2025 OC Women's Retreat: What to Expect!
2025 OC Women's Retreat: What to Expect!
It's hard to believe our third annual Women's Retreat is right around the corner! Our team has poured into every detail, seeking God's guidance every step of the way for this special event. We've prayed for moments of connection, revelation, and deep joy, all centered around this years theme: Psalm 16:11.
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore."
Join us on March 8th, 2025 at HopeFront Church for a day dedicated to faith and fellowship. This year’s event format has shifted and we're excited to share with you a glimpse of what’s in store:
Guided Prayer Walk:
This will be a time to listen to and experience JOY in His presence in a personal way.
Speakers:
Prepare to be challenged to dive deeper into the Biblical definition of joy and be uplifted by our incredible breakout speakers. (More on this below!)
Creative Worship
We’ll also have a meaningful Gospel Sharing Jewelry Craft with Ferrell Supply, creating beautiful reminders of the joy that comes through a relationship with Jesus that can spark conversations about faith.
Launching Speaker:
We are very excited to announce our launching speaker soon!
Vendors.
We'll have an opportunity for you to shop with small businesses in our community!
Meet Our Breakout Session Speakers:
NATASHA SMITH: Grief Advocate
Natasha Smith is a certified grief educator, advocate, wife, mother, and former engineer turned homeschooler. Now a two-time published author and a native of North Carolina, she is also a speaker and podcaster, sharing stories on faith, family, and grief. Natasha’s work has been featured in Propel Women, Influence Magazine, Her View from Home, Focus on the Family, TODAY Parents, and other online publications. She has contributed essays to books with Guideposts and in So God Made A Grandma, a new release from Her View From Home. Natasha’s books, Can You Just Sit with Me: Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life (September 2023, IVPress) and Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness (February 2025, IVPress), are available wherever books are sold. Connect with her on social media @imnatashasmith or visit her website at imnatashasmith.com.
NICOLE CATTELONA: Follower of Jesus
I am follower of Jesus, wife of almost 15 years, and mom of 6 boys. I live in awe of the unfailing love of God and His unmerited grace.
I enjoy being outside (usually barefoot), matcha lattes, and playing with my 3 Labradors. You can find me hanging out with my husband and kids, at a sports practice/game, cooking for a crowded table, and studying my Bible. I like fuzzy socks and funny coffee mugs, sitting on the porch to write, listening to music and family movies nights, serving neighbors and praying with strangers.
I am so thankful and excited for this opportunity to meet with sisters in the community to discuss the one and only source of true joy- an IDENTITY in Jesus. To dive into the significance of this as daughters, wives, mothers, and friends, is not just life changing- it is life saving. Many of us are in
search of love and purpose, crave hope and peace, desire to be seen, heard, and valued at home and in community—— but Jesus says He is right here providing all of that. He promises a spiritual and eternal abundance for each of us and with faith in Jesus we posses the victory that overcomes the world. The joy of the Lord can be our strength every single day and when we submit to this, our identity in Him becomes clear. Happiness is fleeting but JOY on the journey doesn’t have to be circumstantial, it is steadfast and immovable; Joy was never a feeling to begin with and that’s because Joy is a person- Jesus.
Ticket Information:
Tickets are on sale now, and this year we have a pay what you can sliding scale so that every woman has the opportunity to attend, no matter the financial circumstance. You can purchase them here! Still have questions for us? You can message us on social media or email us at info@onecompassion.com.