Pilgrimages & Retreats
with Pastor LindaRETREATS
Belonging
Summer Retreat 2026
August 28-30, 2026
St. Francis Springs Retreat Center
Stoneville, NC
REGISTRATION CLOSES May 10, 2026
$295/shared space; $395/private room. Cost includes lodging, food and materials. $95 deposit due with registration (check or Venmo). Full payment is due by June 1, 2026.
Optional Thursday Night:
$75.00, Shared Room, with meals (no cost if traveling from out of state);
$150.00, Single Room, with meals (no cost if traveling from out of state).
You are invited to arrive on Thursday (dinner and Friday meals included) and have some quiet time for yourself or choose a Pastoral Counseling or Spiritual Direction session at no additional cost.
God wants to be known. But do you?
The Bible promises we can have a personal relationship with God. And yet God is distant and mysterious. How do we get to know our mighty and majestic Creator? Is it possible to trust that we truly belong to God?
The idea of being fully known—nothing hidden, nothing edited—can feel unsettling. Most of us are used to managing how we’re seen, even by people we love. So the thought of God knowing everything—our motives, fears, contradictions—can bring up a kind of vulnerability we’re not used to. Can we trust that this place where God knows us to be a safe place of belonging?
The Bible tells us that God’s knowing is inseparable from love; not a distant awareness, but an intimate, steady, and compassionate presence.
This is a place where we are seen and heard and held. Experiencing this grows over time. This is why we go on retreat. Retreats are where we grow in trusting this place where we belong. In this place we experience peace.
We will share our own stories and make new ones.
Closest Airport: Greensboro, NC (PTI): For those who fly into the area, we will pick you up from the Greensboro airport and bring you to us (and return). No charge but lots of great conversation. Share your flight details and we will handle the rest.
Invite a Friend!
Everyone is welcome.
All rooms have either one full or queen bed, 2 full beds, or a full or queen with a twin bed. Each room has a private bath. Guest rooms do not have TV’s, phones, refrigerators, or microwaves. Outside food is allowed.
Never been on a retreat and you would like to know more? Just ask.
Photos from Past Retreats
Why go on retreat?
Because Jesus did. Jesus would go out to a mountainside alone to pray. But you won’t be alone. You will be with a small group of us who have taken a class or two through Wakening Ministry. We will spend time together-in person-learning more about this wild faith. And then we will spend some time alone, just as Jesus did.
We will dig into some stories (biblical and current) of lives that have been changed by an encounter with God. What happened and do these encounters still happen today? A life of faith begins with a glimpse of the light of Christ. We will share our own stories and make new ones. Come to the mountains. Let’s rediscover who we are; what has changed and what remains.
For those who fly into the area, we will pick you up and bring you to us (and return). No charge but lots of great conversation. Share your flight details and we will handle the rest. For those coming from out of state, plan to stay an extra night if you can. Pastor Linda would love to spend some extra time with you.
Never been on a retreat and you would like to know more? Just ask.
PAST RETREATS
Becoming Who We Are
April 25-27, 2025
St. Francis Springs Retreat Center
Stoneville, NC
Faith: Losing Control
St. Francis Springs Retreat Center
Stoneville, NC
March 8-10, 2024
Faith: Finding the Light
Summer Retreat 2022
Montreat Conference Center
Montreat, NC
August 19-21, 2022
Hope: Living the Light
Spring Retreat 2023
St. Francis Springs Prayer Center
Stoneville, NC
March 31 – April 2, 2023
Love: Being the Light
Fall Retreat 2023
Montreat Conference Center
Montreat, NC
November 10-12, 2023
PILGRIMAGES
2019 Holy Land Pilgrimage
Mount Arbel, Israel
PAST PILGRIMAGES
Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus
Holy Land and Jordan
March 2023
March 2019
February 2018
February 2016
Walk in the Footsteps of Paul
Greece & Turkey
October 2023
Garden of Gethsemane
I felt I was all alone even though I was in the midst of a crowd. I knew a few but most all were strangers from around the world. There was a stillness within me—a silence. And then deep within my heart: “Here. He was here.” Was he? Had Jesus actually been near the very place I was standing? My heart seemed to think so. My mind could convince me that it was unlikely. But on a pilgrimage—the heart is in charge.
Follow your heart. Come, and walk in the footsteps of Jesus with me.
