2026 Branson Retreat

2026 Branson Retreat

Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2026

Thousand Hills Resort Hotel, Branson, MO

Registration opens February 16, 2026.

Join us in Branson for four days of worship, fellowship and fun as we mark the 20th year of Abundant Living Retreats. For two decades, God has used Abundant Living Retreats to encourage, inspire and equip His people, and this year promises to be especially meaningful. Our theme, “People After God’s Own Heart,” will lead us through the life of David as we reflect on what it means to pursue God with faith, courage and devotion at every stage of life. A highlight of the retreat will be experiencing the powerful “David” production at the Sight & Sound Theater, where Scripture is brought to life in a breathtaking way. We hope you can join us, and bring a friend, this fall in Branson!

Widowhood Workshop

https://widowhoodworkshop.com/



Dean Miller Bible Class (Living with Loss Workshop)

https://youtu.be/Clx4sjdtMNs

Where Do We Go When We Die?

What happens to us immediately after we die?* In this episode of the Post Sermon Podcast, Barrett and Wes McAdams unpack the "intermediate state" — the disembodied period between physical death and the resurrection — drawing primarily from 2 Corinthians 4–5. Wes explains why the Bible's relative silence on afterlife details isn't a problem but a clue: Scripture is far more concerned with how we're living now than with satisfying our curiosity about what's next. They tackle common misreadings of the Rich Man and Lazarus, examine Paul's "jars of clay" theology, and address whether 1 Thessalonians 4 teaches a secret rapture (spoiler: it doesn't). The conversation lands on the hope that drives everything — not mere "life after death," but what N.T. Wright calls "life after life after death": bodily resurrection, new creation, and reigning with Jesus in the renewed heavens and earth.

https://youtu.be/uUb4glVUFXk

The Art and Science of Happiness

The art and science of happiness | Arthur Brooks | TEDxKC

https://youtu.be/G7Pf2Xb5PdA

Harvard Professor of happiness, Arthur Brooks, turns the tables on the idea of the "bucket list" as a way of achieving satisfaction, showing us where real joy and contentment are far more likely to be found. Arthur C. Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School.

Before joining the Harvard faculty in 2019, he served for 10 years as president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI), one of the world’s leading think tanks. Under his leadership, the Institute more than doubled its annual revenues, deepened its outreach to leaders across the ideological spectrum and expanded its research portfolio to include work on poverty, happiness and human potential.

Brooks is the author of 12 books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller “From Strength to Strength.” He is also a columnist for The Atlantic and host of the podcast “How to Build a Happy Life with Arthur Brooks.” Brooks gives more than 100 speeches per year around the U.S., Europe and Asia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.