Feb 6-7, 2026
Grace Church | Eden Prairie, MN
There's something extra special about getting to GATHER on a Friday night for worship, teaching, and community — and again, on Saturday morning for breakfast bites and a special morning of worship and reflection.
Mainstream culture has a lot to say about what it means to be a woman,
but what does God have to say about it?
We don’t need to be confused by cultural norms that glorify or belittle womanhood. As Christian women, we have something more secure to center our identity in: Jesus Christ.
At this year’s Gather Retreat, featured speaker Abigail Dodds will help us look past the cultural noise and see what it means to be an (A)Typical Woman — one whose identity is rooted in Christ, not the world.
Whether single, married, mothering, suffering, or discipling, you’ll be encouraged and equipped to live out biblical womanhood in every season of life.
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Schedule
Friday, Feb 6
5:30p-6:00p
Check-In
6:00p-9:00p
Worship & Teaching
Panel
Reflection & Prayer
9:00p-10:30p
Optional: Late Night Gather
Saturday, Feb 7
8:30a-11:30a
Breakout Sessions
Coffee & Breakfast Bites
Worship & Teaching
Prayer Time
Breakout Sessions
Union with Christ
with Cindy Berglund
Do you find living the Christian life is difficult? Do you spend your time trying hard and find yourself failing? Diving into Colossians 3, Cindy will help us understand how union with Christ changes us from trying hard to living in Him.
Holy Exercise
with Mindy Heine and Nastassia Smith
Taking care of our bodies and honoring God with them is biblical. Mindy and Nastassia will challenge you to think of your body as a tool to be sharpened for God’s glory, not a trophy to be displayed for self or others.
Discretion with Social Media in our Digital Age
with Stephanie Armstrong and Tavia Low
What is the point of being on social media? What do our posts present about our lives? Are we seeking something more by posting? You will be challenged to be led by discretion over exhibitionism with your social media habits.
Habits of the Home
with Abigail Dodds
Let’s ponder and celebrate God’s spiritual and physical provision in Christ through the hands-on art of bread making and homemaking. Abigail will help us to take up our homey weapons of warfare in the spiritual fight against sin.
Contact
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Daily Devotionals
Hello, sister!
We can’t wait to see you Friday night at Gather Retreat 2026. As you prepare your heart this week, we invite you to reflect on God’s Word through these five devotions that you will receive each day.
Our theme verse this year comes from Colossians 3:3: “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Our theme, (a)typical, is tethered to this truth: being an atypical woman has everything to do with dying to self and living in Christ, and nothing to do with trying to stand out or be different for difference’s sake.
In many ways, this theme chose us. Last year, as I (Cheri) was searching for women writers who faithfully addressed the call to not be easily offended, I came across an article by Abigail Dodds. Her writing stood out because it was deeply biblical—clear and rooted in Christ rather than cultural reactions. I was reminded that years earlier I had read her book (a)Typical Woman, which had strongly shaped my understanding of what it means to live as a woman defined by Christ.
Naturally, she became the woman we hoped would speak at Gather this year. When she said yes, and as we prayed about our theme, it became clear that her heart aligned with the heart of the women at Grace—to be women shaped by our Savior, not easily offended, willing to lay down self at the altar of our hearts, and eager to live within God’s good design for biblical womanhood.
Coming on the heels of Gather 2025: Unoffendable, Abigail calls women to live from our identity in Christ—to live in freedom! Below, we’ve included a short excerpt from one of Abigail’s articles to help set the stage for this year’s theme.
“When we turn hurt feelings into offendedness, we go from vulnerable to impenetrable. When we’re hurt by someone else’s words or actions, it’s tempting to try to protect ourselves with anger or self-righteousness that masquerades as having been offended. It’s easier to imagine the ones who have hurt us as villains rather than own that our hurt often has to do with our insecurities and fragility more than with the objective sinfulness of others.”
Reflection
Where have you been easily offended or tempted to defend yourself instead of resting in your identity in Christ?
Write down any offenses the Lord is asking you to lay down and ask Him to help you live from a place of dying to self and trusting Him.
