Friday, May 15, 2026, 6:00 PM - Sunday, May 17, 2026, 11:00 AM
Join Bethel members and friends for a refreshing weekend retreat designed for connection, renewal, and spiritual rest. This special gathering will be filled with meaningful activities, space to breathe and reflect, and inspiring moments together. We’re excited to welcome keynote speaker Annie Meehan along with musician Carol Zimmerman, who will help guide our time through encouragement, worship, and joy.
All women are invited no matter your age, season of life, or stage of faith. Bring a friend, sister, mother, daughter, or any woman in your life who could use a weekend away surrounded by community, laughter, and grace. We can’t wait to share this meaningful retreat with you.
DETAILS
When: Friday, May 15- Sunday May 17
Location: Stoney Creek Hotel, LaCrosse, WI; You are responsible for your own transportation, but we can connect attendees with others who might like to carpool.
Registration: Registration and payment must be submitted by Sunday, March 22nd. Note this hotel is popular so early registration is encouraged to ensure we have enough hotel rooms reserved.
Cost: $240 for a double room and $370 for a single room. Please use a credit card to submit payment on this form. If you would like to use cash or check, please contact the Bethel Office Administrator, Tammy Huberty, to complete your registration and payment.
What is Provided: A room for 2 nights, worship, 3 meals (Saturday breakfast, dinner and Sunday breakfast), music, fellowship, social time, and much more! This year we will not be offering t-shirts for sale.
Optional Activity: You will have free time on Saturday. We will have an optional Mississippi sightseeing boat ride. The cost is expected to be $21 and payment will be made directly to the boat company the day of the ride. If you would like to attend this boat ride, please add this to your registration below so that we can provide the boat company an estimated attendance number. For more information on this ride, click here to learn more.
About Our Keynote Speaker: Annie Meehan is no stranger to storms; as a dynamic speaker, author, and entrepreneur, she’s weathered challenges in the boardroom and in business. Annie has been the keynote for over 400 organizations and authored nine books. Annie credits the storms for the unshakeable optimism, drive, and resiliency that she employs as a speaker. Annie teaches how the storms of life can lead to the biggest breakthroughs, renewed innovation and vision. Author of over nine books and counting, Annie’s keynotes and professional workshops are not only inspiring, but practical. Every person in the room leaves with a new vision and concrete steps to grow into their potential. Annie has served corporations, associations, and non-profit organizations, providing actionable strategies to navigate change, build relationships, and eliminate long-held excuses that keep people from attaining their goals.
Annie is originally from the Midwest and currently makes her home in Fort Myers Beach, FL, with her husband and two dogs. The proud mother of three grown children, Annie believes the storms that accompany parenting come with a lot of rainbows.
About our Musician: Carol Zimmerman (Z) loves to entertain, tell stories and connect with her audience. Carol covers songs from as early as the 1920’s all the way to current pop chart hits. Her voice is smooth, often described as velvety, but she can belt out Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin when the venue calls for it. She plays guitar, keys, percussion, and a number of other song enhancing instruments...always surprising her listeners. Carol is also known for her songwriting; contributing in the past to movie scores, jingles, church and school theme songs, holiday events and customized weddings.
Carol Zs got a big heart for people believing that music brings people together, helps to heal and massage hurting hearts, and pulls on the strings of memories from childhood and romances. Her strong faith is never imposing, but leads her to never stop loving people in the best way she can....by sharing her heart through song and stories.
Carol spends her winter months entertaining snowbirds in the southeast states (Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, etc.) and summers gigging at resorts, restaurants and wineries in the Minneapolis and North-Central Wisconsin area.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the retreat, please contact Koreen Theisen.