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CONNECT AND CREATE RETREAT
Join us for this amazing weekend as we connect with Christ and one another, and create from that space. Our speakers will take us deep into worship and we'll have special activations to help us encounter the Father's love. Then get ready to stir up your creative calling, as our speakers equip and activate you to write books, communicate well, and grow in your practical skills. Woohoo! We can't wait to share this special time with you at the Connect and Create retreat!
-Four speakers, including artists, authors, and a film producer
-Free e-book by Jill Wyckoff and other digital resources
-Saturday lunch, dinner, and afternoon tea included
-Enjoy the cozy, intimate setting of the Refuge Cabin!
-Worship with art supplies at the table
-Connect with other artists and creatives!
-Campfire on Saturday night (weather permitting)
Early bird price: $75 per person
After March 5th, $85 per person
Join us for this amazing weekend as we connect with Christ and one another, and create from that space. Our speakers will take us deep into worship and we'll have special activations to help us encounter the Father's love. Then get ready to stir up your creative calling, as our speakers equip and activate you to write books, communicate well, and grow in your practical skills. Woohoo! We can't wait to share this special time with you at the Connect and Create retreat!
-Four speakers, including artists, authors, and a film producer
-Free e-book by Jill Wyckoff and other digital resources
-Saturday lunch, dinner, and afternoon tea included
-Enjoy the cozy, intimate setting of the Refuge Cabin!
-Worship with art supplies at the table
-Connect with other artists and creatives!
-Campfire on Saturday night (weather permitting)
Early bird price: $75 per person
After March 5th, $85 per person
Location
Join us at the iconic Refuge Cabin in Northeast Texas for a wilderness retreat. Surrounded by forest, trails, and a peaceful atmosphere, the cabin is a quick 10-12 minutes from nice hotels in Longview, TX. We are 20 minutes from Greg County Airport GGG, or 2.5 hours from DFW airport. Car rentals and UBER are available. (Scroll to see hotel info.)
More about the cabin: https://www.rebeccafriedlander.com/cabin-retreat.html
More about the cabin: https://www.rebeccafriedlander.com/cabin-retreat.html
Speakers
Brae and Jill Wykcoff:
Brae is a pastor and award-winning internationally acclaimed author who has self-published 11 books to date, selling thousands of copies. As the Co-founder of Kingdom Creativity International and Director of Kingdom Writers Association (KWA), Brae helps hundreds of Kingdom-minded writers get their books completed and published.
Topic: How to bring your writing to the next level
Do you understand the assignment God has called you to write for Him? Maybe you haven’t even started yet and maybe you are already done. But now what? Many of us know we need to write something but a lot of times we don’t comprehend the fullness of what that is. Let’s explore in this workshop with Papa God’s leading and have Him take us to a new level in our assignment as a Kingdom Writer.
-Brae
https://www.braewyckoff.com/
https://www.kingdomwritersassociation.com/
Brae is a pastor and award-winning internationally acclaimed author who has self-published 11 books to date, selling thousands of copies. As the Co-founder of Kingdom Creativity International and Director of Kingdom Writers Association (KWA), Brae helps hundreds of Kingdom-minded writers get their books completed and published.
Topic: How to bring your writing to the next level
Do you understand the assignment God has called you to write for Him? Maybe you haven’t even started yet and maybe you are already done. But now what? Many of us know we need to write something but a lot of times we don’t comprehend the fullness of what that is. Let’s explore in this workshop with Papa God’s leading and have Him take us to a new level in our assignment as a Kingdom Writer.
-Brae
https://www.braewyckoff.com/
https://www.kingdomwritersassociation.com/
Jill is an Encounter Artist, Fingerpainter, Author, Poet, and Pastor. She is passionate about seeing the lost saved, and the saved set free to walk in the fullness of their Divine design, especially in the area of creative expression. Her books include: Once Upon a Backpack: Innocence shattered, dreams destroyed, and the encounter that changed everything, and Supernatural Creativity: Creating with God for Restorative Impact. The Wyckoffs live in southern California.
Topic: Fanning the Flames
Your creativity, whatever the expression, carries the heartbeat of your heavenly Father, the Master Creator. It bears witness to His wondrous nature revealed through you. We all want to honor God with the creative gifts we’ve been given. But what happens when we’re feeling uninspired and unmotivated? How do we recapture those creative juices and tap into deeper wells of inspiration?
In this session, we will rekindle our passion and fan the flames of our creative destiny.
-Jill
More: https://www.jillwyckoff.com/
Heidy Sumei Chuang is a Taiwanese American Artist who works with floral design and painted media. In her works, she links identity and place and merges them using calligraphic lines of Asian paintings interfaced with the Western traditional landscape. She holds a BFA in painting from Washington University and an MFA from Boston University. Most recently she studied Art and Theology at L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland.Her works are currently on view at Waterfall Mansion Gallery in New York City and Alpine Gallery in Switzerland.
Heidy partners with A Rocha USA where she fosters awareness in biodiversity conservation and habitat preservation. She has a passion for worship and activating others in the creative arts.
Topic: Heidy will be leading a visual arts activity and sharing about the garden of the heart. We will engage this topic with drawing and painting. She will share some verses that show us that we are created to connect with God’s heart in the garden. Then in this activation time we can respond in ways that open us to know God’s heart through joy and wonder.
