A Mini-Retreat to Help You Live Out the Gospel in Your Everyday Life
“If I know the gospel is true… then why do I keep getting so stuck in this one area of my life?
We long to believe the gospel in ways that transform us deeply – but too often, our day-to-day experience doesn’t match up between who we really are and who we want to be or know we should be.
Our external personable ministry with others doesn’t line up with our internal stressed-out world.
Our counsel is sought on all sorts of biblical issues, yet we secretly struggle with a lack of love for our teammates.
Or, we just don’t feel like we are adopted children of God because life is just hard – and we are exhausted.
Our best efforts always seem to lead to a preoccupation with self, frustration, and joylessness.
Come and rediscover God’s grace at Gospel-Centered Life Weekend – a Serge mini-retreat.
We will explore how God desires to use the ups and downs of our daily life to draw us into a closer relationship with Him, make us more like Jesus, and extend His love to a broken and needy world.
While this event is based on themes from Serge’s The Gospel-Centered Life study guide, this teaching will go much deeper and beyond the book.
Whether your church has already gone through the curriculum in the past, or you’re interested in introducing your church to the curriculum for the first time – this event is for you!
When:
Friday, September 11 (6:00pm-9:00pm) to Saturday, September 12 (8:30am-12:00pm), 2026.
Where:
Hebron Church
10460 Frankstown Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15235
Registeration Coming Soon!
Speakers
Emily Shrader serves as Program Leader for Discipleship Training for Serge. Her ministry includes leading Discipleship Lab, creating Renewal content, mentoring in Sonship, and speaking at Renewal events. She, her husband David, and their three children—Mae, Wesley, and Miriam—served with Serge in North Africa for more than a decade. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree in Biblical and Theological Studies and Youth Ministry from Gordon College and has studied Biblical Counseling with the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation. Before going to the field, she served in youth and campus ministry, participated in Community Bible Study leadership, and partnered with David as he pastored a small inner-city church in Pittsburgh. While in North Africa, Emily ministered alongside David as he pastored an International Fellowship and trained local pastors. She and her family now live in North Carolina, where David serves as an EPC chaplain in the USAF. You can reach Emily at eshrader@serge.org.
Marc Davis is an Associate Area Director for Renewal, providing leadership for the larger Renewal team while serving as a Sonship mentor and Discipleship Lab facilitator, as well as writing and speaking for Renewal events and publications. Marc and his wife Susan met at the University of Virginia and married in 1992. After three years on Intervarsity staff, he completed an M.Div. from Westminster Seminary in 1997. Marc is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and served on the pastoral staff at New Life Church in Glenside, PA, for 12 years before joining Serge in 2019. He is excited to see missionaries, pastors, and others involved in ministry empowered by the gospel to live lives of great freedom in dependence on Jesus for everything. Marc and Susan have three adult children: Nathaniel, Maggie, and Owen. You can reach him at: mdavis@serge.org.
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