God's Respite Houses
Houses are designed to help Christians who are burnt out and need a place to rest, refresh, and regain strength. Our homes give you a retreat vibe with a therapeutic approach. These homes provide you with tools to equip you on how to handle stressful situations before returning to your destinations.
Things To Do at God's Respite House
During your stay at God's Respite House, you will be able to do and/or participate in the following:
Rest
You will have the opportunity to rest, relax, refresh, reset, and recover; to escape and take a moment to pause from stressful activities. A chance to breathe and cease from worries; to regain strength and a peace of mind. In your time of rest, you can incorporate a relaxing massage, stroll down the walking trail, or setting by the tranquil water.
Therapeutic Activities
As you relax, explore the various therapeutic activities:
- Massages
- Facial care
- Walking trails
- Fishing
- Arts and crafts
- Gardening
- Exercise
- Water activities
Self-Reflection
How often do you look inward to become more familiar with your inner self? You will have the opportunity to process who you are, your values and beliefs, and why you behave the way you do. Self-reflection allows you to do a personal analysis, to bring your life into alignment with the will of God.
Counseling
You will have the opportunity to talk to a trained Christian pastoral counselor who can offer you individual, marriage, or family support and spiritual guidance. The counselor will listen and approach your issues from a spiritual and psychological perspective. The counselor will help you to process life changes and decisions with prayer. The counselor will also help you to develop strategies to cope with daily challenges before returning home.
Support Groups
We provide several support groups where individuals with shared experiences meet up to provide each other with encouragement and comfort. They offer words of affirmation that provide hope and strength to one another. The coaches leading these groups will also teach stress management skills that can help you understand how to deal with stressful day-to-day challenges.
Prayer & Restoration
You will have the opportunity to receive prayer, which gives hope and strength. God will take that which is broken and put it together again and make it better than it was before. He will take the shattered pieces of one’s life, glue them together with His love, and make them strong in the places where they were once weak.
Types of Stays You Can Reserve
Weekday Stay for Individuals
One-to-four nights stay, available Monday thru Thursday (weekends may be available upon request).
Includes:
- Room and board, from $150.00 per night
- A time of rest, reflection, and restoration
*Programming is not included.
Slumber Book Reading Party for Women Only Groups
Experience a time of Holy Ghost fun as you rest and bask in God’s presence. You will experience a move of God as He brings healing and deliverance to your soul. Enjoy reading Dr. Umona L. Sharp’s books. Her books will catapult you in your journey of healing and restoration!
Nightly weekday rate for Slumber Book Reading Party starts $150.00 per person. Weekends may be available upon request.
Retreats for Groups
If you would like a group retreat for you and your spouse, family, friends, and ministry, visit our Retreats page to learn more and request to participate in one of our upcoming retreats.
Aftercare
After staying at God’s Respite House or attending our retreat, you have the option to continue counseling and/or support groups with our sister ministry, Stay Free Ministries, LLC. You can receive continual care with our trained Christian pastoral counselors and Christian life coaches who will help you in your journey of healing. If you would like to continue with your healing process, please contact us today.
- Cost is $100 per session, per 50 to 60 mins for individuals
- We offer a sliding scale, based on family size and income.
- We accept Health Saving Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- Cost is $40 per person, per group session.
To learn more about aftercare pastoral counseling offered by our Christian pastoral counselors, click here.
To learn more about the aftercare support groups led by our Christian life coaches, click here.
Outcomes
After you experience our services, you will feel…
Stronger: With new strength to endure.
Transformed: You will have a new attitude, a new way of thinking, and a new outlook on life.
Assured: Confident in God as your help and peace.
Yielded: Submitting to God's will by accepting his invitation to rest.
Faith Driven: Motivated and energized to trust what God has planned for you.
Restored: To bring you back to a place of peace and wholeness.
Encouraged: You will feel hopeful optimistic about your life and your future.
Equipped: Prepared with coping skills and strategies to deal with stressful situations
Disclaimer
We are Christian Pastoral Counselors, we are not licensed by the state of Ohio or any other state as a mental health counselor. We are credentialed members of Stay Free Today, Inc and Stay Free Ministries, LLC as licensed and ordained ministers and pastoral counselors.
We are in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4757.41.1 regarding exemption from state sponsored licensure:
Rabbis, priests, Christian science practitioners, clergy, or members of religious orders and other individuals participating with them in pastoral counseling when the counseling activities are within the scope of the performance of their regular or specialized ministerial duties and are performed under the auspices or sponsorship of an established and legally recognizable church, denomination, or sect or an integrated auxiliary of a church as defined in federal tax regulations, paragraph (g)(5) of 26 C.F.R. 1.6033-2 (1995), and when the individual rendering the service remains accountable to the established authority of that church, denomination, sect, or integrated auxiliary.