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…keeping you informed…
June 2024 Video Update
Kent and Cynthia Slyter share about their experiences of hosting at SonScape Retreats . . .
April 2024 Video Update
Philip and Scarlett attended one of our retreats recently. Listen to why SonScape holds . . .
February 2024 Video Update
Take a moment to listen to an update from Rob and Shini Abraham, our international . . .
January 2024 Video Update
It’s our 40th anniversary year! Thank you for your prayers and support over these past 40 years.
December 2023 Video Update
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Armstrongs and all of us at SonScape!
October 2023 Video Update
Pull up a chair and listen to this donor’s perspective on giving to SonScape.
Updates
…our newsletters…
Spring Update 2020
God’s Call, Our Answer
Reading through God’s Word, it doesn’t take long to realize that it is filled with God’s call to join Him in His mission. His call goes out to all kinds of men and women. The question is how will we respond? Will we be receptive and listen like . . .
Fall Update 2019
A New President and a New Era
It is with incredible excitement and a deep sense of God’s leading that the Board of Directors is pleased to introduce Giles Armstrong as the new President of SonScape Retreats. Together, Giles and his wife, Angel . . .
Spring Update 2019
SonScape Colombia
It was an amazing trip! On October 23rd of last year, Barbara and I boarded a plane for Colombia. We were going to observe a retreat led by Rob and Shini Abraham, our international retreat leaders, followed by spending a few days . . .
Fall Update 2018
A Journey Only God Could Have Designed
The journey began a decade ago. Several staff and board members purchased a piece of property in the Sanctuary at Whitestone in Tennessee for a future retreat center. We had the land but no funds to build.
Spring Update 2018
Canvas of the Heart
by Rob Lauer | While visiting family and friends in Illinois recently, I visited the world renowned Art Institute of Chicago. They have the most amazing collection of paintings, sculpture, and medieval armor I’ve ever seen.
Fall Update 2017
My Call to SonScape Retreats . . .
by Rob Lauer | A glimpse into my story reveals the motivation and my passion for SonScape Retreats. Twenty years ago I made a phone call that changed the trajectory of my life. At the time I was serving as a youth pastor . . .
Reflections
…devotional thoughts from our retreat leaders…
The Importance of Weeding
Birthdays seem to come faster and more frequently as the year go by. After a couple fun parties, surrounded by friends, family . . .
Fatigue
The last three weeks I have had a nasty virus that literally sapped the energy out of me. Right in the middle of it . . .
Look at the Birds of the Air | Matt. 6:26
Hummingbirds are amazing creatures. Here in the mountains we enjoy them by the hundreds from May to August . . .
Personality Type or Typo?
Sometimes other people are better at expressing what is in your heart than you are. Marie Baldwin is a three-time alumni of SonScape Retreats . . .
Taking Responsibility
I am not always intentional, probably not even mostly so, but I do aspire to it. A commitment to intentionality has always been important for . . .
Seldom do we play and rare is our wonder…
Every child knows what summer means – bike riding, swimming, games of tag, frogs to catch . . .
Transformed Lives
…testimonies from our alumni…
Beyond our Expectations
The week is designed in every way to free the pastor and spouse to focus on self and couple and God. It took me a few days to truly let go and be free but what a great experience . . .
He truly met us in this place!
The opportunity to get away with my wife to spend time with God was phenomenal. We were able to stop, be still, and come to Christ with our burdens. He truly met us in this place!
a Holy Ground experience
SonScape to me became like a holy ground where you take your sandals off to listen to God as he speaks to you about a next phase and call in your ministry…
Grateful for SonScape
My husband and I were exhausted this spring . . . overworked, two family deaths, years of compounded hurts and wounds. We decided we really needed to get away . . .
Beautiful and Rare Balance
I marvel that as pastors we can proclaim to and believe about others an identity in Christ we ourselves have unknowingly let Satan blind us to . . . we love others but hate ourself . . .
An incredible, encouraging, and fulfilling week . . .
I came with my wife really not knowing or having a clue what to expect, as a couple or individually. I realize this was good, because it was more . . .
Other Interesting Info
…articles, videos, etc. from like-minded folks…
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