Retreat Volunteers

Approximately 4,000 global workers leave the field each year for potentially preventable reasons.

Women ministering overseas are often depleted from living and serving cross-culturally, coupled with family and ministry demands. They need care, connection, and community.

Thrive, along with the help of volunteers like you, meets these needs by providing spiritual, emotional, and physical care at quarterly retreats. This holistic approach results in renewal and refreshment to help global workers continue to thrive on the field.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace...
–1 Peter 4:10

Come serve with us!

Our volunteers come from a variety of denominational backgrounds across the U.S. and Canada. This short-term trip is unique, because it gives Christian women the opportunity to minister to the hearts of cross-cultural workers serving with multiple sending agencies.

Upcoming Retreats

Melbourne

Australia

Feb 05 - Feb 16, 2025

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Cape Town

South Africa

Jul 10 - Jul 20, 2025

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A typical retreat involves 25–30 volunteers onsite. No special skills are required to volunteer at Thrive retreats. While there are some roles that require particular skills and training (worship leaders, hair stylists, massage therapists, counselors, etc.), we primarily need women with servants’ hearts who are willing to serve in any way possible to extend love and grace to the attendees!

Volunteer Roles:

Counselors

Prayer Partners

Worship Leaders

Speakers

Small Group Facilitators

Photographers

Massage Therapists

Hair Stylists

Makeup Consultants

Pedicurists (trained onsite)

Medical Professionals

Personal Trainers

Thrive’s ministry is so vital to women on the field. It serves as that glass of fresh water to someone who is serving in the trenches. To come beside them and build them up, I think, prolongs their longevity on the field and gives them the encouragement they need at the time.

LYNN | Retreat Volunteer

I have felt the lavish love of God through the sincerity and thought in your care. Thank you.

CORRIE | Retreat Attendee

Before my first Thrive retreat, I was very insecure about serving. I felt very inadequate for the task because I had never gone on a mission trip. Then when I came and met the other volunteers a piece of me grew more comfortable—feeling like, ‘these women are just like me’—but still a piece of me was scared. As the retreat went on, I became more and more comfortable, realizing it was more about the work of the Holy Spirit than it was about my ability to do anything at all.

KAREN | Retreat Volunteer

I volunteer for Thrive because I want to pay it forward. I was an attendee years ago, and that experience really touched my heart and made a radical difference in my life at that time. If you are even thinking about signing up to volunteer with Thrive, that means that God must have nudged you already. So please come, we need you! Don’t ever think there’s nothing you can do.

BELINDA | Retreat Volunteer

Read more testimonials from women who’ve been impacted by Thrive’s ministry, click here.

Support an Attendee or Volunteer

Help a woman ministering overseas attend a Thrive retreat through an attendee sponsorship, or help fund a volunteer's trip to serve global workers.

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Find Additional Resources

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