. This retreat will be facilitated by Melissa Lochhead, alongside guests Matt & Jamie Boda, and Ric & Ruth-Anne Gilbertson. We warmly invite you to join us, whether on your own or with your spouse.
Note: This retreat shouldn’t be confused with the Pastors Retreats that we run in collaboration with The Pastorate.
DATES
March 2 - 5, 2027
COST
$425/Person
Single Occupancy: + $150
Upgrade to a room in The Station: + $100
TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTURE: 4:00pm on March 2
(Charter: Horseshoe Bay to Barnabas)
RETURN: 1:15pm on March 5
(Ferry: Langdale to Horseshoe Bay)
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
7:30am Espresso Bar
8:00am Breakfast
10:00am Morning Session
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Free Time
5:30pm Dinner
7:00pm Evening Session
8:30pm Free Time
Matt & Jamie Boda
Matt & Jamie Boda met in high school, began dating in college and married forty years ago. Ten moves, five daughters, five son-in-laws and fourteen grandkids later, they are still together serving the Kingdom of God and His people. They have served churches in Kelowna, Regina, Philadelphia, Calgary and Salem, Oregon.
These days Jamie’s time is devoted to her role as a spiritual director and as grandma to those grandkids. Matt serves the Alliance churches in Alberta and the NW Territories as district superintendent. Both Matt and Jamie love the mountains, travelling, walking, reading and any time they get with their kids, grandkids and friends. Having visited over 50 countries over the years, the Bodas are humbled by opportunities to serve Christ and His family as kingdom influencers.
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.