Sowing Promise: Renewal & Revitalization Pathway
FIND YOUR SOUL
FIND HEALING
FIND YOUR CALLING AGAIN
In-person Retreat: October 5-9, 2026
naramata Centre
Naramata, BC
Group Coaching Program: September 2026- April 2027
In-person Retreat: March 29-April 2, 2027
Loon Lake Retreat Centre
Golden Ears Provincial Park
In person retreat: Both Naramata Centre and Loon Lake Retreat Centre are sacred places for quiet reflection, fresh air, clean water, and nature’s beauty. Dan & Tonya White will be facilitating deep, soulful retreats to help us rest, refresh, and recalibrate the heart of our leadership
Retreat Overview
8 GROUP COACHING CALLS
2 RENEWAL RETREATS
24 WEEKLY ARTICLES & REFLECTIONS
4 TRAINING WEBINARS
7 TRANSFORMATIONAL TOOLS
4 Competencies
This Renewal and Revitalization Cohort is based on the development of 4 Core Competencies. Each competency is coached, nurtured, and measured for genuine growth. A Health & Wholeness Assessment Test will be used to help us discern where the growth edge is for each of us.
NAMING & ENGAGING PAIN
Understanding our story and the ways we’ve internalized pain is essential to healthy leadership. We will spend 7 weeks discerning the unique ways we have carried hurt, fatigue, and anxiety.
AWARENESS & AWAKENING
How do we lead? How are we experienced? What is our impact on those around us? These shadows often stay hidden from us. It is a gift to grow in self-awareness and seek transformation.
LOSS, LIMITS, & LAMENT
We are humans not machines. When we live as machines, wemsupersede our limits and over-function. We must find our being in God—and develop a keen sense of boundaries and our limits.
WHOLENESS & HABITS
What have we discovered about ourselves? Together, we will discern new habits and practices for sustainability in our ministries. We will own our agency to step into ‘new creation’.
Registration Information
$2500 (CAD) per Cohort Member - includes Development Cohort, Retreat Curricula, Assessment Test and two 4 night/5 day in-person retreats (accommodation and meals)
$2250 (CAD) early registration, before June 1st, 2026
Bursaries available - please contact LeaderShift!
Retreat Leadership
Dan White Jr and Tonya Variya
Dan and Tonya White co-founded The Kineo Center in Puerto Rico's rainforest, where they launched an immersive one-week experience designed to help weary and wounded leaders recover from burnout. To date, over 600 non-profit and ministry leaders from 14 different denominations have participated in this pathway. Dan and Tonya have both served as pastors for the last 25 years and hold degrees in Marriage and Family Counseling. Tonya is a certified Enneagram Coach. Dan is the author of the award-winning book "Love Over Fear." They have two children: Daniel, who is 22, and Ari, who is 10. Tonya enjoys a chai latte, while Dan prefers a black Americano. which resonates for her within the context of this time is "love is stronger than fear."
