OPC WOMEN’S RETREAT
April 4-6, 2025, at Camp Maranatha in Idyllwild, California
Adult women of all ages and life-stages are invited to spend a weekend with their sisters in Christ in the beautiful San Jacinto Mountainss, fellowshipping, learning, and growing together.
REGISTRATION CLOSES MARCH 28, 2025!
Our speaker, Lisa Howard, will be speaking about Battling the Joy Stealers.
Lisa is a retired nurse and a member of Harvest OPC in San Marcos where she serves as a Sunday school teacher and Women’s Bible study leader. She has been an OPC Women’s Retreat participant for many years and was the MC for over 10 years. Her passion is being a life-long student of God’s Word with the goal of always learning and growing in Gospel joy.
If our chief end is to “glorify God and to enJOY Him forever,” why do we sometimes find ourselves relinquishing our joy so easily? Lisa is going to help us to identify four main categories of “joy-stealers,” and together we will discover four powerful weapons with which we can do battle with each corresponding joy-stealer. These weapons will be found in the four chapters that make up the book of Philippians, which has been called The Epistle of Joy.
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
ACCOMMODATIONS INFORMATION
Full weekend includes lodging for two nights in private rooms that sleep 4-5 women and meals through Sunday lunch (dinner is not included Friday evening). Restrooms are located inside the room. Please be sure to pack bedding (sleeping bag, pillow, etc.).
COST
Full Weekend–$195 with early registration by March 14th or $215 after March 14th. Payment is due with registration via Venmo or PayPal. (No PayPal account is necessary to process a credit card payment through PayPal.)
Saturday only–$100, must be registered by Friday, March 28th. Lunch and Dinner are included. Full payment of $100 is due with registration (non-refundable).
nursing infants
$0, must be registered by Friday, March 28th with the mother. This is specifically for young, nursing infants and only with the “Saturday only” option. There are no overnight accommodations and no childcare will be offered during the day.
partial Scholarships
We are offering 4 scholarships for first-time full weekend attendees.
These will be available on a first come, first served basis.
Please indicate your request for a scholarship when you register and pay your $100 deposit. If your request is accepted, the scholarship will cover your remaining balance. If you need financial assistance we strongly encourage you to contact your church diaconal board.
Registration will be closed after Friday, March 28th
Camp Check-in
Please check the directions carefully or you can look it up at campmaranatharetreat.com. Camp check-in is from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in the Main Meeting Room. The first meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm. Friday night dinner is not included with camp, but there are several local restaurants you may enjoy in Idyllwild.
what to bring
Casual warm clothes. Expect variable weather conditions, layers recommended.We’ve had snow some years and temperatures in the 80s in other years. You will need to bring your own bedding (sleeping bag or sheets & blankets, and pillow), towel, toiletries, Bible, flashlight and a coffee mug. Feel free to bring some munchies for the snack table.
RETREAT ACTIVITIES
talent/ skit night
Talent/Skit Night is on Saturday evening. Start planning a skit, special music, reading, etc. now! The more acts we have, the more fun for all. As you plan, please consider, “whatever, you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.” Colossians 3:17
CRAFT
For $10 we will have a craft for you to make and take home along with the knowledge needed to replicate your efforts on your own. Details to be announced at the retreat.
BOOKstorE
Come prepared to get some great books to take home! We are very thankful to Biblical Counseling Books (biblicalcounselingbooks.com) for providing this service for us.
SUNDAY WORSHIP
Pastor Dave Crum will be leading the Sunday morning worship service for us. Retreat will end with lunch at 12:30 before we head down the mountain. This year our offering will go to the OPC Presbytery of Southern California Home Missions.
If you are looking for a printable brochure, it is available for download below:
For further information or questions, please call Autumn Di Peppino at (714) 318-9691 or Tammy Schroeder at (760) 845-0952 – Please do not call the camp.