Retreats
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:37-39
The goal of spiritual formation ministry is that we become people who love. People who love God and others and themselves generously, compassionately, sacrificially, and wholeheartedly. People who love like Jesus.
To love well, we need to be people who pay attention to what God is doing and wants to be doing, in us and around us. That’s why retreats are so important.
Retreats help us to create space in our lives away from the noise and the busyness where we can stop, breathe, and rest. They provide space for us to listen for God, to understand our own thoughts, and for God to breathe new life into us.
Upcoming retreat in August
Beloved Retreat
DATES: August 14-16, 2026
WHERE: St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, Stonesville, NC
COST: $330 Single, $285 Double. All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast are included, as well as transportation by church vans.
Priest and author Henri Nouwen says that, “Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the ‘Beloved.” We are made in the image of God; chosen, holy and beloved. But instead of resting in that identity, we listen to the voices that say we are not enough. We spin our wheels trying to be who others want and need us to be; who we believe we have to be in order to be loved and accepted. And it is exhausting. Come away on retreat. Create space to rest from the striving, to embrace the truth of who God made you to be, to know that you are enough just as you are. Led by Barrett Owen & Jayne Davis.
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Upcoming Events
Tethered Retreat Summer 2026Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 PM – Jun 25, 2026, 5:00 AMSt Francis Springs Prayer Center, 477 Grogan Rd, Stoneville, NC 27048, USA
Beloved RetreatAug 14, 2026, 8:00 AM – Aug 16, 2026, 5:00 PMSt Francis Springs Prayer Center, 477 Grogan Rd, Stoneville, NC 27048, USA
Rev. Jayne Davis
Associate Pastor Discipleship
Before joining the FBC staff in 2001, I was the Executive Director for the New Hanover County Partnership for Children (Smart Start), Good Shepherd House Administrative Director and Coalition for the Homeless (NYC) Assistant Director. I am married to Wes Davis. We have four children, Kayla, Christian, Meredith, and Annie.
