The Journey Home Retreat

St. Francis Springs Prayer Center

The Journey Home Retreat is a two-night retreat designed to deepen your connection with God, yourself, and others.

Prioritize a few days away and we’ll help you experience more of what you were designed for in Eden.

When

April 22-24, 2025

 

For all of our retreats, plan to arrive on the first day for registration and a welcome reception by 3:00pm. The first session will begin promptly at 4:00pm.  Plan to stay until our hard stop at 12:30pm on the final day of our retreat. 

 

Your retreat journey will begin one month before the start of the retreat through our curated pre-work. We encourage you to set aside a hour a week to engage deeply with God through your pre-work. 

Where

St. Francis Springs Prayer Center is located in beautiful Stoneville, NC. 
The address is: 477 Grogan Rd., Stoneville, NC

The closest, major airport is Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, NC. 

Investment

The Journey Home is a generous investment into your relationship with God.

 

  • $900 per person for Single Occupancy
  • $600 per person for Double Occupancy

 Each person must complete a registration form, even if you are attending with someone else. If you are willing to share a room but don’t have a roommate, we can pair you with someone else at the Double Occupancy rate.

Your investment into the Journey Home Retreat includes:

  • Lodging
  • Meals and daily refreshments 
  • Curated pre-work 
  • Retreat Guide grounded in scripture
  • Guided practice

We’re all trying to get back to a home we’ve never been. The Journey Home Retreat will start you on a journey back to the relational habitat you were made for.

Your Retreat Facilitators:

Chuck Gschwend

Chuck Gschwend
Director of Spiritual Formation

A trial attorney, pastor, and trained spiritual director, Chuck is a seasoned retreat leader and is passionate about helping God’s people feel more at home in the love of God. Chuck is now an empty-nester living in Weatherford, Texas with his wife Lindy. They have three adult children.

 

Chuck has earned his JD, University of Arkansas School of Law; MABS Dallas Theological Seminary; Certificate in Spiritual Direction, LTI’s Selah program, affiliated with Gordon-Conwell Seminary.

Kari Breckenridge
Eden Retreat Facilitator

Kari has served in pastoral ministry for over 20 years, and is passionate about the soul care and spiritual formation of leaders. She lives in Conway, AR with her husband, Adam, and their three daughters: Lucy, Susanna and Georgie.

 

Kari is a Coach with the Partnership of Associated Churches, a Certified Enneagram Coach through Your Enneagram Coach, and Co-Founder and Coach at Breckenridge Coaching.

David Gentiles
Eden Retreat Facilitator & Worship Leader

A seasoned worship leader, accomplished songwriter, pastor, and Eden Project facilitator, David has been captured by the love of God through his own Eden Journey and longs to help guide others in experiencing a deep delight and rest in the Father through writing songs, facilitating moments of worship, and facilitating Eden Project Experiences. 

 

David and his wife Emily have been married 17 years and they live in Melissa, TX with their two adoptive children, Royal, and Bethel.

The Journey Home Retreat is a safe place to lay aside your responsibilities at home and work to simply be souls before God. The reality for all of us is that even when we are in a healthy season, we long for more, relationally.

During The Journey Home Retreat you’ll experience:

  • Safe retreat environment conducive for souls (which are very shy) to open up to more of God’s love
  • A reformation of your own emotional image of God
  • Resources that will deepen all your relationships
  • Guided practices to help you live more at home in the love of God
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