SINCE MARCH, 2009...
OUR MISSION
THE SHEPHERD'S CANYON RETREAT
MINISTRY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING
SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALING
TO CLERGY, OTHER CHURCH WORKERS
AND THEIR SPOUSES WHO ARE IN THE
MIDST OF VARIOUS STAGES OF BURNOUT,
DEPRESSION, COMPASSION FATIGUE, AND
CONFLICTS OF ALL TYPES, OFFERING THE
HOPE AND RENEWAL FOUND THROUGH
THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
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WHEN I ARRIVED AT SHEPHERD'S CANYON RETREAT (SCR), I DIDN'T KNOW
IF I WOULD EVER STEP BEHIND A PULPIT AGAIN. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
IF MY MARRIAGE WOULD BE RESTORED. I WAS IN A VERY DARK PLACE,
SUFFERING FROM BURNOUT AND DEPRESSION. I HAD FALLEN DEEP INTO
A TRAP OF LIES THAT I WAS A FAILURE, THAT MY PAST GUILT AND SHAME
DEFINED WHO I WAS AND HOW EVERYONE SAW ME. MY PERSONALITY
HAD BECOME ONE OF CRITICISM, CONTEMPT AND DEFENSIVENESS. AFTER
SPENDING A WEEK WITH THE COUNSELORS AND FELLOW PARTICIPANTS
OF SCR, I REALIZED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN THIS DARK PLACE.
I CONTINUE TO HEAR THE LIES, BUT THANKS TO SCR AND THE TOOLS I
RECEIVED, I NO LONGER LISTEN. WHILE I STILL HAVE THE DIAGNOSIS OF
DEPRESSION, I AM MANAGING IT MUCH BETTER THROUGH CONTINUED
COUNSELING AND MEDICATION. MY MARRIAGE IS FAR BETTER THAN IT
HAS EVER BEEN. ALL THANKS TO GOD.
SINCE BEING A RETREAT PARTICIPANT, I HAVE SERVED AS A CHAPLAIN AT
RETREATS AND SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I AM SO THANKFUL
FOR THE MINISTRY WE HAVE AT STANDING STONES AND LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING HOW GOD WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT AS A PLACE OF HOPE
AND HEALING FOR MANY MORE YEARS.
– Rich Steensma
RETREATS CLIENTS
95
600
OVER
For Church Workers and Spouses
including: Pastors, Teachers,
Missionaries, DCEs, DCOs, and
Military Chaplains
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