MISSIONARY LADIES RETREAT
NOVEMBER 11-14, 2021
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
It is our heart to encourage and refresh missionary women. We will do this through worship, prayer, fellowship time with other missionaries, counseling, teaching, pool time (weather permitting), time in nature, rest and much needed encouragement. This particular retreat will welcome missionary ladies for 3 nights at Spacious Place in Okeechobee, Florida.
**Please make sure to scroll all the way down to FAQ for more details.**
ABOUT: This retreat will host 6 female missionaries and 6 female volunteers at Spacious Place ranch in Okeechobee, Florida. This 5-bedroom ranch is on a large piece of land that overlooks a cow pasture, a pond, open fields as far as the eye can see and the beauty of the Florida sunrise and sunset. Depending on weather, there may be an opportunity to swim as there is a pool (unheated) on the property. Attendees will be sharing rooms. Volunteers will be staying on-site as well. This retreat will include opportunities for worship, prayer, fellowship, counseling services, and time to process with other missionaries. Our heart is to pour out the extravagant love of the Father on each attendee so that you leave feeling refreshed, nourished and restored.
COVID-19: Our group of approx. 12 (missionaries and volunteers) will be sharing this 5-bedroom ranch house, praying together, eating meals together, having group processing sessions, and so on. For this reason, social distancing within our group would be very difficult. We do not plan to wear masks on the compound but of course if anyone wants to do so, they are welcome to wear one at any time. We recognize that this might not be ideal for some people so we want to be as up front about this as possible so that you can make an informed choice about whether you will attend or not. Our goal is to be as safe as possible but also to provide an environment that allows for attendees to be ministered to, prayed over, etc.
Retreat Begins: 5pm on Thursday, November 11th (guests may arrive as early as 2pm but official retreat starts at 5pm)
Retreat Ends: 11am on Sunday, November 14th.
Missionary Ladies Cost To Attend : $250 each based on rooming with 1 or 2 others. RNR will fundraise for the rest (Actual cost is closer to $500 per person. We are asking attendees to give or fundraising for half of that). We welcome attendees to reach out to your churches or networks to ask if others would like to sponsor you. If others want to contribute to your total cost, we can provide a donate link and it will be tax deductible for your donors. Our heart is to keep costs as low as possible for those who attend our retreats. A $50 deposit will be due within 7 days to secure your spot (once we notify you that a spot is available). The remaining balance will be due no later than 60 days prior to the retreat. All donations (including deposit) are tax deductible and non refundable. If RNR has to reschedule a retreat, all funds will be transferable to a future retreat.
WANT TO SPONSOR A RETREAT OR RETREAT ATTENDEE? Sponsorship opportunities HERE.
SPOTS AVAILABLE: 6 female missionary spots available!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you are interesting in volunteers, click HERE for more info.
MISSIONARY APPLICATION - we will notify you if a spot is available. Please do not begin fundraising or making travel plans until you hear from us that a spot is available.
**OTHER DETAILS AND FAQ ABOUT THIS RETREAT:
Retreat Location: Spacious Place Ranch in Okeechobee, Florida
Meals provided: Dinner Thursday; Breakfast, lunch and dinner plus snacks on Friday and Saturday; Breakfast on Sunday.
Closest airports: We highly recommend Southwest Airlines as they allow changes and full credits for future use should any changes need to be made. Airport Options include: Palm Beach (1-1.5 hr), Orlando (1.5 hr and likely the cheapest option), Fort Myers (2 hr), Sarasota (2 hr), or Tampa (2.5 hr)
Transportation: Guests will be responsible for their own transportation getting to the retreat. We are happy to connect you with other guests so that you can coordinate ride sharing but we are unable to provide transporation or airport pickups.
Allergies and food restrictions: We are going to do our very best to accommodate any eating restrictions or allergies. We may need some grocery lists and even some help with recipes of things you can eat if you have limitations but we want to make sure everyone attending has meals cooked for them. We want the missionaries who are attending to truly feel they can relax and be refreshed and that includes someone else making meals for you. There is a spot on the application to list these restrictions.
Questions? Email autumn.kerr@restorationnationretreat.org