Lion’s Club, Carpinteria
8:30am Sign In/Breakfast - 9:00am Worship Begins
For Women’s Retreat this year we wanted to focus our retreat on healing found in Christ. We recognize the trauma, griefs, wounds, and stresses that have been magnified over the past several years, and want to provide, tools, support, and the love of Jesus to meet us wherever we might be in our healing process. We believe that our loving God wants to make us whole, in every way. He desires that our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls would be healed and open to Him.
We have the privilege of having Rev. Dr. Kate Wiebe be one of our speakers who will focus specifically on trauma--what it is and where we can start as individuals and a community to pursue healing. She is the founder of the Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth and is a pastor and therapist.
We also have the privilege of having Pastor Carolyn Latchison be one of our speakers. She is a pastor alongside her husband (Charles Latchison, our former Superintendent) at Light and Life West, a Free Methodist Church in Long Beach. Carolyn has so much wisdom and love to share and we have had a long-standing relationship with her. We are blessed that Carolyn will be bringing 15 of her leaders as well to join us at retreat!
Our very own Rev. Dr. Helen Rhee will be leading us in a prayer exercise to help us embody what we are learning.
We are expectant and hopeful for what the Holy Spirit will do as we gather together in community with our sisters! Please be in prayer for our time together!
Register online HERE or in person at Connection Central where you can pay with cash or check.
Early Bird Registration is $50 and ends on March 31st.
Regular Registration is $55 and runs from March 31st to April 23rd.
Student cost is $25
Scholarships are also available! Reach out to a pastor for more information.
Rev. Dr. Kate Wiebe is a pastoral psychologist, leadership coach, and organizational consultant. She has worked for over twenty years with individuals, couples, and groups that have experienced crisis or disaster. She has a part-time therapy practice at La Vie Counseling Centers in Pasadena as a Psychological Associate. She is passionate about helping leaders and their families in stress to find faithful and healthy work-life rhythms. She is married to Erik and together they are raising four kids.
Carolyn is a Disciple of Christ and an Asst. Pastor at Light and Life West of Long Beach, CA, which she helped plant 20 years ago with her husband Charles. She currently serves as the Pastor of Discipleship and Leader Development. In addition to 10+ years of Pastoral ministry, Carolyn has a bachelor’s in psychology from UC Irvine, and has used her various roles and gifts of leadership to help individuals, ranging in ages from teenagers to post retirement, to navigate their healing journey from past church hurt, sexual violation, marital setbacks, relationship/family dysfunction and ministry failure towards wholeness and thriving in life and ministry. With almost 30 years of experience, Carolyn gives leadership to small group facilitators, ministry leaders, discipleship teachers and leads the systems for Leader Development at West. Her emphasis includes Ministry & Leadership Coaching that focuses on equipping others to encounter Jesus in practical ways through the learning and application of The Word of God. Carolyn and her husband Charles currently reside in La Habra, CA, and they have 3 dynamic children: Candyce, Jaymar, and Christopher, and one grandson Caleb.