Pastor Renewal Retreat: Preaching Through the Storms

Pastor Renewal Retreat

Pastor Renewal Retreat: Preaching Through the Storms

with Jim Henry

Worship Leader, Marty Goetz

September 14-16, 2026

Please Note: Lodging is full for this event. However, space is still available, but you must obtain offsite lodging. To be added to the Lodging waitlist please call our reservations department Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm at (828) 771-4800. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at The Cove.

Come Early is available for this event!

Eligibility Requirements: Must be actively serving as a lead/senior pastor or associate pastor. Assistance is limited to one actively serving lead/senior pastor and one actively serving associate pastor, per church, per year. Spouses are included.

Resource Assistance: Covers meals and two-night’s lodging for each pastor and spouse. Lodging assistance is limited to those living outside of Buncombe and Henderson counties. A materials fee of $30 per person is required.

Additional Church Ministry Staff Opportunities: While we welcome senior and associate pastors to our Pastor Renewal Retreats, we realize these events can benefit those serving in other areas of pastoral ministry. For this reason, we may offer the opportunity for them to attend these retreats, providing space is available.

Because funding is designated specifically for senior and associate pastors, other ministry staff members wishing to attend will be responsible for paying their own way. No application form will be required for these individuals.

To inquire about registering additional ministry staff from your church, please contact our Reservations department at 828-771-4800 after August 14th.

Everyone faces storms—especially pastors. Grappling with these challenges can be devastating and preaching through them overwhelming. But proclaiming God’s unfailing victory over tragedy always brings hope, both to church leaders and members. Spend time studying His Word and become better equipped to share His love.

Jim Henry

Jim Henry is an author, a conference and special events speaker, an adjunct professor at seminaries, and pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church of Orlando—where he served for 29 years. He invests his life in encouraging churches, pastors, and believers in conferences and interims, and is a consultant to churches about personnel and procedures. Henry has served as a trustee for the International Mission Board, for the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and for Criswell College. He has pastored churches in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee and served for two terms as president of the Southern Baptist denomination. Henry has written nine books: Heartwarmers; The Pastor’s Wedding Manual; Keeping Life in Perspective; In Remembrance of Me; The Two Shall Become One; A Treasury of Funeral and Memorial Messages; Dangerous Intersections; Son of a Gunn, his autobiography; and his latest, What Now?: Hope and Help for Caregivers, Family and Friends of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients. Jim and his first wife, Jeanette, had three children; they were married for 60 years before her passing in 2019. Jim later married Kathy Ann Siegel, a longtime family friend.

Marty Goetz

Emmy-nominated, Marty Goetz has been called a ‘Modern-Day Psalmist.’ His songs are scriptures beautifully set to music, leaving listeners spiritually moved, inspired and edified. He has partnered in ministry with many others, including the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Greg Laurie’s Harvest Christian Fellowship, Jewish Voice Ministries International, and numerous Christian and Messianic organizations throughout the world.

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