Leading Well Retreat - November 18-21, 2024

Learing Outcomes

• Renew yourself through worship, prayer, rest and fellowship.
• Practice living and leading well as you build on your gifts and strengths.
• Inspire team members to be creative, collaborative and conscious of God's presence in their lives.
• Learn ways to interpret your ministry context and adapt to a changing ministry environment.
• Gain wisdom from your colleagues around a variety of ministry issues.

Learning Themes

• Telling Stories of God's Activity: Re-igniging evangelism
• Narratives of Worthiness: Re-writing the stories we tell ourselves
• Becoming a Storytelling Congregation: Integrating spiritual storytelling into ministry
• The Stories our Bodies are Telling
• Storytelling and Faith Formation
• Telling Stories of Impact: Building a culture of generosity
• Naming Our Next Faithful Steps

Who Would Benefit from this Experience?

• Pastors of small and large churches who desire to grow in their leadership and experience sabbath rest and renewal.
• Ministers and program staff who work with ministry teams.
• Newly called ministry leaders who seek and rethink and reimagine ministry in new ways.
• Judicatory leaders seeking to develop healthy cultures and systems in faith communities.

Leading Well Facilitators

Your facilitators for the Leading Well Retreat include:

• Jim LaDoux
• Matthew Short
• Tammy Devine
• John Weit
• Miguel Gomez Acosta
• Jenny Sung

Costs/What's included

The all-inclusive program fee includes tuition, event preparation, particpant materials, housing (if desired), 9 meals and on-site hospitality. Per person fees vary based on the type of accomodation chosen. You may opt to put down a non-refundable $100 deposit (with balance due before the event) or pay the entire fee at once.

Single: $1100

Double: $950

Spouse: $500

Commuter: $675

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Franciscan Renewal Center "The Casa", 5802 E. Lincoln Dr., Scottsdale, United States