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Check out wide range of topics; from burnout to practicing simple presence, learning about our Thrive team members or Soul Focus retreats, there’s something here for you.
Date Nights
A group for pastoral couples who are looking for authentic community and an opportunity to enrich their marriages.
Soul Focus
Join other pastors and ministry leaders as you cultivate a
deeper walk with God, develop and practice the principles
of soul care, and build authentic community.
Burnout – An occupational hazard of Christian Leadership
Burnout – An Occupational Hazard of Christian Leadership Article by Cathy Gates Christian leadership is not for the faint of heart. The fact that God commands Joshua to “be strong and courageous” not once, not twice, but three times in the first chapter of Joshua...
Growing Intimacy With God
These retreats will explore and unpack how our view of God, our core longings and responses, the false values we hold, and our emotions can be barriers to growing our intimacy with Him.
Church Bullying
Help and strategies to overcome and prevent church bullying.
Retreats
Thrive offers a variety of retreats for pastors, pastoral couples and church leaders. Join one of our retreats or request one designed specifically for your group.
Individual Conversations
Thrive provides one on one confidential coaching about the challenges of ministry. Some of the possible areas are life balance, conflict, burnout prevention, bullying/mobbing or healing from past experiences.
Unfinished Business Groups
A Christ-centered journey that helps participants thoughtfully address dysfunctional behaviors, gently attend to emotional upheaval, wisely deal with false beliefs and lovingly ease emotional and spiritual wounds.
Burnout
Thrive’s Renewing the Flame series has proved to be invaluable for Christian leaders in avoiding the all too common issue of burnout. This life changing material can be discussed one on one or in a seminar setting.
Small Groups for Pastors, Pastoral Couples, Ministry Wives and Women in Ministry Leadership
Groups of 4 – 6 individuals or couples who are looking for authentic community with others in similar ministry leadership roles. These groups are places where you can find support, friendship, appreciation, respect and accountability.