Friday, November 28 - Saturday, November 29, 2025
The Empower Ministers Retreat is an amazing two-day (Friday-Saturday) retreat where we get to explore the gifts of the Holy Spirit and how they can be used powerfully in our lives and the church! If you have attended a Set Free Retreat, we invite you to join us at our very first Empower Retreat!
Empower Ministers Retreat Schedule
Friday
6:00 pm Registration
6:30 pm Worship
6:45 pm Welcome
6:55 pm Session 1: Understanding Spiritual Gifts
7:30 pm Break
7:40 pm Session 2: What Determines Ministry & Leadership
8:00 pm Practicum & Prophetic Sessions
8:50 pm END
Saturday
9:30 am Worship
9:45 am Session 3: Gifts of Prophecy
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Session 4: Gifts of Healing
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Session 5: Tongues
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm Session 6: Filling of the Holy Spirit
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Worship, Debrief & Testimonies
Cost
$20/person ($30/couple, max $40/family) to help cover the cost of the meal, snacks and materials.
Food
Refreshments and a soup lunch will be provided. If you have food allergies, you are invited to bring your own food. There will be room in our fridge, and there are microwaves on-site to prepare your meal.
Registration
Registration can be done online (see form below) or by visiting/calling our office at (902) 825-1777. Your registration will be finalized when payment has been received.
Please make cheques out to Emmanuel Church with 'Empower Retreat' in the memo line. Mail to Box 1559, Middleton, NS B0S 1P0.
Or e-transfer to: emmanuelgivings37@gmail.com
Be sure to include 'Empower Retreat' in the message!
(Note: select 'Sponsor' if the cost would keep you from attending; select 'Volunteer' if you have volunteered to serve at the retreat)
Deadline for Registration
Wednesday, November 26, at noon.
Expectations and Preparation
This will be the first time that we host this retreat at Emmanuel Church, and though we have done our best to anticipate how to best run this retreat, we expect to do a lot of learning! Please be patient and gracious with us as we learn!
As for the content of the retreat, the topics are clearly defined in the schedule. Some of these topics are more controversial than others. Please know that we fully expect that not everyone will agree on every aspect of teaching. We respect differences in theological convictions and have no desire to argue about them at the retreat. We ask that you attend the retreat with a posture of humility and a willingness to learn. Further, we are more than willing to discuss the theology further after the retreat.
As with the Set Free Retreat, we encourage you to prepare by getting enough sleep in the days leading up to the retreat and spending time in prayer for the retreat.
Finally, you will receive an email early in the week of the retreat with some final details and suggestions.
We look forward to seeing you there!
