Registration Deadline: Thursday, January 25th
Please note that registration is not considered complete without payment.
The Retreat
This is an annual Young Adult Retreat for Post-Secondary Students, Young Professionals, and basically anyone between the ages of 18-30. This is an intentional weekend away to grow your friendships, community and to grow in your faith. The weekend includes worship gatherings with speaking, along with perspectives of life and faith experience. There will be times of adventure and times to relax.
Register
Cost is 130 per/person (this includes all activities, food and accommodations. Please note that this price point is with accommodations of 4 people per room with two double beds). Registration is due by January 25th!
If you’re a married couple and would prefer a room alone, we can do that at an extra cost, this would be an inclusive cost of $380/couple (this fee is subsidized to make the price easier for a couple to manage).
If you love your privacy and would like to secure a room for yourself alone or with just one other friend, we can also do this at an extra cost. We will determine this cost based on your request.
The Wilds
We couldn’t think of a cooler location for this weekend! The Wilds is located just outside of St. John’s (near Holyrood off of Salmonier Line), during the summer it is a picturesque golf resort, during the winter? It’s our play ground!
You’ll be well accommodated in comfortable Hotel rooms, with your friends, and during your free time you can lounge by the fire, play board games in the cafe, join a traditional NL boil-up (aka: a fire outside where snacks can be cooked over the fire), sledding, or walk around in the wintery-wonderland-like grounds.
If you desire a private room, for yourself (or you and your spouse), we can accommodate that request for an extra cost. Details will be noted in the registration form.
Visit The Wilds website to see more about this beautiful location!
Special Guests
Speaker: Dave Lombardo
Dave loves people and believes that everyone has a story to tell. For over 17 years he has served in churches and not-for-profits investing in others and helping them to make a difference in the world around them. From kids and youth ministries to teaching and preaching to starting new churches, Dave has had the opportunity to see God’s hand at work in many different ways. He now works with Prison Fellowship Canada helping to bring about restoration to prisoners, ex-prisoners, their families and victims. Dave lives near Toronto with his wife and two boys.
Worship Leader, TBA
Transportation
There’s currently no transportation provided to the retreat, but if you contact Pastor Crystal and seek help getting a ride there and back, she’ll make sure you have a carpool option. We will notify you if transportation becomes available.
Cost
To pay your registration fee, choose on of the options below:
EMT Bethesda via give@bethesda.ca and note “YA Retreat: Your Name” in the memo.
You can also pay in person on a Sunday at Bethesda (debit machine is available, note “YA Retreat: Your Name” on your envelope and deposit in a giving box or pass it to Pastor Crystal).
Are you are a Young Adult who calls Bethesda their home church and are currently unemployed and feel like the registration cost an issue that will keep you from attending this weekend? If so, please contact Pastor Crystal for assistance.
We have also provided a sample letter if you’d like to use it and send it to your home church to request assistance from the Pastor/Church Board for your registration costs. Download it and make it your own.
Maybe these photos will give you a better idea of what this weekend will look like! These were taken at the 2019 retreat:
