Focus on the Family Magazine - August/September 2023
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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HELPING YOUR FAMILY THRIVE<br />
MINISTRY<br />
spotlight<br />
Highlighting a few of <strong>the</strong> many ministries of<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Canada<br />
ONE OF THE UNIQUE offerings of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Family</strong> Canada are our retreat programs for couples and<br />
ministry leaders held at our retreat centres.<br />
In 2017, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Canada brought <strong>the</strong> highly<br />
successful Hope Restored marriage intensive program to<br />
Canada and since <strong>the</strong>n more than 900 couples in crisis have<br />
been helped. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Canada has also been<br />
operating Kerith Ministry Leader Retreats for pastors, missi<strong>on</strong>aries<br />
and para church leaders since 2008 with more<br />
than 1,600 individuals and couples in ministry attending to<br />
receive rest and renewal both pers<strong>on</strong>ally and in <strong>the</strong>ir calling.<br />
Kerith Creek in Alberta, our first retreat centre, opened<br />
in 2008. Kerith Pines in Manitoba opened in 2014. And this<br />
year we opened Kerith Waters in Ontario!<br />
Kerith Retreats<br />
Working in ministry has many blessings, but an abundance<br />
of financial resources is typically not <strong>on</strong>e of <strong>the</strong>m. Many<br />
people who serve in ministry, as missi<strong>on</strong>aries or in para<br />
church organizati<strong>on</strong>s are not able to afford a luxury retreat.<br />
The Kerith Ministry Leader Retreats provide <strong>the</strong>m a unique<br />
opportunity to step away from <strong>the</strong> demands of life and find<br />
true rest in God’s presence. This program is currently held<br />
at our centres in Alberta and Manitoba, with plans to begin<br />
offering it in Ontario in fall <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Visit KerithRetreats.ca to learn more.<br />
We offer three retreat programs at our Kerith centres:<br />
Hope Restored<br />
Hope Restored is a marriage counselling retreat program<br />
and is designed to serve couples in crisis. All marriage<br />
<strong>the</strong>rapists are trained in <strong>the</strong> uniquely holistic counselling<br />
approach that combines a couple’s hearts, minds, and faith<br />
in order to address <strong>the</strong> root of <strong>the</strong> problem and start couples<br />
<strong>on</strong> a path toward healing. This program is currently held at<br />
all three retreat centres in Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario.<br />
Visit HopeRestoredCanada.ca to learn more.<br />
Marriage Enrichment Retreats<br />
There are many couples who are looking for ways to improve<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir relati<strong>on</strong>ship with <strong>the</strong>ir spouse. Marriage Enrichment<br />
Retreats are created for couples who are looking to take <strong>on</strong>e<br />
weekend away to make a str<strong>on</strong>g marriage even str<strong>on</strong>ger.<br />
Based <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> proven, biblically based principles of <strong>the</strong> Hope<br />
Restored marriage intensive program, <strong>the</strong>se retreats equip<br />
couples with practical tools to create a more vibrant, intimate<br />
and loving marriage. This program is currently held<br />
at our centres in Alberta and Manitoba, with plans to begin<br />
offering it in Ontario in fall <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Visit EnrichYourMarriage.ca to learn more.<br />
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