{"id":7624,"date":"2025-04-14T12:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/?page_id=7624"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:31:15","slug":"hcretreat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/hcretreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Healthy Congregations Annual Retreat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, we host an annual retreat for members of our <a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/healthy-congregations\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14\">Healthy Congregations program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This two-day, uplifting event focuses on connecting, learning, sharing and developing relationships with others who share a passion for congregational and community health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retreat is designed for Healthy Congregations members, but all Great Plains United Methodists are invited to join each year. The retreat is free to attend, and the Health Fund even covers a one-night hotel stay for those who need it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retreat is held each year in April. It provides an excellent opportunity to connect with Healthy Congregations peers, learn about timely health topics, gain tools and get re-energized about improving your congregation and community&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 annual retreat was April 16-17 in Salina, Kansas. <a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/2026-hc-retreat\/\">Click here or use the button below to view photos and materials from the 2026 event.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/2026-hc-retreat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/028A7032-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/028A7032-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/028A7032-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/028A7032-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/2026-hc-retreat\/\" style=\"background-color:#c6322a\">View 2026 Presentations &amp; Photos<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy Congregations Annual Retreat Each year, we host an annual retreat for members of our Healthy Congregations program. This two-day, uplifting event focuses on connecting, learning, sharing and developing relationships with others who share a passion for congregational and community health. The retreat is designed for Healthy Congregations members, but all Great Plains United Methodists &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":156,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-strengtheningfamilies.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7624","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7624"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9331,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7624\/revisions\/9331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}