Our Past Events:
Take a look back on some of our past events! Although you may have missed out on some of these gatherings, you can always view Upcoming Events page to see how to get involved in the future! Click on individual events below to learn a little bit more about each.
LAST WEEK’S TRAINING WEBINAR:
We understand it’s hard to connect with different schedules. To check out our previous webinars on YouTube.
Welcome to Cle Elum! Come jojn us for this very small super limited retreat event that will be down in the weeds, context specific, with incredible bonding. It will help you think through what you’re doing, where you live, and overcome the hurdles and struggles that you’re facing personally. Bring a friend!
Hosted by Beth and Peter Green.
Join us Apr 22-25 in San Antonio! Hosted by Chris Barrera
Join us for an interactive experience over food, drinks, tables, and a beautiful environment in San Antonio. You will be encouraged, inspired around good conversations about freedom, and a vision for church as friendship.
Share this page and see you there!
Registration is closed.
If you would like to give towards making events like this possible, please consider donating to CREO here. Please use the drop-down account “CREO ACCOUNT”.
PLEASE REGISTER TO LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING HERE
Who’s up for some rest and fun together? Join us Feb 19-22, 2026 in beautiful Clearwater, FL! This will be a hyper-relational time to be with other creative, Kingdom-minded thinkers and dreamers.
We're putting together a super chill beach trip to Florida- super low-key - hang with the group for beach days, sunset drinks, and whatever adventures come up… or just do your own thing and use it as a chance to recharge by the ocean.
No pressure, no rigid itinerary, just good vibes and sandy toes. You know there will be some amazing CREO people to connect with!
Book your room ASAP! Reservation Block rate is under "CREO Collective Retreat".
Reserve at www.clearwaterbeachhi.com or call 800-770-6461.
Rates:
City View Room $237 a night
Gulf View Room $276 a night
(Suites are $60 more per night)
Vacation Layout:
Primarily this is for you to experience real rest! There will be opportunities to gather for breakfast, beach time, or a group dinner, but please know you are not obligated to join us. If you enter your cell number below you will be kept up on group happenings. Simply come and be rested with friends!
Join us Dec 6-7 in Southern California! Hosted by David Trautwein.
Join us for an interactive experience over food, drinks, tables, and a beautiful environment in Southern California. You will be encouraged, inspired around good conversations about freedom, and a vision for church as friendship.
Share this page and see you there!
Register by filling out the google form and our CREO West team will reach out to you.
COST IS FREE, but if you would like to give towards making events like this possible, please consider donating to CREO here. Please use the drop-down account “CREO ACCOUNT”.
Join us Oct 1-4 in Bend, Oregon!
Come join us in beautiful Bend, Oregon for a retreat that's unlike any other. October 1-4th we'll be resting, playing, connecting, praying and dreaming. This is a time for you to be filled, encouraged and meet other folks within the Creo Network who are pioneering fresh expressions and expanding God's Kingdom here in the West.
Share this page and well see you in Bend!
Register by filling out the google form and our CREO West team will reach out to you.
Also, please send your $225 registration to CREO here. Please use the drop-down account “CREO ACCOUNT”. Our fees cover group food. drink, supplies, & speaker honorariums.
Join us April 25-26 in Tea, South Dakota!
“What Gets in the Way of Us Being Good News People?” Let’s address our myopic pneumatology, truncated ecclesiology…our default mode of limiting the gospel to my individual ticket to heaven. How is the Good News really good news for my waitress friend Mia at my favorite taphouse, or my friend Jeremy who owns my small-town grocery store, or my aging dad who spends most of his time in the recliner?
Lets take apart and deduce the simple pieces of the Good News that Jesus came to bring us; what did he really mean when he said, “Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand.” Let’s have conversations about the Good News Jesus gave us.
Register by filling out the google form and our CREO Midwest team will reach out to you.
Also, please send your $100 registration to CREO here. Please use the drop-down account “CREO ACCOUNT”.
This will be used to cover group food and drink, supplies, and an honorarium for our presenters.
Join us Apr 4-5 in Brainerd, Minnesota!
“What Really Gets in the Way of Us Being Good News People?” Lets address our myopic pneumatology, truncated ecclesiology…our default mode of limiting the gospel to my individual ticket to heaven. How is the Good News really good news for my waitress friend Mia at my favorite taphouse, or my friend Jeremy who owns my small town grocery store, or my aging dad who spends most of his time in the recliner?
