Marriage Retreat
A weekend dedicated to you and your spouse.
We would love to host you and your spouse for a weekend away together at Riverside! This will be a memorable weekend for you as a couple and all you need to do is show up – we’ll worry about all the details. God has blessed us with our spouse and He desires for us to invest time in strengthening and celebrating this union.
Below is a general schedule of what you can expect:
Friday – arrival anytime after 6:30pm, Chapel session at 7:45pm (includes intros and announcements, a couples get-to-know you game, worship and our first session with our speakers), fellowship and food to end the evening
Saturday – breakfast, Chapel session (all the fun stuff + built-in couple discussion time), lunch, free-time (open to participate in planned activities or to explore on your own), camp store open, Chapel session before supper, an extra fun date night including romantic supper and entertainment
Sunday – light breakfast, final Chapel session, wrap-up and prayer, expanded brunch and depart
2026 Speakers: Jim and Dawn Anderson
COST
$300/couple for onsite lodging
$240/couple for commuters
DATES
February 27-March 1, 2026
Jim and Dawn Anderson have been married for over 51 years. They have been partners in
ministry throughout their marriage in both congregational and para church leadership
positions.
Pastor Jim has been a church planter, a church consultant and senior pastor. His pastoral
ministry experience includes small, medium and large congregations. In 1985 he helped found
Harvest Network International, an international network of ministers, ministries and
congregations in the United States and twenty-three other nations. From 2005 to 2017 he
served Harvest Network as its International Director.
Pastor Dawn has served on several church staffs as a women’s and prayer ministries director.
She is a trained spiritual director, anointed inner-healing prayer minister and teacher of
children with special needs. She is also a world class mom and grandmother.
The Andersons live in a suburb of St Paul, Minnesota. They are blessed with four adult
children and six amazing grandchildren.
Pastor Anderson is currently the director of Harvest Impact Ministries, a consulting and
resource ministry to churches and pastors. Founded in 1995, Harvest Impact has worked with
over sixty congregations and several church networks.
