Planning Your Retreat – A Book Review

“Planning Your Retreat” is a short 25-page spiral bound booklet by June Hesterly of Acts 1:8 Ministries and a former Calvary Chapel pastor’s wife.  It can be purchased through Calvary Distribution.  Though small, it is packed with very practical and to-the-point advice for anyone planning a women’s retreat.  The advice ranges from developing a “retreat board,” raising funds to provide scholarship aid, registration, finding a location and guest speaker, to giving the reader retreat theme ideas and sample forms useful for retreat planning.  In fact, the book briefly covers many of the topics we hope to cover more thoroughly on this website.

Ms. Hesterly’s advice comes from years of experience and the perspective of one who has participated in retreats, has planned retreats as a pastor’s wife, and has often been the guest speaker at retreats.  This makes her wise advice particularly insightful.