Lets take apart and deduce the simple pieces of the Good News that Jesus came to bring us; what did he really mean when he said, “Repent, for the kIngdom of God is at hand.” Lets have conversations about the Good News Jesus gave us- How we live under Jesus’ reign here and now (Luke 4:18-19), restoring all things with justice and mercy (Col 1:19-20), calling people to follow a King as citizens of a new reality (Php 2:10-11), recovering the church’s role as a Kingdom outpost (Acts 2 and 4).
Share this page and well see you in Brainerd! Friday 7pm Location TBD!
Our loose schedule is Friday- 7pm Dinner (Brainerd). Saturday- 10am Brunch (Brainerd)
Register by filling out the google form and our CREO North 2 team will reach out to you.
Also, please send your $50 registration fee here, and your spot will be reserved. We will be using the $50 per head for food and drink at our Friday afterparty, as well as Saturday morning session supplies with an honorarium fee for our presenters.
CREO East 3-day
Total cost is $75 per person or $150 for couple and includes food and a bed.
We’ll meet up Friday night and stay until lunch that Sunday.
First 9 couples to confirm get a spot, and first 5 singles to confirm get a spot!
Examples of past discussions at CREO events are:
Missional Incarnation & partnering for good works in your city
APEST shared ministry roles
Listening & contemplative prayer
Discipleship & Mentorship
Regional connections to stay focused on how Jesus is leading you
REGISTER HERE BY FRIDAY JULY 1!
DETAILS:
Join us for our CREO West Immersive Experience, a retreat near beautiful Mt. Hood, Oregon. We would love to spend time connecting, playing, discussing and dreaming with you and several other friends! Registration is $600/person which covers lodging, training, food, and personal take-home resources. Need a scholarship? Please let us know in your registration due July 1st.
OUR HEART:
This CREO West Immersive Experience will encourage us all in the mission of Jesus, through training, local stories & road-mapping next steps together. Through listening, mentorship & continued friendship, we hope to see the Kingdom grow in our area & individual ministry contexts.
Examples of past discussions at CREO events are:
Missional Incarnation & partnering for good works in your city
APEST shared ministry roles
Listening & contemplative prayer
Discipleship & Mentorship
Regional connections to stay focused on how Jesus is leading you
Registration deadline is Thursday February 1st. Register AND book your room at the two separate links below. There is no cost to register and book your room!
Register with our CREO group here
Book Your Group Rate Room Here
Join us in Miami Wed-Sun Mar 20-24 at Best Western on the Bay! Group rate $179/Night, 3 Night Min., 4 Night Max. (Payment only due upon arrival)
Need to get back Saturday night? The group booking link below will display Wed Mar 20- Sun Mar 24 (4 nights). If you want to only stay 3 nights (minimum for the discount) you can use the edit button on the top right of the website. The quiet bay front location on an island between Miami and Miami Beach allows quick access to South Beach, downtown Miami, Miami International Airport, and the port of Miami.
We’re different. We love living out our core value of having fun & partying together! If you are part of our CREO group & want group updates, travel advice, tips and tricks, register here
Instead another typical ‘network conference’, this vacation is simply time to be together, a combination of real rest, deeper connection with Jesus and one another….
Can you smell the salty ocean air? From evening cocktails to daytime adventures, there will be opportunities to spend time as a group, or spend the whole two days on the beach.
Come, Rest and Play with us! Come early, stay late- this will be unhurried time to simply breathe and checkout of normal for a few days. In between your beach naps, wed love to grab a drink and a meal together with some group outings.
If you are part of our CREO group, and want group updates, travel advice, tips and tricks, Register with our CREO group here!
REGISTER HERE BY FRIDAY NOV 24!
DETAILS:
Friday, December 1, 2023 - Welcome Party at Von C. Brewing, Norristown, PA
Saturday, December 2, 2033 - Stories, Fellowship & Roadmapping
Sunday, December 3, 2023 - Worship with Local Micro Churches
OUR HEART:
This CREO East Weekend will encourage us all in the mission of Jesus, through training, local stories & road-mapping next steps together. Through listening, mentorship & continued friendship, we hope to see the Kingdom grow in our area & individual ministry contexts.
