Leaders' Retreat

Friday

5.00pm Doors Open

7.00pm Dinner

8.00pm Session 1

9.45pm Social Time

Saturday

8.00am Breakfast

9.30am Session 2 (with Susie Aldridge and Zeke Rink)

11.15am Break

11.45am Session 3 (with Susie Aldridge and Zeke Rink)

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Free time/Networking

4.30pm Working Groups 1

5.45pm Dinner

7.30pm Session 4

9.45pm Social Time

Sunday

8.00am Breakfast

9.30am Working Groups 2

11.00am Session 5

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Depart

Working groups will have a capacity of 10 people, with sign up happening during the Saturday morning break. Each working group will be repeated: once on Saturday afternoon and once on Sunday morning, so all attendees can attend two.

Finding Joy in Safeguarding Young People

Lydia Taylor
Helping those who are worried/confused/frustrated by safeguarding get a new perspective of safeguarding as a joyful privilege and a practical outworking of the Father's love for our young people.

Praying With and Through Scripture

Livy Gibbs

Learning how to pray with your Bible open, to listen to the Lord and fellowship with Him. We will look at practical steps on how we can be led by His Spirit and His Word in prayer, rather than approach prayer as a shopping list of requests from heaven's supermarket! We'll also make sure we put principles into action and pray through some verses in our time together.

Discipleship at the Core: Nurturing Passionate Followers of Jesus

John Dutton

I'm looking to equip youth leaders with a holistic approach to discipleship. We'll explore practical strategies for nurturing passionate followers of Jesus, evaluate current practices, and align them with biblical principles. The goal is to develop youth ministries that help to form wise, loving, and passionate young people who exemplify the fruit of the Spirit and participate in His Kingdom mission now and beyond.

Newday Focus Group

Stu Gibbs

Newday exists to help the local church reach and disciple the next generation. I would love your feedback on how we can do it better and I'd love to hear your thoughts on a few decisions we need to make in the coming months!

Leadership Health Audit

Gaz Sims

Tired, distressed or too blessed to be stressed? Leadership is hugely rewarding but often comes at huge cost to our emotional, spiritual and even physical wellbeing. In this very practical session we’ll be taking a moment to pause and assess where we are at with our leadership health and pick up some helpful ideas to enable us to lead from a place of health in a way which lasts.

Growing in the gift of prophecy

Linda Geevanathan

Prophecy is one of the gifts that God uses to strengthen, comfort and exhort his church. The session will look at practical ways to support young people to take risks and grow in the gift of prophecy.

How to preach the bible to teenagers

Martin Segal

Reaching teenagers with the timeless truths of the Bible is no small task in today’s fast-paced, digital world. We will explore effective approaches for connecting Scripture with young minds and hearts. Discuss practical strategies to make biblical teaching relatable, engaging, and impactful for teens. I hope this session will equip youth leaders with tools to communicate the gospel in a way that resonates with today’s youth.