Leading Deeply

January 30 - February 1, 2026

Speakers:
Shaila Visser & Danielle Strickland

Leading Deeply

Join us this winter at Barnabas Landing for Leading Deeply, a new retreat flowing out of our vision to see Rooted & Flourishing Families & Leaders. Shaila Visser & Danielle Strickland will be our guides.

DATES

January 30 -
February 1, 2026

COST

$360/Person

Stay in your own room: + $125
Upgrade to a new room in The Station: + $80

FERRIES

DEPARTURE: 4:45pm on January 30
(Horseshoe Bay to Langdale)

RETURN: 1:15pm on February 1
(Langdale to Horseshoe Bay)

Note: ferry travel is walk-on.

SHAILA VISSER

Shaila Visser is the National Director of Alpha Canada and Global Senior Vice-President of Alpha International. A strategic and visionary leader, she is the Executive Producer of the Alpha Film Series and Alpha Youth Film Series and serves on the Board of the Damascus Road Foundation.

Deeply passionate about evangelism, Shaila is dedicated to helping people encounter Jesus and equipping the Church to thrive. Known for her clarity, warmth, conviction, and ability to unite leaders across generations and church traditions, she brings both relational strength and cultural awareness to her roles.

Rooted in her vibrant Anglo-Indian heritage, Shaila values diversity, hospitality, and mentoring the next generation. She lives in Vancouver with her husband Ryan, a Vancouver Police Officer, and their two dogs, Talon and Benny. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hosting people in her home and pursuing personal growth in health and fitness.

DANIELLE STRICKLAND

Danielle lets Love lead her to inspire, challenge, provoke and disrupt the present, and to live in the future now. Having lived in different cultures and contexts around the world she celebrates diversity and deeply longs for wrong things to be made right. Danielle practises following Jesus daily. This pursuit has led to exciting entrepreneurial exploits (like co-founding multiple charities and non-profits) and a whole host of failures (that we don’t as often talk about). All of this has convinced her of the deep need we all have for hope, faith, and love. Her deepest longing is to demonstrate what living that boundless life looks like.