We’ll cover topics such as:
Missional Incarnation
APEST
Listening Prayer
Discipleship & Mentorship
Connecting as local believers & leaders to strengthen the Kingdom in the East
Registration is $50/person. Please let us know if you need help with a scholarship. There is also local housing for individuals & small groups available on a first come, first serve basis.
Register here! Registration deadline is Friday June 2nd. This CREO South 2-Day in Knoxville TN will give you fresh ideas for how to be Jesus’ church that satisfies your longing to be on His mission in your community.
We all cerebrally know we need to think ‘Kingdom’ in our cities, neighborhoods, and daily relationships. But we sense we’re in this grey zone of where the Church has come from to where we all need to go in 2023….
Plug and play roadmaps are out the window….
New wineskins need to be sewn together…
Dreams and ideas need to be shared….
Every voice needs a megaphone….
Jesus needs to awaken us to His dreams for our lives….but how does that play out in our cultural context in 2023 and beyond? At times it seems there are more questions than answers.
Reality is we see very few pockets of Kingdom expression engaging our communities.
From scripture, our hearts imagine & describe a subversive gospel movement.
You’re frustrated by constantly pulling people away from screens & into community.
You long for a different reality in your home, work, city- where Jesus is present daily.
2-Day Overview
EARLY BIRD FOOD & DRINKS- FRI JUN 9- The Graduate Knoxville Hotel, 7pm
DAY 1- SAT JUN 10
9:00am-4pm, City Church, 522 Sevier Ave, Knoxville
4pm- Evening/diinner hangouts, TBA
DAY 2- SUN JUN 11
9:00am-11:00am, CommonPlace Coffee, 6000 Chapman Hwy, Knoxville
Registration is $100/person, or $75/person for couples and groups. Scholarships are available if you need financial assistance.
Register today! Register deadline is Fri Jun 2
At this CREO South 2-Day you'll have lots of fun, you’ll find a tribe to pursue creative dreams together, and you’ll return home with a fresh vision and new ideas for living on mission with Jesus for His Kingdom in your city.
Register & 1-Day details here!
Come hang with Brave Cities, CREO East, and other Kingdom minded leaders for this special 1 day event with Hugh Halter, Taylor McCall and Mike Jarrell. We'll be discussing Kingdom ecosystems.
What does it mean to reveal the city of God? How do you build into the city of God in your region? What can collaboration with a diverse group of Jesus people who long to see the Kingdom come in homes, businesses, cafes, breweries, service organizations, non-profits and churches look like?
Registration fee includes coffee, snacks, lunch and plenty of fun. Bring the whole team!
To register, click here by Saturday March 18th!
After you register at the previous link, please click here to send your $39 reg fee with our CREO Easytithe platform. Be sure to select a ‘one-time’ gift and the ‘CREO Account’ dropdown. All proceeds will go to Missio New England for the advancement of Jesus’ Kingdom in the Northeast.
Join Foye Belyea, Brian Bethke, & Mike Jarrell of Missio New England & CREO Collective (www.creocollective.org) alongside other Kingdom-minded practitioners all over the Northeast, for a time to be inspired and ideate around the 6 Elements of Movement DNA, otherwise called ‘mDNA’;
mDNA 1) Our greatest obsession “Jesus is Lord”
mDNA 2) Everybody Plays- APEST Environments
mDNA 3) Risking Together- Liminality & Communitas
mDNA 4) Go to & Go deep- Missional/Incarnational Impulse
mDNA 5) The Imitators- Making Disciples & Discipleship Focus
mDNA 6) Simply Reproducible- Organic Systems
‘Movement DNA Conference’ will give you fresh ideas for how to be Jesus’ church that satisfies your longing to be on His mission in your community.
In your heart you know that people who are filled with the Spirit and covered by grace should be the most risk-taking, dangerous, engaging, and creative people on the planet! But that’s far from what your reality is. Perhaps you feel like a misfit – like you don’t belong and you are longing for something more. Being on mission should reflect the mission of Jesus. At Movement DNA Conference you will experience…
Rest
Encouragement
Equipping
Comradery
Collaboration
‘Movement DNA Conference’ Overview
Schedule details TBA!
Still unsure? The Movement DNA Conference will give you fresh ideas for how to be “The Church” that embodies the “Mission Dei” or mission-hearted nature of God, where you live, work, and play.
Hundreds, maybe thousands of people where you live need an alternative way to live on the mission of Jesus in their own giftedness and callings. The missional work in New England requires contextualization, generous collaboration, high permission, high accountability, and low control.
