NOW OPEN
We are so excited to invite you to a Young Life flavoured weekend with something for everyone.
Are you craving deep spiritual content and relationship building? You can choose the workshops that best suit your needs and join us in the morning for worship and bible study.
Are you or your friend faith curious but more interested in adventure and practical life learning? You can choose workshop activities to suit your needs, and we will have evening sessions with fun sing-alongs, games and a short message.
Sarah Marriott
Sarah is currently the Regional Director for Young Life Interior. She and her husband, Alex have four adult children, two of whom are married. They are expecting their first grandchild in February! She has a love of life-long learning as well as the signature zest for fun and adventure that is common among Young Life leaders.
Wendy Delcourt
Bachelors of Human Kinetics (UBC), B.Ed. (UBC) Author and Leadership Coach
Wendy is a grateful mom of 2 wonderful girls named Hannah (26) and Madison (24). She’s been married to her husband Grant (Deli) for 30 adventurous years and they reside in beautiful Kelowna, BC.
Wendy is an educator, author (3 books), and community connector. One of her life passions is working with vulnerable women recovering from exploitation, trafficking, abuse and various mental health challenges through an organization called NOW Canada. Wendy is a facilitator of the “Life Skills Essentials”, offering learning opportunities to help women recover their lives, grow and thrive through realizing their personal potential. Wendy serves on the Board of Directors for Vantage Point 3 Ministries and is a facilitator of their processes that are aimed for adults to deepen and grow in their leadership and spiritual formation. If Wendy isn’t putting her efforts into building stronger teams and people, you will find her splashing ridiculous amounts of color onto a canvas, writing her books, or hosting family and friends, enjoying meaningful moments together!
Carola Meerkerk
Carola and her husband Vern have four adult children ages 35 to 22 and three grandchildren. She is a gifted speaker and recording artist with 3 CD’s (“Carola Bethea” on youtube/soundcloud) She also co-leads the Women’s Ministry at her church, leads a community outreach program, coordinates this Weekend for Women, and is on a Board for a Women’s Shelter (WINGS). Carola is passionate about building relationships. She also loves making crafts and baking delicious treats.
Joanne Wright, RTC
Joanne Wright is a dedicated Registered Therapeutic Counsellor with over a year of experience in private practice and many years of lived experience to draw upon. Joanne is passionate about supporting women through life’s challenges. She specializes in helping clients navigate grief, loss, and significant transitions. With a compassionate and client-centered approach, Joanne also provides faith-based counselling upon request, creating a safe space for spiritual exploration and healing.
Julie Bohni
Young Life Langley Area Director and Registered Clinical Counsellor,
Julie is a registered clinical counsellor in Langley, where she creates safe space for people to share their hardest stories. She is deeply invested in helping clients shift from states of stress and overwhelm to self regulation and calm. She specializes in adolescence and is passionate in her work with youth. Her role as Area Director for Young Life gives her the opportunity to engage with youth and young adults through long term relationships and sharing the hope of Christ. When not at work, Julie can be found with her family of five enjoying adventure in the outdoors hiking, cycling and snowboarding. She is in favour of all fine food and known by her friends to be compassionate, adventurous, funny, and loyal.
Alyssa Flegg
CPA,CGA, RHNC, Breathwork Facilitator
Alyssa Flegg is a professional accountant & Registered Holistic Nutritional Consultant who is passionate about helping women feel amazing. With a focus on balance and consistency, she empowers women to improve their health through practical, sustainable food choices. Alyssa loves sharing her knowledge through cooking classes, workshops, and personalized nutrition services. Outside of her work, Alyssa is a mom of three and loves spending time with her family making crafts, baking, exploring the outdoors & watching movies.
Carol O’Leary
Carol is a happily retired science educator and non-profit development consultant. After an exciting and creative career taking students of all ages on simulated space missions and helping nonprofits raise money to achieve their missions, she is now a full-time volunteer doing many of the same things she has done for the past 50+ years. That includes ministry with Young Life locally and globally. Carol, alongside her husband Mike, has served as a Young Life volunteer leader, staff, Committee member and consultant since hearing about how to have a relationship with God through Jesus when she was a teen in a local Young Life club. Her greatest joy is sharing the love of Jesus with others and seeing how God’s amazing grace changes lives forever… as God has done in her messed up, now redeemed, life. She is the mom of three adult children and is about to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary with Mike. Gardening, dogs, sunshine, traveling and Bible studies are great topics to share with Carol.
Workshops
Rated PG
Wendy Delcourt
Forgive me for judging you before I became a parent! If you’ve ever screwed up, join the club! Come gather, discover and be encouraged by joining Wendy as she invites you into an interactive time of: Exposing some myths and truths about parenting. Challenging “imposters” of limiting beliefs. Understanding that it’s ok to change your mind. Wendy believes the BEST gift you could ever give your child/ren is the gift of being a growing person yourself. Wendy will gather from her 30 years of navigating the challenges and victories of teaching, parenting, and life coaching to offer you some things to consider on how to hold space to really “know” your children and how you can help them mine their stories for their own authentic design.” Come and join her for some give-aways, some take-aways and some blooper giggles around the adventures in parenting.”
Healthy Made Simple – Grace-Filled Steps to a Nourishing Lifestyle
Alyssa Flegg
Life is busy, and trying to eat well shouldn’t feel like just another overwhelming task. In this workshop, we’ll explore how small, practical steps can help you nourish your body while letting go of guilt and perfectionism. You’ll learn simple ways to improve your health with food, navigate the season of life you’re in, and build habits that truly stick. Together, we’ll focus on progress over perfection and embrace grace for the times when things don’t go as planned. Leave feeling encouraged, equipped, and ready to take the next step toward a more balanced and joy-filled approach to healthy living.
Boundaries
Julie Bohni
More info coming soon.
Mothering Teenagers
Sarah Marriott
More info coming soon.
Breaking Free
Carola Meerkerk
How is your mind health? Do you hear thoughts tearing yourself down, mocking you, replay embarrassing incidents over and over? Or do you worry about your family about their safety or success? Or do your thoughts go towards feeling rejected, unloved or shameful? Come hear the good news! We will discover the steps to freedom, to a healthy mind life.
Stories of AMAZING Grace
Carol O’Leary
We all have stories that make up the chronicles of our lives…some are fun to tell about joy and blessings, others are full of pain, loss and confusion. If we train our eyes and hearts to look at God in the midst of both the hard and great times of life, we find His unfailing love and presence is the common thread that holds it all together. But HOW can we do this? This seminar will be a time of telling stories of God’s amazing grace in real peoples’ lives and how God’s eternal purposes play out in this world’s temporal experiences. We will discuss practical steps and “how to’s” for you to use in the ups and downs of your daily life.
Building Compassionate Relationships
Joanne Wright
Discover the essentials of Compassionate Communication in this engaging workshop. Learn how to express yourself authentically while fostering empathy and understanding in your interactions. Through practical exercises and discussion, you’ll explore the four key components of Compassionate Communication: observations, feelings, needs, and request
Baking & Crafting
We’ve got more info to come on fabulous Baking and Crafting Workshops.
We look forward to seeing you soon!