Youth Leader Retreat

Join us for a retreat focused on Jesus, you, and your ministry. This retreat is designed to be just that, a retreat, for you to be refreshed, renewed, and encouraged in your ministry and personal growth. Our feedback from past years retreats wanted more of a relaxed feel for spiritual renewal and we listened! Join us for a great few days at Riverside!

For Part-Time, Full-Time, Paid and Volunteer Youth Leaders! A great even to relax, worship, grow, learn, laugh, and meet others who "do what you do"!

Special Guest Speaker: Pastor TJ Anderson

Pastor TJ Anderson is the Youth and Family Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Since beginning in full time ministry 1979, TJ has had a wide variety of experiences in ministry. Most recently, he’s been the Youth and Family Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Anoka, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater. He was also the Vice President of National Conferences for Youth Encounter, overseeing and speaking at several of their events. In his spare time, he is a speaker for a wide variety of youth leadership events, along with speaking internationally with Churches Alive.

TJ is passionate about seeing youth leaders lead out of an overflow of Christ’s love in their life. He will share encouragement in ministry and how to lead a healthy spiritual life that enhances ministry to our family, friends, and our congregations.

TJ and his wife Susie, of 26 years, live in Stillwater, Minnesota and have a daughter, Brittany.