Casual Friday Retreats and Events List
Whether on or off the field, missionaries benefit from a chance to get away from their usual environment. To be refreshed by quiet time alone with the Lord. Or to be invigorated by the company of other missionaries taking time out to focus on Christ. Here are some places and opportunities to do just that.
PLACES
- Silent retreats
- Guided retreats
- R&R
- Debriefing
Life Impact Oases:
Shepherd’s Rest – Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Bethesda – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Green Mountain – Monte Verde, Brazil
Oasis Los Pastos – Grecia, Cost Rica
The Oaks – Ovieto, Italy
Caravanserai – Middle East
Twin Oak Hills – Tigard, Oregon, USA
Shepherd’s Rest – Lewiston, Idaho, USA
Good Book Oasis – Vrbovce, Slovakia
South Africa Oasis – Cape Town, South Africa
The Intrepid (Boat Oasis) – Winchester Bay, Oregon, USA
BMI Oasis – Richland, Michigan, USA
Promised Land Oasis – Stokite, Bulgaria
Sanur Oasis – Bali, Indonesia
OTHER RETREAT CENTERS
Kerith Springs Lodge – Sisters, Oregon, USA
Shelter Pines – Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
He Restoreth Ministries – Near Medford, Oregon, USA
Le Reposoir – Brittany, NW France
Rancho de la Paz – Lake Elsinore, Southern California, USA
CIT Retreat Center – Union Mills, North Carolina, USA
631 Solution – Corfu, Greece
EVENTS
Thrive retreats for women in ministry
“As of July 2016, we have been in 35 different international locations and hosted 14 retreats in the U.S. serving a total of 4,070 Global Women.”
Note that they offer opportunities for volunteers to minister at their conferences.
Come Away My Beloved (spiritual formation retreat, sponsored by Barnabas)
Oak Haven Resort, Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
Catalyst International’s Breathe Conference
Wilderswil, Switzerland
DEBRIEFING
MTI DAR program (Debriefing and Renewal)
The “gold standard” of debriefing programs.
Monument, Colorado, USA (near Colorado Springs)
Train International Abide Program
Springfield, Missouri, USA
CIT Debriefing
Union Mills, North Carolina, USA
Interlude (sponsored by Baranabas, International)
Noblesville, Indiana, USA and Littleton, Colorado, USA
Paracletos Recalibrate! event (modeled after DAR)
February in Florida; October in Indiana
Not only should you pass this list around, you should seriously consider who you would like to sponsor for a get-away or debriefing. It would be a most-treasured gift to your missionary friend.
What I’m reading this week:
- You Are What You Love, by James Smith
- Moments With the Master, by Ken Gire
- Called to be Saints, by Gordon Smith
- Creek Mary’s Blood: A Novel, by Dee Brown
Just finished:
- It’s My Pleasure, by Dee Ann Turner
- Bittersweet, by Shauna Niequist
- Autumn: A spiritual biography of the season, edited by Gary Schmidt & Susan Felch
Up next:
- Seven Days That Divide the World, by John Lennox
- Delighting in the Trinity, by Michael Reeves