Renewal and Growth Retreat
Our Signature 3-week Retreat
As a missionary, pastor or ministry leader, you spend a lot of time caring for others. You make significant sacrifices to love and serve everyone around you. You give so much to help others through the difficulties of life.
But the reality is, ministry can be both rewarding and hard. It’s not uncommon to feel exhausted, weary and burnt out. Maybe somewhere along the way, you lost your passion and hope for ministry.
We can help.
For more than 25 years, our 3-week residential Renewal and Growth Retreat has been shaped and refined by people in ministry, for people in ministry. This retreat provides an intentional, beautiful setting where you can embrace a new rhythm of rest and renewal. You’ll find hope and healing as you learn and grow with others who understand the unique challenges of ministry.
Our retreats are facilitated by onsite, licensed counselors who come from a variety of ministry backgrounds. They offer compassionate care from a biblical perspective while providing practical guidance and helpful skills. Renewal and Growth Retreats have been carefully and thoughtfully designed to include personal counseling, group counseling and growth-oriented seminars. And our programs for kids and teens provides intentional, age-appropriate care for our younger participants.
When you attend a Renewal and Growth Retreat, you’ll find the care and support you need to continue living out your calling with passion.
Length
Dates
Retreats are offered 12 times a year.
See upcoming dates and availability.
Location
Who It's For
The Renewal and Growth Retreat is for missionaries, pastors and ministry leaders. If you’re serving, loving, caring and giving in the context of ministry in North America or around the world, this retreat is for you. We invite individuals, couples and families to participate in this retreat.
Please note – we carefully shape each cohort to avoid overlap that may compromise confidentiality.
Cost
$5,300 per individual
$6,975 per couple
$1,175 per child or teenager
Costs per adult include initial assessments, 13 individual / couple counseling sessions, 14 group counseling sessions, over 26 hours of seminars, and lodging. Costs per child / teen include full participation in our children and youth programs every weekday from 8:30am to 3:30pm.
Kids and Teens
At Alongside, we provide care for the whole family because we know kids and teens need a safe place to process their own experiences. Our programs for kids and teens provide intentional, age-appropriate care for our younger participants. We are staffed to care for children from infancy through adolescence.
Schedule
During each weekday, you will participate in the following components:
Morning: Learning
Growth-oriented seminars designed by people in ministry for people in ministry.
Morning: Sharing
Group sessions where participants share their stories and grow together.
Afternoon: Going Deeper
Individual or couple’s counseling with a licensed therapist from Alongside.
Afternoon & Evening: Resting
Unscheduled time for solitude, rest, recreation and fellowship.