Youth ministry has a propensity to demand much of marriage, which at times can be difficult enough on it's own. Yet many youth workers have even more of a tendency to project an image of the perfect Christian marriage, even though we have the same bumps and challenges as other couples.
As Christian leaders, it is imperative that we learn to tend to the soul of our own marriages and families before coming alongside students and their parents to do the same. This 48-hour retreat is designed to help you do just that!
Organized and designed by REACH Youth New England, in partnership with WinShape Retreats (a foundation of Chick-fil-A) and sponsored by Simply Youth Ministry (SYM), the Youth Ministry and Marriage Retreat is designed to provide you quality relational time as a couple as well as innovative and interactive teaching and innovative workshops to strengthen your marriage. You will also have the chance to intentionally connect with other youth workers and their spouses about marriage and ministry as the retreat is purposuflly intimate and limited to only 16 couples.
The retreat will start Sunday November 10th at 11:00am (content starts at 2:00pm for those who need to arrive later due to church committments) and wrap up Tuesday, November 12th at 10:00am and will take place at the beautiful Winshape Retreat Center in Rome, GA - a 26,000-acre wildlife preserve that sits in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, surrounded by a rolling wonderland of forests, meadows and streams. Two nights lodging, six meals, and programming are all included in this retreat. All of it a $1,000 per couple value...for only $100 PER COUPLE (if you register by October 1st) thanks to the generosity of WinShape and SYM!
Also, soley with the gifts from YouthMinistry360, LeaderTreks, HomeWord, Simply Youth Ministry and others, the $100 registration will be more than worth it to you!
Other activities available for free time are couples massages and horse back riding (listed above in ticket info), also there are bike rentals for $15 per couple than can be paid in cash the day of, fishing poles available at no charge, 90 miles of trails at different difficulties, as well as other athlteic equipment and games that can be checked out at the front desk for no charge.