Take
Flight
Retreat
A First-Class Experience in Faith, Friendship, and Fulfillment
May 2, 2026
Headline Event Space
Le Mars, Iowa
8am - 5pm
A full day for women designed to help you pause, reconnect with God, and gain tools to navigate the journey ahead.
Stories of Faith
Hear from our speakers as well as other women who share how they navigated seasons of uncertainty, unexpected turns, and moments when life didn’t go according to plan.
Travel Tips & Souvenirs
Leave with meaningful souvenirs and travel-inspired reminders from the day to carry with you on the journey ahead.
Tools for the Journey
Create navigational tools to help you navigate your path forward with greater faith and alignment.
Guided Encounter
Tools for the Journey
Discover a new way to travel with God through a guided encounter designed to help you experience His joy in every season.
Create navigational tools to help you navigate your path forward with greater faith and alignment.
Guided Encounter
Discover a new way to travel with God through a guided encounter designed to help you experience His joy in every season.
A Day of Faith, Reflection, and Connection
What Awaits You
Find
Find direction through reflection as you uncover what you love about travel and learn how those same elements can help you navigate life with greater purpose and trust in God.
Faith
Experience faith in action through worship, a guided encounter, and interactive moments that turn insights into invitation, deepening your connection with God in a personal and meaningful way.
Friendship
Travel is better together. Share the journey with other women through conversation, encouragement, and meaningful connection as you support one another along the way.
Fulfillment
Integrate what matters most as you map your mission and purpose, learning how to live with greater clarity, joy, and trust in God even when life brings turbulence or unexpected detours.
Retreat
Itinerary
Boarding
Open My Eyes to See
Explore the vision God may be inviting you toward, then release what has been weighing you down so you can pack lighter and move forward with clarity in the season you are in.
CLARITY | PERSPECTIVE | GROWTH
Departure
And He Will Make Your Paths Straight
When we feel pulled in many directions and life’s responsibilities feel overwhelming, how do we discern the purposeful path God has for us? Discover how His purpose applies across every area of life and every season as we learn to trust Him to lead the way.
PURPOSE | DIRECTION | TRUST
Flight
I Am Who He Says I Am
Root your identity in Christ as you explore how God uniquely designed you. Build your personal enCOMPASS using your gifts and the best of who you are in Him to move forward in alignment with His purpose.
IDENTITY | INTEGRATION | ALIGNMENT
Connections
And He Will Establish Your Plans
Move forward with purpose and identity as you plan with intention for the season ahead. Learn how to navigate turbulence and challenges while trusting God to establish your plans.
MISSION | IMPLEMENTATION | CONNECTION
Boarding
Departure
Open My Eyes to See
Explore the vision God may be inviting you toward, then release what has been weighing you down so you can pack lighter and move forward with clarity in the season you are in.
CLARITY | PERSPECTIVE | GROWTH
And He Will Make Your Paths Straight
When we feel pulled in many directions and life’s responsibilities feel overwhelming, how do we discern the purposeful path God has for us? Discover how His purpose applies across every area of life and every season as we learn to trust Him to lead the way.
PURPOSE | DIRECTION | TRUST
In Flight
Connections
I Am Who He Says I Am
Root your identity in Christ as you explore how God uniquely designed you. Build your personal enCOMPASS using your gifts and the best of who you are in Him to move forward in alignment with His purpose.
IDENTITY | INTEGRATION | ALIGNMENT
And He Will Establish Your Plans
Move forward with purpose and identity as you plan with intention for the season ahead. Learn how to navigate turbulence and challenges while trusting God to establish your plans.
MISSION | IMPLEMENTATION | CONNECTION
Meet Your
Flight Crew
Kristi Huss
Journey Facilitator & Alignment Coach
Kristi Huss a journey facilitator, pairing three decades of travel advising with Certified High Performance and alignment coaching to guide people toward meaningful destinations both outside and within. As a speaker and coach, she integrates the vision and adventure of travel with faith and goals so others live with clarity, confidence, and purpose. She volunteers with Sunnybrook’s Revive ministry as a biblical counselor.
Kristi believes in continuing to grow in every season of life, and that certainly applies to her family as well. She and her husband Korey are enjoying this season of empty besting with their six adult daughters, an expanding family that now includes sons in law, and the joy of becoming grandparents.
Lydia Miller
Creative Arts Pastor, Sunnybrook Church
Lydia Miller serves as the Creative Arts Pastor at Sunnybrook Church and has been in full time ministry for over ten years. She began her career as a middle school teacher before feeling God’s call into ministry and returning to Sunnybrook, the church where she grew up. She will graduate this May from Dallas Theological Seminary. Lydia and her husband Trent have been married for ten years and are raising their two boys together.
