This year’s theme:
🌿Beauty in Brokenness🌿

Dear Foster, Adoptive & Kinship Moms:

You carry stories shaped by resilience, heartbreak, and fierce love. You hold space for healing, carry the weight of others’ pain, and keep showing up — even when it’s hard.

This retreat is for you.

Join us for a weekend of rest, renewal, and honest connection with a community of moms who “get it.” Together, we’ll explore the beauty that can only be found in the cracks — the kind God doesn’t cover up, but uses to renew us.

At the retreat, you will have:

🕊️ Space to breathe
🕊️ Time to rest and recharge
🕊️ Opportunities to connect with other moms

Come as you are — let this weekend refresh and restore you for the journey ahead!

📍 Williamsburg Christian Retreat Center in Toano, VA

📅 October 24 - 26, 2025

REGISTER here

What moms have said about Abide:

Attending Abide was just what my soul needed. It was a wonderful weekend connecting with other moms and reminding me of my purpose and calling to become an adoptive mama. I'm looking forward to next year!
I just loved that I could talk to other women/mamas that actually hear me. Most women I talk with just listen but don’t understand. It was so different here.
I enjoyed the restful time away and the ability to reconnect with the Lord. It showed me I am not alone and various moms have the same struggles as me!

“The Abide Retreat is unlike any other retreat. For my foster mama heart, it is exactly what I need. To know my struggles, heartbreak and happy moments are validated by others in a similar position, to work through secondary trauma I didn't know I had, and to love on other mamas who get it!”

schedule (tentative):

Friday:
4 PM Check In
4-5 PM Welcome Reception
6 PM Dinner
7 PM Wagon Ride
7:45 PM Worship and Encouragement Session #1

Saturday:
7 AM Pilates Class with Marlisa
8 AM Breakfast
9:30 AM Worship and Encouragement Session #2
10:30 AM 1st Breakout Sessions
11:30 AM 2nd Breakout Sessions
12:30 PM Lunch (on your own)
Freetime til Dinner!
5:30 PM Dinner
6:45 PM Worship and Encouragement Session #3
8:00 PM Popcorn & S’mores Bonfire

Sunday
8 AM Breakfast
9 AM Prayer and Closing Session
11 AM Check Out

FAQ

coming soon!

"Abide was wonderful! I came home so refreshed and ready to take it all on. I’m facing court armed with the gospel and prayer covering!"

-Melanie

"The weekend was very encouraging and a great opportunity to feel connected in the work we do with kids for the Lord."

-Christiane

Register here!

This year’s theme: 🌿Beauty in Brokenness🌿

Attending Abide was just what my soul needed. It was a wonderful weekend connecting with other moms and reminding me of my purpose and calling to become an adoptive mama. I'm looking forward to next year!

I just loved that I could talk to other women/mamas that actually hear me. Most women I talk with just listen but don’t understand. It was so different here.

I enjoyed the restful time away and the ability to reconnect with the Lord. It showed me I am not alone and various moms have the same struggles as me!