Rest and Renewal

The first Rest and Renewal retreat took place in 1996 with 35 women gathering at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA for an afternoon of worship, teaching and fellowship. In the years following the retreat has expanded to a full weekend format. We have visited various awesome locations in Southern California--Catalina Island, Forest Home Ojai, Forest Home Forest Falls, Arrowbear, Salvation Army Camp Malibu.... Though our locations have changed through the years, the constant has been the purpose of the weekend.

We were excited to add a second retreat in Oregon spring of 2019. It was WONDERFUL!!! RR NW will be continuing on in 2020, Lord willing, with a shift to a new date in late July. The Lord has been connecting us with women in the beautiful northwest and we are excited to grow in the depth of our relationships with the Lord and each other. In addition to these, we are excited to begin an east coast retreat at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland. May 2021 will be our first east coast adventure! The home we have been offered is right on the lake. It will be a small, intimate opportunity to rest and renew in this beautiful place.

We are a group of women who enjoy active lifestyles and want to grow spiritually. These weekends are designed to be a time of fun, but also a time of rest and an opportunity for spiritual renewal. This is life-on-life community. We study the Bible together and sing. We hike and play volleyball or basketball or paddle board. We play and laugh, and we enjoy time set aside for solitude and quiet. It's a mixture that is hard to explain...it really needs to be experienced!