Our Mission – Christ Centered Retreats

MISSION STATEMENTS

The Christ-centered Retreat thematic event planners’ missions are:

To encourage, engage, and minister to the body of Christ in spiritual, Biblical retreat or meeting environments; and
To facilitate and coordinate spiritual, Biblical retreats or meetings among denominational or non-denominational Christian church communities.

VALUES STATEMENTS
Christ-centered Retreat thematic event planners maintain these value statements:

Honor God in everything we do. Give Him the glory for every outcome.
Share in the fundamental belief that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, and without Him we can do nothing.
Acknowledge that the Holy Spirit guides our thoughts, bolsters our convictions, comforts and minsters to us while engaged in the work of the church.
Provide a non-judgmental, respectful environment in which to study God’s word, find meaning and application to our lives, and encourage others in this endeavor; and
Strive for excellence in each aspect of providing retreat and meeting services, including curriculum, event coordination, follow up, and related activities.

OBJECTIVES
The primary objectives of Christ-centered Retreats are to:

Serve Christ and minister to His followers through varied in-reach activities including special retreats and meetings.
Provide, facilitate, and/or guide dynamic, encouraging, cross-generational, spiritual, Biblically-based Christian retreats and/or meetings consisting of fellowship; communal praise, worship, and prayer; Biblical teaching; and individual/small group meditation and study to the Christian faith community.
Create, adapt, and compile scriptural teaching materials and learning activities into a type of thematic, topical, or textual curriculum useful to retreat and meeting planners within the Christian faith community.
Offer an annual spiritual, Biblically-based, cross-generational retreat to members of the Retreat Planners organization and their invitees specifically building capacity and strengthening faith amongst these believers.
Offer other meetings or events to encourage fellowship and discipleship among members of the Retreat Planners organization and their invitees.
Minister to the Christian community through in-reach activities; and
Offer retreat and meeting curricular components to other community of believers for use or adaptation within their corporate churches, at no-cost or at cost as it applies.

PURPOSE STATEMENTS
The Christ-centered Retreat thematic event planners’ purpose statements are:

to create and disseminate thematic Bible-based retreat materials.
to host religious retreats that encourage, engage, and minister to the body of Christ.
to assist in Christian outreach to the community through a retreat format.