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

September 5-7, 2025

Plan to arrive Friday, September 5th for registration between 3:00-4:00pm. Plan to stay until our hard stop at noon on Sunday, September 7th.

Where

St. Francis Springs Retreat Center is located in Stoneville, NC. The address is: 477 Grogan Rd, Stoneville, NC 27048

Cost

We offer both a single and double occupancy rate: $900/pp for single occupancy and $600/pp for double occupancy. Early Registration Discount of $100 off thru June 30, 2025. Use code SAVE100. Each person attending must fill out a registration form even if you are attending together.

Your registration fee includes everything you need while on retreat:

A private room if you so desire
Meals and daily refreshments
Eden Curriculum
Teaching sessions
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
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.

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:

Relationally safe environments conducive for souls (which are very shy) to open up to 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

I was impacted by the depth of God's love for me. I have known that in my head, and experienced his kindness, but something about the combination of experiencing God come to me in specific ways in this relational, intentional space opened a deeper level of experiential knowing in me.

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The Journey Home Retreat: St. Francis Springs Prayer Center