Departments
Women's Retreat | Women's Ministries
Women's & Young Women's Spring Retreat 2026
May 2, 2026
Join us for beautiful music, rich inspiration, fellowship, give-aways, and delicious meal. Invite your friends, family neighbors, and co-workers to join for this special time together – hope to see you there!
Location
Upper Columbia Conference
3715 S Grove Road
Spokane, Washington 99224
For questions and more information, contact Wendy Urbin at (509) 242-0628 or email wendyu@uccsda.org.
- Early Bird registration (ends April 23) $40.00
- Regular registration (April 24–29) $50.00
Schedule of events
TBD
Featuring
Tamyra Horst — Keynote Speaker
Tamyra Horst is an international author, popular speaker, and leader with a passion for God’s Word and sharing Him with others. She desires to encourage, equip, and challenge people to grow deeply in their relationship with God and learn to serve Him uniquely with their passion and talents. She is the author of ten books, including “Teach Us to Pray,” “Enough: Discovering a God Who is Enough When You’re Not,” and two “Praying Like Crazy . . .” books. She has authored numerous resources for women’s and prayer ministries and was the editor of several books, including the 2023 women’s devotional and the 2025 Pennsylvania Conference devotional. Her books have been published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Bulgarian, and Romanian. Tamyra serves the Pennsylvania Conference as communication director, women’s director, and family ministries director.
She and her husband, Tim, have been married for over forty years. They have two incredible sons, two amazing daughters-in-law, and the most beautiful granddaughter ever. They live at the foot of the Blue Mountains outside Hamburg, PA, which gives them many opportunities to hike the Appalachian Trail and bike the Schuylkill River Trail.
Olga Grigoryan & Tatiana Sirotinskaya — Musical feature
Rebecca Cutler — Musical feature
Rebecca Cutler lives in Spokane Valley, WA, with her husband Nathan, where she homeschools her two boys Isaiah, 13 and Ezra, 10. She is a pediatric occupational therapist as well, but that is currently paused. Her passion project is an Adventist homeschool co-op that meets Mondays. She loves participating in leading song service at church and praising Jesus through singing.
Rochelle Christensen — Special feature
Rochelle has been married to the love of her life, Ken, for almost 29 years, and has two grown children, a daughter-in-law, a soon to be son-in-law, and two fur babies (one dog and one cat). Rochelle and her husband moved to the Spokane area from the Portland area in September 2025 and enjoy finding new hiking grounds to explore.
Rochelle started working with Ultimate Mission in 2023 as the assistant director. Since joining Ultimate Mission, she has had the opportunity to travel to five new countries, enjoy incredible food, and spend time creating curriculum and training women around the world to make a difference in their communities. Rochelle feels incredibly blessed to be part of this work.
Michele Davis — Special feature
Michele Davis and her husband, Weston, returned from India in 2023 after living and working in Delhi with ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency). Michele loves to learn alongside others on how to have an abundant life in relationship with Jesus. She and her husband live in Spokane, Washington, and delight in hanging out with their five children and seven grandchildren. Michele’s pursuits include oil painting, getting outside in nature, and going on the many adventures God plans along the way.
Angela Ford — Special feature
Angela Ford is the small business owner of Blooms and Berries, a flower farm in Leavenworth, Washington. She is passionate about growing flowers as a way to connect and minister to the people in her community. She is wife to Steve for 32 years, mom to 5, and grandma of 3 precious girls, Heaven, Eden, and Kaynen.
