Women from Kingston Community Church in Palmerston came together at Highland Home Christian Camp in Manawatū on Saturday 15 August for the annual H2H retreat—exploring the theme, The Goodness of God.
The aim of the retreat is have a day out to deepen relationships, hear from God’s Word, and enjoy good food together—with different women from the church family teaching, preparing food, organising, leading worship, and sharing.
Speakers Fay and Sophia opened the Bible, helping the group to consider how we understand the goodness of God, how we might be tempted to doubt God’s goodness, and how we can respond to the goodness and mercy of God with love, humility and repentance.
“Fay helped us look at a variety of passages in the Bible, considering ways we see God’s goodness displayed through different themes as we explored God’s character. We loved working together to unpack Scripture as we were reminded of what a good God we serve. Sophia spoke from Genesis 1-3 and Luke 7—exploring how two different women respond to God’s goodness, and how he is consistent in showing his saving love, provision, and mercy.”
The group enjoyed the quiet beauty of the Pohangina Valley, and spent time strengthening friendships through fellowship and learning together.
