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April 2025 Video Update
JoJo and Madison attended a SonScape retreat recently. Listen to how it impacted their lives…
February 2025 Video Update
Here’s a quick update from Rob and Shini Abraham on our international retreats…
January 2025 Video Update
It’s easy to roll from one year right into the next, but we want to pause and say THANK YOU . . .
December 2024 Video Update
Merry Christmas from Giles and Angel and all of us at SonScape Retreats!
October 2024 Video Update
Meet Rick Cleaver. He is one of our board members and now a recent alumnus . . .
August 2024 Video Update
Please pray for Giles and Angel Armstrong as they take a sabbatical this fall.
Updates
…our newsletters…
Spring Update 2023
Time at the Feet of Jesus
One of the best parts of a SonScape retreat for our guests is time to be with Jesus. Unfortunately, many in ministry get so busy doing things for Jesus that they have little time to be with Jesus. But this is not a new phenomenon . . .
Fall Update 2022
On the Seventh Day He Rested . . .
This has been a year of blessing. Not only have we seen so many full retreats and many stories of transformation, but we are seeing new opportunities for ministry. Starting in 2023, we will be offering SonScape retreats in Spanish . . .
Spring Update 2022
God is at work!
As we look to this new year, many of us hoped that Covid would be behind us and we could all return to normal. But what do we really mean by normal? I think we mean the way things used to be, but if there is one thing I have learned . . .
Fall Update 2021
Sabbath
God has richly blessed in 2021 despite the difficult challenges of Covid. We are thankful for for new ministry partners along with being able to resume full retreats starting in May. We are seeing a greater need . . .
Spring Update 2021
The Ministry of Refreshment
Proverbs 11:25 says, “The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.” Despite all the challenges of 2020, we were able to minister to hundreds of lives, marriages, and ministries . . .
Fall Update 2020
Caring for Those in Ministry
In Ephesians 4:11 we read these words . . . “Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.” God calls pastors and missionaries gifts to the church, but . . .
Reflections
…devotional thoughts from our retreat leaders…
Time to Remember
This past week as we have been doing some organization around the house, I took on the project of going through old pictures . . .
Peaceful
Years ago when good friends asked my husband and me to join them on their 32-foot mini-yacht, I was ready for the adventure. I anticipated a . . .
Pandemic Perspective
This morning I got up a little earlier than normal because I needed more time with Jesus. As I filled my lungs with the cold crisp mountain air . . .
How is your foundation?
As a former construction engineer who often designed foundations for buildings, Matthew 7:24 has always been one of my favorite verses . . .
Revelations, Not Resolutions
I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions because they are usually our decisions about what needs to change in our lives. The problem is they are . . .
Rest: an Essential Part of Success
Could we have bought into a lie? “When we treat workaholics as heroes we express a belief that labor rather than contemplation . . .
Transformed Lives
…testimonies from our alumni…
Space and Freedom
Our time at SonScape gave us the space and freedom to talk about the difficult realities of ministry that don’t usually get talked about. It gave us language for the tensions . . .
The importance of solitude . . .
SonScape Retreats was a life-altering experience in so many ways! Not only did it challenge my faith, but it offered rest for my weary soul. When I think of the impact seven days can have . . .
This Week Helped So Much!
This week helped me to just step back and take a new look at my life, circumstances, relationships, and walk with Jesus. I’ve faced some fears and grief in ways that have freed me!
An Incredibly Unique Experience
This was an incredibly unique, transformational, and life-changing experience. It was healing and revealing, profoundly powerful, and deeply impactful. I learned how to . . .
Not Just More Information
I appreciate the focus of the retreat on personal spiritual renewal and not just gaining more information. I come away refreshed to meet my role as a pastor’s wife, renewed . . .
Change that is Hard to Describe
SonScape, the place and the people, provided a loving, safe, and gracious space to be and to discover who I am in Christ. The intentional rhythms of teaching, reflection, prayer, play . . .
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