More
://waterfall-artfulliving.com/pages/artist-heidy-sumei-chuang
Rebecca Friedlander
Rebecca offers practical coaching to bring freedom to your soul and creative gifts! She has been in full-time ministry for nearly two decades, ministering both locally and internationally using creative arts and music. She is an ordained minister with The Missions Church International, has authored 10 books, and her films and TV series have aired around the world on multiple television platforms. She has a BA in Christian Creative Arts, a master's in Celtic Studies, and has a new book releasing in 2021 with Baker House Publishing entitled The Divine Adventure: Spiritual Practices for the Modern-Day Disciple. As a film producer, she has created docudrama productions, including Celtic Pilgrimage, Thin Places, Radical Makeovers. After self-publishing nine books and releasing two with Baker House Publishing, she offers practical coaching on how to set personal goals for each author that can help them thrive.
Rebecca's creative passion bubbles over to all who enter her cabin!
Topic: Freedom and Focus
You have been specifically chosen by God to release beauty into the earth in creative ways! It's time to fully embrace the mantle of a creative! Using fine art photography as a teaching tool, we'll dismantle a few lies and insecurities that creatives often deal with, and enter a new place of freedom to step into our God-given destiny. We'll also have time for deep worship and personal time to reflect on questions for meditation and growth.
More: https://www.rebeccafriedlander.com/
Rebecca offers practical coaching to bring freedom to your soul and creative gifts! She has been in full-time ministry for nearly two decades, ministering both locally and internationally using creative arts and music. She is an ordained minister with The Missions Church International, has authored 10 books, and her films and TV series have aired around the world on multiple television platforms. She has a BA in Christian Creative Arts, a master's in Celtic Studies, and has a new book releasing in 2021 with Baker House Publishing entitled The Divine Adventure: Spiritual Practices for the Modern-Day Disciple. As a film producer, she has created docudrama productions, including Celtic Pilgrimage, Thin Places, Radical Makeovers. After self-publishing nine books and releasing two with Baker House Publishing, she offers practical coaching on how to set personal goals for each author that can help them thrive.
Rebecca's creative passion bubbles over to all who enter her cabin!
Topic: Freedom and Focus
You have been specifically chosen by God to release beauty into the earth in creative ways! It's time to fully embrace the mantle of a creative! Using fine art photography as a teaching tool, we'll dismantle a few lies and insecurities that creatives often deal with, and enter a new place of freedom to step into our God-given destiny. We'll also have time for deep worship and personal time to reflect on questions for meditation and growth.
More: https://www.rebeccafriedlander.com/
Schedule
Friday
6:00 -- Check in
6:30 -- Welcome, worship, and creative exercises with Rebecca.
7:30 -- Introductions
8:00 -- Jill Wyckoff: Fanning the Flames
9:00 -- Close
Saturday
9:00 -- Check in
9:30 --Welcome, Heidi Chuang: Creative Activation and Worship
10:30-- Rebecca Friedlander: Freedom and Focus
11:30 -- Personal Reflection
12:00 -- Lunch
1:00 -- Brae Wyckoff: Topic: How to bring your writing to the next level
2:00 -- Tea Break
2:30 -- Breakout sessions
2:45 -- Break
3:30 -- Q & A Panel
4:30 -- Personal Reflection
5:00 -- Prayer of blessing
5:30 -- Dinner and optional networking time (weather-permitting, a hot dog roast and campfire!)
7:30 -- Close
Sunday is optional: we will have worship and a message at 10am at the cabin, for those who want to join us!
6:00 -- Check in
6:30 -- Welcome, worship, and creative exercises with Rebecca.
7:30 -- Introductions
8:00 -- Jill Wyckoff: Fanning the Flames
9:00 -- Close
Saturday
9:00 -- Check in
9:30 --Welcome, Heidi Chuang: Creative Activation and Worship
10:30-- Rebecca Friedlander: Freedom and Focus
11:30 -- Personal Reflection
12:00 -- Lunch
1:00 -- Brae Wyckoff: Topic: How to bring your writing to the next level
2:00 -- Tea Break
2:30 -- Breakout sessions
2:45 -- Break
3:30 -- Q & A Panel
4:30 -- Personal Reflection
5:00 -- Prayer of blessing
5:30 -- Dinner and optional networking time (weather-permitting, a hot dog roast and campfire!)
7:30 -- Close
Sunday is optional: we will have worship and a message at 10am at the cabin, for those who want to join us!
Upon completion of the registration, you'll be taken to the payment page. You must complete both to be enrolled.
Lodging
We don't offer lodging at the cabin, but if you stay at any of these hotels, you're only 10-12 minutes away!
Quality Inn, Longview - booking
803 N Access Rd
Longview, TX
Holiday Inn Express, Longview - booking
711 N Access Rd
Longview, TX
Red Roof Inn, Longview - booking
707 N Access Rd
Longview, TX
Quality Inn, Longview - booking
803 N Access Rd
Longview, TX
Holiday Inn Express, Longview - booking
711 N Access Rd
Longview, TX
Red Roof Inn, Longview - booking
707 N Access Rd
Longview, TX
