Pastor and Ministry Wives Retreat 2025

Joy In Ministry

 
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We hope you will join us for our Pastor and Ministry Wives Retreat. Invitees include lead pastor wives, associate pastor wives, worship leader wives, and youth pastor wives. A limited number of scholarships are available. If you need a scholarship, please contact Diana Bricker by text at 406-839-7877 or by email at [email protected]. Because of space limitations, your place will not be secured until payment is received. The registration deadline is August 31. (No refunds will be made after this date.)
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Pastor Lane Harrison

Lead Pastor of LifePoint Church in Ozark, MO

Pastor Lane is the founding and Lead Pastor of LifePoint Church, Ozark, MO. Planting LifePoint in 2004, he has been in vocational ministry for over 30 years, and is passionate about preaching, leadership, and church planting.

Lane and his wife, Christin, have been married over 28 years and have two children, Joshua, Combustion Engineer in Tulsa, OK, and Bethany, a sophomore in college pursuing a Child Life and Family Development degree. Lane loves to ride single track mountain bike and gravel trails, hike, hunt, fish, and anything else outdoors.

Tara Dew

National Speaker, Author, Bible Teacher

Tara is the director of Thrive: A Ministry Wives Certificate Program as well as an adjunct professor of Ministry to Woman at NOBTS. She is also is a contributing author to the book The Whole Woman and author of Overflowing Joy: What Jesus Says about a Joy-Filled Life. She is a gifted speaker who has a passion for women's ministry.

Tara is the wife of Dr. Jamie Dew, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. They have been married for 25 years and have been blessed with two sets of twins: Natalie & Nathan and Samuel & Samantha. Her primary ministry is to her family, as many hours of each day are spent homeschooling their four children. 

Bevery Evans

Worship Leader

Beverly is a writer, a speaker, Bible teacher, and musician. Since leaving her home state of Texas in 1986, she has served in all those areas while being an at-home mom and pastor’s wife. She loves to connect principles of the Bible to everyday living. Beverly works alongside her husband, Keith, in providing Pastor Care Ministry with NAMB.

Keith and Beverly have three grown children and two granddogs.

Sandee Hedger

Bible Teacher and Biblical Counselor Jefferson City, MO

Sandee Hedger, the daughter of a faithful bi-vocational pastor, grew up in the hills of Jefferson County, Missouri. She began following Christ as a young girl, and sensed a vocational call to ministry while still in middle school.

Sandee has been married to her college sweetheart for 44 years, Dr. Rick Hedger. Together they have served in ministry both through the local church and through the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Hedgers are the parents of two grown children, and grandparents of four. Their son, Joshua and family reside in Kansas City, where he has served as a church planter/pastor and Christian counselor. Their daughter, Kaila, and her husband reside in Branson, MO. Kaila is a homemaker and homeschool educator.

Sandee is an avid Bible teacher and disciple maker.  She is also a Biblical counselor, holding certifications through Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary and The Association of Biblical Counseling. She serves in private practice. In addition to the busy life of a wife, mother, grandmother, counselor, pastor's wife and missionary, she enjoys reading, hiking, camping, cycling, and water sports.

schedule
Thursday, September 18

3:00 - 5:00 pm - Registration and Check-In
5:30 - 6:30 pm - Dinner - Dinning Hall
7:00-8:00 pm - Session 1, Tara Dew - Chapel
8:00-9:00 pm - Discussion
9:00 pm - Fellowship and Snacks - Dining Hall

Friday, September 19

8:30-9:15 am - Breakfast - Dining Hall
9:30 am-10:30 pm - Session 2, Tara Dew - Chapel
10:30 am - Noon - Games/Crafts - Lower Level of Chapel
Noon - 1:00 pm - Lunch - Dining Hall
1:00-5:30 - Free Time
5:30-6:30 pm - Dinner - Dining Hall
7:00-8:00 pm - Session 3, Tara Dew - Chapel
8:00 - Fellowship and Snacks - Dining Hall

Saturday, September 20

8:30-9:15 am - Breakfast - Dining Hall
9:30-10:30 am - Recap - Chapel
10:30-11:00 am - Pack Up and Check Out