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Hope Gathering

WEEKEND OF HOPE

Event

Weekend of Hope 2026

A tender space for widows to find comfort, connection, and hope.

This is more than just a weekend away. It’s a sacred space to breathe, to rest, and to find renewed purpose and healing. You’ll meet other women who truly understand the grief you carry—women who can say, “me too,” and mean it.

Come as you are. Leave with renewed hope!

✨ What to Expect

  • Inspiring keynote sessions with author and speaker Lisa Appelo, who will use the life of Joseph to reveal how God’s faithfulness is woven through every chapter of our stories, reminding us that even in loss, He is present, purposeful, and still writing a story filled with hope.
  • Honest, practical breakout sessions designed to encourage you through the unique challenges of widowhood with biblical truth and real-life wisdom.
  • Quiet moments of reflection. Meaningful friendships. A weekend to rest, be renewed, and discover that God is in your story—and He is not finished writing it.
God is in Your Story
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2026
Camp Allen / Navasota, Texas

Retreat Cost (All-inclusive):

  • Single Occupancy: $425
  • Double Occupancy: $325

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“All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
Psalm 139:16
Lisa Appelo

Meet our speaker.

Lisa Appelo

Lisa Appelo is a speaker and best-selling author of Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After It All Falls Apart. Lisa inspires women to find hope in grief and deepen their faith in life’s storms. Her work has been featured at multiple media outlets including LIFE Today, Cornerstone Television Network, Insight for Living, Ann Voskamp, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Risen Motherhood, and Her View From Home and in several best-selling books including Praying Through Loneliness and So God Made a Grandma. Her next book releases with Bethany House in 2026. A former litigating attorney, Lisa writes at LisaAppelo.com, is a leader with the national organization Never Alone Widows, and serves on the Executive Team for COMPEL with Proverbs 31 Ministries. She’s a single mom of seven and Nonni to 15 on the east coast of Florida.