Lydia loves Jesus with all her heart, and there is no greater gift in the world than spending her days discovering new ways to tell people about Him
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Francine Holtzen, MA, CMHC
Christian Counselor & Ministry Leader
Francine Holtzen considers herself first and foremost a child of Father God, bride of Jesus Christ, and one who abides in the Holy Spirit. She has been married to her husband Rick for 35 years and is the mother of two children, Ella and Beck. In 2020, their lives were forever changed when Ella and Beck were tragically killed in a car accident on their way to school. Since then, Francine has continued learning how to live what once felt “unlivable” through her deep relationship with the Lord, trusting His presence and provision each day.
Francine serves as a Christian psychological counselor and is the developer and leader of Sunnybrook's Revive Counseling Ministry. She also co-leads the church’s Bereaved Moms Support Group and Prayer Gathering and serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors for Her Health Women’s Center. Francine is passionate about helping people grow deeper roots in their relationship with God and experience His presence even in life’s most difficult seasons.
Meet Your
Flight Crew
Kristi Huss
Journey Facilitator & Alignment Coach
Kristi Huss a journey facilitator, pairing three decades of travel advising with Certified High Performance and alignment coaching to guide people toward meaningful destinations both outside and within. As a speaker and coach, she integrates the vision and adventure of travel with faith and goals so others live with clarity, confidence, and purpose. She volunteers with Sunnybrook’s Revive ministry as a biblical counselor.
Kristi believes in continuing to grow in every season of life, and that certainly applies to her family as well. She and her husband Korey are enjoying this season of empty besting with their six adult daughters, an expanding family that now includes sons in law, and the joy of becoming grandparents.
Lydia Miller
Creative Arts Pastor, Sunnybrook Church
Lydia Miller serves as the Creative Arts Pastor at Sunnybrook Church and has been in full time ministry for over ten years. She began her career as a middle school teacher before feeling God’s call into ministry and returning to Sunnybrook, the church where she grew up. She will graduate this May from Dallas Theological Seminary. Lydia and her husband Trent have been married for ten years and are raising their two boys together.
Lydia loves Jesus with all her heart, and there is no greater gift in the world than spending her days discovering new ways to tell people about Him
Francine Holtzen, MA, CMHC
Christian Counselor & Ministry Leader
Francine Holtzen considers herself first and foremost a child of Father God, bride of Jesus Christ, and one who abides in the Holy Spirit. She has been married to her husband Rick for 35 years and is the mother of two children, Ella and Beck. In 2020, their lives were forever changed when Ella and Beck were tragically killed in a car accident on their way to school. Since then, Francine has continued learning how to live what once felt “unlivable” through her deep relationship with the Lord, trusting His presence and provision each day.
Francine serves as a Christian psychological counselor and is the developer and leader of Sunnybrook's Revive Counseling Ministry. She also co-leads the church’s Bereaved Moms Support Group and Prayer Gathering and serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors for Her Health Women’s Center. Francine is passionate about helping people grow deeper roots in their relationship with God and experience His presence even in life’s most difficult seasons.
A Day to Travel Inward and Discover the Way Forward
Put the world on airplane mode for a day and reconnect with your purpose, your faith, and other women ready to take flight toward a deeper and more meaningful journey.
Choose Your Boarding Pass
Select your seat for a meaningful day of faith, reflection, and forward movement—or gift that experience to someone else.
Attend
Step into a faith-centered day to pause, reflect, and realign with God’s direction for your life. We weren’t meant to walk this road alone. Galatians 6:2 calls us to ‘carry one another’s burdens.’ Bring what you’re navigating, and let’s seek His guidance, share the load, and move forward and travel together.
$78
Your Boarding Pass Includes:
• Light morning bites and coffee to fuel your boarding
• Full access to the Take Flight Retreat
• Guided teaching, personal reflection, and interactive experiences
• Access to the Priority Lounge for prayer, reflection, or personal encouragement throughout the day
• Build your personal navigational tools to use beyond the retreat (yours to keep)
• Retreat materials, resources, and reflection prompts
• Lunch and refreshments provided throughout the day
• A special Give Back experience to encourage women walking through difficult seasons
Sponsor
Gift a boarding pass. Ten sponsored seats have been set aside for this retreat to be shared through local ministry connections, including Sunnybrook’s Walk With Me program.
$78
Their Boarding Pass Includes:
• Light morning bites and coffee to welcome them as they arrive
• Full access to the Take Flight Retreat
• Guided teaching, personal reflection, and interactive experiences
• Access to the Priority Lounge for prayer, reflection, or personal encouragement throughout the day
• Build personal navigational tools to use beyond the retreat (theirs to keep)
• Retreat materials, resources, and reflection prompts
• Lunch and refreshments provided throughout the day
• A meaningful Give Back experience where participants create and share encouragement with women in other ministry communities
Your Seat Is Waiting
Retreat Location:
Headline Event Space
41 1st Ave NE
Le Mars, IA 51031
Questions
Email [email protected]