A CEO Spiritual Retreat for CAFO Members

Soul & Strategy
Retreat 2025

Vibrant ministry springs from a vibrant soul.

Vibrant ministry springs from a vibrant soul ... and excellent strategy is forged with wise friends. Invest in both at the CAFO leadership Soul & Strategy retreat!

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Retreat Speakers

We invite you to join fellow CAFO Member CEO's and their spouses along with Dr. Curt Thompson and world-renowned artist Mako & Haejin Fujimura for this 2-night retreat.

Dr. Curt Thompson

Psychiatrist Curt Thompson, MD brings together a dialect of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) and a Christian anthropology to educate and encourage others as they seek to fulfill their intrinsic desire to feel known, valued and connected.

Curt understands that deep, authentic relationships are essential to experiencing a healthier, more purposeful life — but the only way to realize this is to begin telling our stories more truly.

His unique insights about how the brain affects and processes relationships help people discover a fresh perspective and practical applications to foster healthy and vibrant lives, allowing them to get unstuck and move toward the next beautiful thing they’re being called to make.

Through his workshops, speaking engagements, books, organizational consulting, private clinical practice and other platforms, Thompson helps people process their longings, grief, identity, purpose, perspective of God and perspective of humanity, inviting them to engage more authentically with their own stories and their relationships. Only then can they can feel truly known and connected and live into the meaningful reality they desire to create.

Mako Fujimura

Makoto Fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose work has been featured in galleries and museums around the world, including The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, The Huntington Library in California, the Tikotin Museum in Israel,

Belvedere Museum in Vienna, C3M North Bund Art Museum in Shanghai, and Pola Museum in Japan. His process-driven, refractive “slow art” has been described by David Brooks of the New York Times as “a small rebellion against the quickening of time.”

Fujimura is the author of 4 books, Art+Faith: A Theology of Making, Silence and Beauty, Refractions, and Culture Care. In addition to receiving the 2023 Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life, Fujimura has also received the American Academy of Religion’s 2014 “Religion and the Arts” award. From 2003 to 2009, Fujimura served as a Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts. He has received notable recognition as a speaker, with one address selected by NPR as among the 200 “Best Commencement Addresses Ever” and by CNN as one of the top 16 “Greatest Commencement Speeches of All Time” and is a recipient of four Doctor of Arts Honorary Degrees from Belhaven University, Biola University, Cairn University, and Roanoke College.

Haejin Fujimura

Haejin Shim Fujimura is a lawyer and an entrepreneur. Fujimura is the Managing Partner of the law firm, Shim & Associates, which was founded on the vision of culture care and advocacy for the oppressed.

She has extensive experience litigating various civil lawsuits and representing companies ranging from startups to publicly traded companies.

Fujimura is also a co-founder and the CEO of Embers International, a global NGO protecting, restoring, and empowering the victims of injustice to end intergenerational exploitation and prevent human trafficking for vulnerable groups, including the children born into brothels. She has been involved in various anti-trafficking efforts for over 20 years, including her work at International Justice Mission.

Fujimura is also a co-founder and the President of Academy Kintsugi and the founder and curator of Estuary art gallery.

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