2025 CHURCHWIDE RETREAT
(2024’s recap video)
June 13-15, 2025 | GULL LAKE CENTRE
This a retreat for everyone! Come and enjoy time away, time with friends, and time with God.
registration & Sunday Service
Registration is OPEN and will close Sunday, May 25, 2025.
Please note: Sunday service on June 15th will be held at Gull Lake Centre at 10:30 am. We invite everyone to come out! Live stream will not be available, but a recording of the service will be uploaded at a later date.
Time & Place
Pricing
The entire camp has already been booked and paid for in anticipation of everyone attending.
Although the church has always subsidized the cost, we are pricing differently this year. Rather than advertise a subsidized cost, we ask people to pay what they can.
We want everyone to participate in this amazing weekend, so register, pay what you can (whether more or less than the cost), and be a part of this great weekend together. Remember the camp has been booked and paid for, but for your reference, per person for a weekend at camp is $225/adult or $180/youth/child (2 nights & 5 meals).
Everyone registered will receive a hoodie.
Payment is made to GoodTree Christian Fellowship through e-transfer to finance@goodtree.ca or cash or cheque in the offering boxes to Crescent Heights Baptist Church.
If you have any questions, please reach out to info@goodtree.ca or any of the pastoral staff or leadership.
Accomodation
Pod Cabins: 5 sets of bunk beds - Sleeps 10 per cabin
(Washroom, shower, and three sinks located in each pod cabin)
Cabins: 4 sets of bunk beds - Sleeps 9 per cabin.
(1 bottom bunk per cabin is a double bed).
(Washroom, shower, and three sinks located in each cabin)
Retreat Centre Upper: 10 rooms with 2 single beds in each - Sleeps 2 per room
(2 Washrooms located at the end of the hall)
Retreat Centre Lower: 7 rooms with 2 single beds in each - Sleeps 2 per room
(2 Washrooms located at the end of the hall)
The retreat centre has been renovated from our stay last year. It is the same layout, but updated windows and beds and a small communal kitchen located at the entrance.
Speaker
Gordon T. Smith - Executive Director of Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC)
We are excited to have Dr. Smith with us, former president of Ambrose University, gifted educator and speaker, amazing husband, father, and grandfather. The weekend will be filled with incredible sessions, discussions, and thoughtful interactions.
More session specific information will be coming soon!
Children’s Ministry
A separate children’s ministry will run in conjunction with Dr. Smith’s sessions.
Worship
We are excited to have the D’Apostolic Band with us in worship for the weekend. The band, from Nigeria, performed a concert for us last year and the combination of singing and instruments was outstanding, the sanctuary came alive with music and dancing. We look forward to worshipping with them this weekend!
Tentative Weekend Schedule - Still to be revised
Friday Arrival 7:00pm
Session 7:30 pm
- Kid’s SessionEvening Snack 8:30pm
Saturday Breakfast: 8:30am
Session 10:00am
- Kid’s Session
Free Time 11:00am
Lunch 12:30pm
Churchwide Activity 1:30pm
Optional Gull Lake Activities 3:00pm (canoeing, stand-up paddle-boarding, walks, board games, climbing, bumper balls, frisbee golf, archery…)
Supper 5:30pm
Session 7:00pm
- Kid’s Session
Snack 8:30pm
Evening Campfire and S’mores 9:00pm
Sunday Breakfast 8:30am
Sunday Service 10:00am
- Kid’s SessionRoom Clean-Up 11:30am
Sunday Lunch 12:30pm
Departure 2:00pm
Register for the June 13-15 Churchwide Retreat
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