SWA Women’s Retreat
CBC Ladies:
Please sign up on the list on the bulletin board. We will register as a group for those who would like to attend the retreat.
Questions: Ask Elizabeth
SWA Women’s
Retreat 2025
Theme: Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
Dates: April 4-5, 2025
Location: Hope Fellowship Church, 8350 N Conant Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64152
Organizer: Women of Hope
Attendees: Women from churches in the Southwest Association of the NAB.
Registration:
- $25 fee will fund our service project – Can pay when you arrive.
- Register separately for the Friday night dinner so we have an appropriate count.
Friday, April 4:
- Early bird craft activity: 3:00 pm (Details at a later date)
- Group Dinner: 5:00 pm at Smokehouse BB! in Zona Rosa
- Evening Session: 7:00-9:00 pm
- Get to Know You activity (Bunco-an easy dice game) at the church Snacks provided
Saturday, April 5:
- Continental Breakfast: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
- Session 1 Having a Mary Heart, Burden Bearing Scripture Memorization
- Reading and Marking Your Bible
- Breakout session 10:00-10:30 AM
- Bible Reading Highlights
- Praying the Word
- Breakout session 1 1:30 AM-12:00 PM
9:00-10:00 AM
Scripture Memorization
- Reading and Marking Your Bible
- Breakout session 10:00-10:30 AM
- Bible Reading Highlights
- Praying the Word
- Breakout session 1 1:30 AM-12:00 PM
- Session 2: Pursued by Love/Compelled by Love
10:45-11:30 AM
Bible Reading Highlights
- Praying the Word
- Breakout session 1 1:30 AM-12:00 PM
Saturday, April 5 – Continued:
- Session 2: Pursued by Love/Compelled by Love Bible Reading Highlights
- Praying the Word
- Breakout session 1:30 AM-12:00 PM
- Worship and the Word
- Breakout session and quiet time 1:30-2:00 PM
- Blessings for clients of Parkville Women’s Clinic
- Parkville Women’s Clinic is a not-for-profit medical facility that supports women and men to make healthy life choices.
10:45-11:30 AM
- Lunch: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Box lunches provided (Please make a note of any dietary restrictions when registering)
- Session 3: Loving God Extravagantly 1:00-1:30 PM
- Session 4: Service Project 2:00-2:45 PM
- Closing 2:45-3:00 PM
Contact Information
- Patty Register momom7of9@gmail.com
- Cheryl Patneau Cheryl.Patneau@hfc-kc.org
- Hope Fellowship Church 816-587-7400
Lodging
There are several hotels very near the church: La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Kansas City Airport, Super 8 by Wyndham Kansas City at Barry Road are the closest. Several women in our church have offered spaces for groups of 2-4 women who prefer lodging in someone’s home.

