This true education retreat, themed Turning Hearts, is an event focused on the work of true education and the restoration of the family. Teachers, parents, youth, and children will find a blessing from the practical and inspiring presentations, encouragement through visiting with like-minded believers, and refreshment throughout a time to “come apart and rest a while.”

Malachi 4:5-6 reminds us of an important work to be done before the second coming of Jesus – turning hearts. Whose hearts? The hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers. It is a work of restoration – restoration of the family.

The book Education tells us that the work of true education is a work of restoration. It is a work of restoring God’s ideal in mankind. We read that “Never will education accomplish all that it might and should accomplish until parents fully recognize the importance of their work and receive a training for its sacred responsibilities.” – Education, 276

Is that final message of Malachi connected with the work of true education? Indeed it is, for true education is incomplete if it does not begin with the restoration of the family. And this work of restoration is a work all of God’s people are called to be a part of as we embrace true education to prepare a people for the second coming of Jesus.