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The Come Away Conference
A bare mountain peak under heavy cloud, an hour after sunset.

A call to come away from life’s bustle and find healing, renewal and rejuvenation in God’s presence.

This Year’s Theme: For a Time Like This

September 18–20, 2026  ·  Alexandria, Virginia

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Dates
Friday, September 18 — doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 19 — doors open at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, September 20 — doors open at 10:30 a.m.
Venue
Sandburg Middle School, 8428 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria, VA 22308.
Host
The Come Away Conference is presented by NewSong Assembly. newsongva.org

Line-up

The ministering line-up.

Portrait of Fikayo Olu-Ayeni.

Fikayo Olu-Ayeni

Author  ·  Conference speaker  ·  Pastor, NewSong Assembly, Alexandria, VA

Fikayo Olu-Ayeni is an author, conference speaker and pastor at NewSong Assembly, in Alexandria, VA, alongside his wife, Kofo.

He is known for his simplistic, practical and relatable approach to teaching the Word of God and pastoral counseling. His life’s mission is to know God, be known by Him, be known for Him and to make Him known.

He enjoys quiet long walks (preferably scenic), travel and spending time with his wife and extroverted daughters.

Portrait of Deji Olu-Ayeni.

Deji Olu-Ayeni

Pastor, Lighthouse Church, Ottawa

Deji Olu-Ayeni serves as pastor of Lighthouse Church in Ottawa alongside his wife, Bukky. He is called to raise a generation of priests unto God and kings who reflect God’s dominion and influence in every sphere of society for His glory.

Deji considers it a profound privilege to shepherd God’s people. He is passionate about seeing lives transformed through the power of God’s Word, teaching biblical truths with clarity, simplicity, and practical relevance while inspiring hope and purpose in people from all walks of life. He relies wholeheartedly on the Holy Spirit to bring lasting life change to everyone they have the opportunity to serve.

Beyond ministry, Deji and Bukky are devoted parents to their two children and balance the demands of family life with thriving professional careers. In their leisure time, they enjoy traveling, watching movies, and following sports, creating meaningful memories together with family and friends.

John Wallace with his wife, Gayla Wallace.

John Wallace

Church planter  ·  Teacher  ·  Spiritual father

John Wallace has given more than five decades to ministry as a church planter, preacher, teacher and spiritual father. He serves on the boards of several large international ministries, and his life’s work has been the development of people — built on personal relationship rather than platform ministry alone.

Present during the Toronto Blessing, he has spent years learning to walk in the power and presence of God through firsthand experience of healing, renewal and miraculous works.

Today his focus is spiritual fathering — raising leaders who mature in faith and then turn to mentor others — out of a settled conviction that leadership is not about influence, but inheritance.

Drafted from spiritualfathering.global — confirm with John before publishing

Portrait of Dammy Olu-Ayeni.

Dammy Olu-Ayeni

Lead Steward, Prevailing & Borderless Church

Dammy Olu-Ayeni is a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ. He serves as the Lead Steward of the Prevailing & Borderless Church which, in just 4 years, has grown into an active global community of over 26,000 subscribers and followers online. He is also the Lead Steward of the Hang Out With JESUS Global Revival Movement. He is deeply passionate about soul winning and has a special evangelistic call of God upon his life.

In the corporate world, Dammy is an accomplished Wall Street investment banking executive with a proven track record of advising top Fortune 500 CEOs & Boards. Dammy is currently Managing Director at Santander Bank USA. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Bank of America in New York. And before that, he was Senior Vice President for Bank of America with coverage responsibility for 4 nations in the Middle East & Gulf region. He has on-the-ground banking experience in New York, Dubai, Charlotte, Johannesburg and Lagos, Nigeria.

Dammy resides in the New York tristate area. He is happily married to his wife Ope and they are blessed with two children.

Schedule

The shape of the weekend.

Six sessions across three days. A more detailed schedule, with assigned ministers, will be published here on the weekend of the conference.

Friday, September 18

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

  • 6:30 p.m. Doors open
  • 7:00 p.m. Session 1

Saturday, September 19

11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • 10:30 a.m. Doors open
  • 11:00 a.m. Session 2
  • 12:30 p.m. Session 3
  • 1:45 p.m. Snack break
  • 2:00 p.m. Session 4
  • 3:15 p.m. Session 5

Sunday, September 20

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

  • 10:30 a.m. Doors open
  • 11:00 a.m. Session 6
Fog moving through evergreen ridges at first light.

“Come away by yourselves to a desolate place, and rest a while.” — Mark 6:31

Sermons

Each day’s teaching, kept for you.

The sermons will be uploaded here at the end of the night on each day of the conference — so nothing you hear that weekend is lost, and nothing you miss stays missed.

No sermons yet — the first recordings arrive on the opening night of the conference.

Register

Registration is free, but seats are limited.

Life can be full. The Come Away Conference is an opportunity to deliberately slow down from our busy lives and turn our focus to Jesus, relearn to be still, hear dynamic teachings of God’s Word, engage in beautiful worship, renew strength and experience the healing and restoration that comes from God’s presence alone.

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