If you seek to live out the unity and sent-ness of Christ’s church as “One holy catholic and apostolic church”, or if you have a dream for a new expression of Jesus’ Kingdom, you will find this gathering to be a breath of fresh air.
The gospel practitioners that make up this gathering know what it’s like to step out of the boat in faith. Whether you are an everyday missionary, bi-vocational, co-vocational or vocational leader, we’ll help you figure out what you can do by sharing what we’ve learned, including the mistakes we’ve made along the way.
We invite you to come to Middleton, MA to discover creative ways to spur on these mDNA elements with the people, and in the spaces, around you. You’ll meet other Kingdom risk-takers to know you're not crazy or alone!
To Register click here by Saturday March 18th!
After you register at the previous link, please click here to send your $39 reg fee with our CREO Easytithe platform. Be sure to select a ‘one-time’ gift and the ‘CREO Account’ dropdown. All proceeds will go to Missio New England for the advancement of Jesus’ Kingdom in the Northeast.
AFTER BOOKING WITH THE RESORT, PLEASE REGISTER HERE
We’re different. We love living out our core value of having fun & partying together!
Instead another typical ‘network conference’, this vacation is simply time to be together, a combination of real rest, deeper connection with Jesus and one another….
Can you smell the salty ocean air? From evening cocktails to daytime adventures, there will be opportunities to spend time as a group, or spend the whole two days on the beach.
Come, Rest and Play with us! Come early, stay late- this will be unhurried time to simply breathe and checkout of normal for a few days. In between your beach naps, wed love to grab a drink and a meal together with some group outings.
$189 for street view, $219 for gulf view rooms- Call 800-237-8477 to reserve.
Visit www.shephards.com for more
AFTER BOOKING WITH THE RESPORT, PLEASE REGISTER HERE
Register & One-Day details here!
Stay connected with Jesus misfits across the north, and join our relational space for a day of innovation, inspiration, and fun! You will leave with a more clear and defined missional impulse that you feel Jesus is steering in your community, along with tools to get over obstacles, avoiding over-structuring, & embracing a more organic posture of incarnational living like Jesus. Come and enjoy intentional, contemplative prayer time & the fruit of many years of practice that our co-hosts Ben Pontius and Steve Erickson share. Register & One-Day details here!
Fill out this form if you would like to be included in our Cadre information meeting Jan 12!
You can access the Cadre information meeting with this Zoom link, 8p CT/9pm ET Thu Jan 12.
Our Spring 23 Focus is "Essentials of Making Disciples of Jesus". The overall goal of this trimester is to build a contemporary 'didache'- a guide that you and others can live by, to help others become new followers of Jesus, founded upon the way of life and teaching of Jesus' first followers (historic apostolic teaching). You will navigate through the history of the early church, its defining moments, and it's cultural relevancy to our present day.
We desire to help one another grow in our hearts (orthopathy), heads (orthodoxy), and hands (orthopraxy) for Jesus and His Kingdom. This is an invitation to an arduous journey of personal development- each Cadre is a 12 week journey- so that you can grow as a Jesus-follower that is being forged and formed by our Father in your life, family, and ministry.
For our hearts, we journey through a contemplative prayer practice called "The Examen" by St Ignatius, using a resource called "The Ignatian Adventure" Each of our gatherings we reflect, contemplate & pray together.
For our heads, we journey through the Antioch School's Masters of Ministry courses for the option of earning a Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate accredited degree (optional). You can learn more about Antioch School here.
For our hands, we journey through a simple practice of apprenticeship, and soul formation with a local mentor that you trust. This mentor walks alongside you in the ways of Jesus and uses personal assessments like this.
REGISTRATION- $150/individual ($50/month). $225/couple ($75/month). Scholarship available if you need financial assistance (see form below). Research bears out that if students have some "skin in the game" their learning outcomes are much more likely to be realized.
Fill out this form by Thu Jan 5, and please send your registration in our secure online giving portal here-- (send as a one time donation to our 'CREO ACCOUNT' including in the optional note "CREO Cadre Spring 23")
https://app.easytithe.com/app/giving/creo9919281
Cadre Meeting Space- Zoom, 1st and 3rd Thursday Evenings, Jan 19-Apr 30, 8pm-930pm CT.
