Hope Heals Retreat is a weekend getaway offering rest, resources, and relationships to families experiencing disabilities.
applications Are open!
Nov 8 - 10, 2024Camp Twin LakesRutledge, GA
What to Expect at The Retreat
At Hope Heals Retreat, all members of a family affected by disability will enjoy restorative, life-giving programming built specifically with their age, stage, and abilities in mind. Adult campers can expect times of respite, worship, teaching, and small group conversations, while kids and teens experience a full line-up of accessible fun. Volunteers have the privilege of serving as one-on-one companions to our campers, or they can help make the magic happen behind the scenes.
Our Story of Disability
After I survived a near-fatal brainstem stroke in 2008, we were left with a bittersweet new normal—living a miraculous second chance but also dealing with long-term, life-changing disabilities.
In 2014, we were the speakers at a camp for families with disabilities where we had a profound revelation that although we were on stage, we could just have easily been campers. These were our people. In a plot twist only God could write, we took ownership of that family camp in 2016 and have been running sessions of Hope Heals Camp ever since.
We’ve been able to flourish within these constraints because of the spiritual resources and communal support we were given. But our story is the exception, not the norm.
Younger families experiencing disability need respite and trustworthy childcare, while families of adult children with disabilities express a need for compassionate, accessible inter-ability community. We are committed to creating more sacred spaces where people can experience the belonging and belovedness of God’s kingdom.
There is so much good/hard work yet to be done. So, after growing a community of over 5,000 Hope Heals Camp participants, we’re launching Hope Heals Retreat, which will expand accessibility to our Christ-centered rest, resources, and relationships through weekend getaways that offer rest, resources, and relationship to families experiencing disabilities.
our neighbors20% of the US population is disabled, making people with disabilities the country’s largest minority group.
wORLDWIDEOne in seven people on earth today identify as living with a disability.
SOUL CAREPeople with disabilities are the least churched people group in the world due to inaccessibility of facilities and programming.
Mental HealthPersons with disability are disproportionately vulnerable to abuse, unemployment, suicide, houselessness, and divorce.
