It’s a bit complicated but a friend is asking us if we want to buy his land. Wow. There are several considerations to do with this. The biggest one in my head right now is that the railway line runs along side the plot. Not sure if that works with “retreat”. However God is bigger [...]
I walked back from school today, past the land and found myself worshiping God and praying that that would be the experience of anyone who walks past.
Matthew 9v13 “I desire mercy not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Started to pray, Lord who is this retreat for?
I have always thought [...]
A place of retreat for young people.
Currently the world around is fast moving and concentrates on getting. There are very few spaces left to be still in a persons life and this is especially true of young people.
We plan to build a place of retreat that focuses on bringing space, stillness to a young person’s [...]
We have found a field that would suit us perfectly in setting up the retreat centre. It is a 6 acre field has a flattish top part (with wonderful views into Lostwithiel) and then sloping to a wooded area and stream at the bottom. It borders some housing and might or might not yield planning [...]
So we want to build a place of retreat. What does that mean and how will it happen?
What does it mean?
We do hope at some point to build a place for folks to come and stay and rest. Right now we believe building a garden for people to come and just find rest is most [...]