Schedule Overview
Thu Jan 12- Info Mtg & Preview
Thu Jan 19- Unit 1 "The Apostolic Teaching: From Jesus to His First Followers"
Thu Feb 2- Unit 2 "The Apostolic Faith in the Early Church: AD 100-400"
Thu Feb 16- Unit 3 "Preserving the Apostolic Faith Through the Centuries: AD 400-800"
Thu Mar 2- Unit 4 "Living the Apostolic Faith in Contemporary Life & Culture"
Thu Mar 16- Unit 5 "Building an Apostolic Framework for the Church in Culture"
Thu Apr 6- Final Projects & Presentations ( 3 Presenters: Mentors Invited)
Thu Apr 20- Final Projects & Presentations (3 Presenters: Mentors Invited)
Payment to CREO- Please follow this link to CREO's Easy Tithe payment system and send your gift to our "CREO Account" in the dropdown menu-
Register here! The CREO North 2-Day will give you fresh ideas for how to be Jesus’ church that satisfies your longing to be on His mission in your community.
In your heart you know that people who are filled with the Spirit and covered by grace should be the most risk-taking, dangerous, engaging, and creative people on the planet!
But that's far from what your reality is in your city.
Your Christian experience feels so different from what you read about in the Bible.
Perhaps you feel like a misfit—like you don’t belong.
Your heart is longing for something different.
2-Day Overview
EARLY BIRD SESSION- THU SEP 22
6:00-8:00pm, “Healthy Family Gospel Rhythms”
Rolling Forks Vineyard, 21505 Selnes Rd, Glenwood, MN 56334 (25 minutes south of Alexandria)
8:30pm, House party at the Pankratz'! 11421 Cable Drive Osakis MN 56360
DAY 1- FRI SEP 23
9:30am, Introductions & 2-Day Kickoff. Common Ground Coffee House, 516 Hawthorne St, Alexandria
10:00am, Sharing Hearts in Music & Art
10:30am, “Centering in Jesus- The Only Obsession”
12:00pm, Lunch Catered In
1:00pm, “Everybody Plays"
3:00pm, “Giving Permission & Equipping Everyone”
4:00pm, “Sharing our Stories, Ministry & Prayer Time”
5:00pm, Dinner @ Copper Trail Brewery & Fun in the Lakes Area!
DAY 3- SAT SEP 24
9:00am, “Rhythms of Disciple-Making”, Common Ground Coffee House
10:00am, “Risk & Adventure”
11:00am, Lunch Adventure @ The Lure
1:30pm, “Organic Systems”
2:30pm, “Sharing our Stories- Panel Time”
3:30pm, “Wrap up & CREO Coaching Overview”
4:30pm, Dinner Party Celebration for those that can stay
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The CREO North 2-Day will give you fresh ideas for how to be Jesus’ church that embodies the “Mission Dei” or mission-hearted nature of God, where you live, work, and play. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people where you live need an alternative way to live on mission with Jesus than what their community currently offers. The gospel practitioners that make up CREO Collective, and our 2-Day Team, know what it’s like to step out of the boat in faith. We’ll help you figure out what you can do by sharing what we’ve learned, including the mistakes we’ve made along the way.
We invite you to come to Alexandria, MN for the CREO North 2-Day, to discover creative ways of living on mission with Jesus. You’ll meet other Kingdom risk-takers to know you're not crazy or alone!
If you come to the CREO North 2-Day you'll have lots of fun, you’ll find a tribe to pursue creative dreams together, and you’ll return home with a fresh vision and new ideas for living on mission with Jesus as His church.
Join us Mar 18-19 in Penndel, Pennsylvania!
The crucial need of Jesus’ servants at this disruptive moment in history is to think creatively about His mission in their context. Lets hash out together things like Adventure & Risk, Hearing from the Holy Spirit, Business, Mission, & Rest, How to Get Started in Your City, Everybody Playing, What really is a Church? When registering, let us know if youre coming early to the St Pattys party! (details below)
Register by filling out the google form and our CREO East 2-Day team will reach out to you.
Also, please send your $100 registration fee here, and your spot will be reserved. Thanks! https://www.creocollective.org/give
Let’s take some time as a network to refresh, relax, share stories, encourage and support each other.
The link below will allow you to make your reservation. Once reserved please let Jackie (Mikes wife) know your confirmation number so she can plan meet ups on the ship. Text her at 717.497.2344
REGISTER HERE!