Canaan Fellowship

Spring 2026 Retreat

Canaan Fellowship Spring Retreat 2026

  • Practical Wisdom on Strengthening Marriage

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    Casey and Joanna Losee share practical wisdom on strengthening marriage by prioritizing intentional time together, avoiding overwork, and deepening understanding of one’s spouse. They speak from personal experience, addressing threats like technology, work, and children that can erode marital connection. Preserving Intentional Time Together [00:33] Threats to marriage time include technology, work, entertainment temptations, and…

  • Work, Rest, and Feeling Wealthy

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    Randy Losee presents a sermon on the biblical principles of work, rest, and wealth, emphasizing that a healthy balance between work and rest is key to feeling wealthy. He explores how work was created by God before the Fall but became difficult due to sin, and how trusting the Lord with our work can relieve…

  • Saturday Night Meeting: Prophecy to Edify Others and the New Testament Pattern for Church Gatherings

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    Bill Teubl introduces the evening’s focus on prophecy as speaking forth a word from God to edify others, based on 1 Corinthians 14. He encourages attendees to consider what they have heard from the Lord this week that they could share with someone else. [00:40] Prophecy is speaking forth a word God has given you…

  • Parenting Children: Practical Advice

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    This session brings practical parenting advice from God’s Word. Bruce Hempel, Muriel Hempel, and Sabine Schnackenberg share biblical principles, personal lessons, and hands-on training tips to help parents nurture, lead, and disciple their children with love, authority, and wisdom. Bruce Hempel opens the meeting with a song for parents, emphasizing the precious, fleeting opportunity to…

  • The Three Purposes of Work: Provision, Creation, and Stewardship

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    Philip Schnackenberg teaches on the three irreducible, God-given purposes of work that apply to everyone, including children. He explains that these categories—provision, creative work, and stewardship—form a framework for a balanced Christian life that glorifies God. [00:00:57] The three irreducible categories of work are provision, creative work (as originally intended before the Fall), and stewardship.…

  • Crying out to the Lord: Jabez and Hannah

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    Bruce Hempel introduces the topic of prayer and prophecy, beginning with two short Old Testament stories about individuals who cried out to the Lord. He encourages the audience to pour out their hearts to God, expect His answer, and trust that He is good and generous. The Story of Jabez (1 Chronicles 4:9-10) [00:01:40] Jabez…

  • Jeremiah 13: Cling to God in Every Area of Life

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    Naveen Katam opens with a song and a visual illustration he made with his daughter, representing believers clinging to the cross. He transitions to his main message, which focuses on the call to cling to God in every area of life, not just for salvation, using the analogy from Jeremiah 13. Introduction [00:00:00] Begins by…

  • Prophecy with Love: Revisiting 1 Corinthians 14

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    This sermon by Bill Teubl revisits and expands on his previous sermon on 1 Corinthians 14, focusing on how to speak for the Lord (prophesy) within the church. The central themes are that our speech must be motivated by love and delivered in a language others can understand. The talk provides practical guidance on testing…

  • Seek the Lord: From Genesis to the Kings

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    Bruce Hempel’s sermon focuses on the biblical exhortation to continually seek the Lord, contrasting superficial faith with a deep, personal pursuit of God. He traces this theme from early Genesis through the kings of Israel, highlighting that seeking God involves humility, prayer, repentance, and a daily commitment beyond just church attendance. The call is to…