Women’s Getaway | Fall 2025

October 3-5, 2025

Sometimes as women we might feel depleted and in need of some encouragement, even a few moments to just catch our breath while we are ministered to through music. Our equipped weekend is designed to help women take that time. Friday night we start our evening with a concert of praise, Saturday morning and early afternoon is filled with breakout sessions, reflective of our theme for the weekend, sessions that will encourage us and challenge us. Saturday evening and Sunday morning our plenary teacher will open God’s word and help us dig into His word. Returning home equipped to live out your own faith vibrantly is our prayer.

Retreat Description

When a friend or family member is struggling spiritually, do you ever feel uncertain about what to say and how to say it? You may sense your loved one needs to hear biblical encouragement or advice, but you may also feel inadequate for the task. Not knowing how to respond, you might simply commiserate or say nothing at all. Many Christian women find themselves in similar situations, but God calls all of us to something more!

At a Words Matter Weekend, Cheryl Marshall, co-author of When Words Matter Most (Crossway), encourages and equips women to speak truth with grace to those they love. Through carefully selected Scripture passages and real-life examples, Cheryl provides biblical motivation and instruction for what to say—and how to say it—to those who are worried, weary, wayward, or weeping. Women will learn how to speak truth in love within their spheres of influence and strengthen the body of Christ as a whole.

The topics covered in a Words Matter Weekend include:

• Understanding God’s call to speak truth in love

• Discerning and responding to common spiritual needs of others

• Embracing Scripture’s key attributes and its power to transform lives

• Speaking with grace as an overflow of the grace we’ve received in Christ

• Overcoming common fears to speak truth in love by finding our confidence in God alone

The four Scripture-focused and Gospel-based sessions (and two optional small-group discussions) will be interactive, inspiring, and even life-changing as we explore God’s word together.

Main Event

Sunday, October 5, 2025

8:30am – Breakfast

10:00am – Session #4

Check Out prior to Lunch

12:00pm – Lunch

Registration

Check in and registration begins Friday at 4:00pm followed by Hors d’oeuvres at 6:30pm.

Program Only

$150.00 per person.

All prices are plus HST

* Accommodation options are subject to availability. Please call the office at 705-789-0123 if you have any questions.

“In the week leading up to the MBC women’s retreat, I encountered several challenges which were both mentally and emotionally draining. As I packed my bags on late Friday afternoon, I realized that God had already known that I needed an unhurried period of rest, fellowship and bible teaching in the upcoming weekend. Earlier this year, God sent a friend to invite me to attend the retreat with her. The retreat’s message on forgiveness introduced new perspectives that I had not considered before. Again, with the previous week’s events and upcoming decisions still weighing heavily on my heart, I realized that God already knew what I needed to hear, as He orchestrated the retreat including speaker and message. Although my husband was supportive of me attending the retreat, it was not easy for me to let go and walk away from my responsibilities for the weekend. As I pondered upon the new lessons that God was teaching me during the retreat, I felt uplifted and encouraged that God could help me to head home to be a better wife, mother, employee and friend. All praise to our all-knowing and loving Father.”

-Joanne, Guest at Women’s Getaway Fall 2023