I spent most of my adult life as the wife of a military man, so we have lived all over the world. The hardest part of living that life is leaving great friends at each duty station. In 2004, The Lord laid it on my heart to invite friends from all over the globe to come together and talk about what He was doing in their lives. He gave me a theme: Friendship and different topics on the do’s and don’t’s in a friendship. The first of many retreats was birthed through our first, titled “Gossip, Grace and God in your Friendships”! Thus the beginning of a Bi-annual retreat that became annual retreats in 2012.
From those intimate beginnings over 20 years ago, we have steadily grown our retreat with friends, and friends of friends, but what we have not lost and refuse to lose is the intimacy. We have managed to grow in numbers while maintaining a safe place for women to connect with God through worship and the authentic testimonies of other women…women just like you and me.
To say that the “us” in the about us section is just 2 people would be a vital mistake.
It truly takes a village to make these retreats go off without a hitch!
A sincere THANK YOU to all who help to make these happen!
I’ve always been supportive helping my wife prepare for and execute her retreats from behind the scenes, but I felt the Lord tug on my heart to do something for men starting back in 2017.
As the men’s retreats progressed, I knew I didn’t have the chops for teaching, but still wanted to serve men and give them an opportunity to get away and hear from the Lord. We have since brought on board Pastor Doug Levy, Lead Pastor at Central Church Radford, to bring fresh insight and teachings to our Men’s retreats. If you come to a retreat, you’ll be glad we did. As for my desire to enable this ministry, my drive is to serve men comes from the following life verses:
1 Timothy 1:12-17
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Vince
