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Retreats
About Sacred Journey Ministries
Find Rest for Your Soul
Sacred Journey Ministries is a subsidary ministry of Anchor Ministries International.
Sacred Journey Retreats
What to Expect
Hosted by Joe and Lynette Chambers at their home in the mountains of Colorado, Sacred Journey Retreats are unhurried days of rest, soul care, and honest conversation for ministry couples. They run from Wednesday noon to Saturday noon three times per year.
Mornings: soul care teaching with Joe Chambers.
Afternoons free: hike, soak in the hot springs, or simply rest.
Home-cooked meals every day & fellowship with other ministry couples. Individuals welcome too.
Comfortable housing included.
Completely free for ministry couples
Soul Care Intensives
Step away for a personalized, one-on-one intensive at the base of Mt. Princeton in Buena Vista, Colorado — designed to help you navigate life, faith, work, and relationships, whether you're in ministry or the marketplace.
Our Program
- Personal growth & spiritual vitality
- Marriage, grief, and relational healing
- Leadership, vocation, and calling
- Navigating life transitions and spiritual renewal
Morning: 1:1 with Soul Care Provider, Joe Chambers (3 hrs)
Afternoon and Evenings: Quiet reflection, reading, and spiritual exercises
Location: Buena Vista, Colorado Cost: $3,000 (lodging not included)
Need-based scholarships for housing may be available — just ask.
Ready to renew your soul? Contact us to learn more or reserve your spot.
After 15 years as a Lead Pastor and Church Planter, I was exhausted and unsure how to find true rest. Through the Soul Care Intensive, God used Joe—one of the most gifted people I've met in soul care—to help me discover healthy rhythms and a new way of life. I'm so grateful for the transformation this brought to my heart and ministry.
My Soul Care Intensive retreat with Joe Chambers was life-changing as he re-introduced me to the forgotten ways in which saints of old pressed into the Lord, and thus were constantly aware of His presence. This is the best way, the most excellent way, to get through very hard things.
Team Retreats
Unity • Clarity • Purpose • Hope
A weekend away for your elder board, leadership team, or staff —
rest and be renewed to become the united, hope-filled team God is calling you to be.
Every church leadership team carries weight — decisions, disagreements, disappointments, and the day-to-day demands of shepherding a congregation. Rarely does a board or staff team get an unhurried, unpressured space simply to be together — to rest, to laugh, to grieve what's been hard, and to remember why they said yes to this calling in the first place.
A Team Retreat is a weekend away, off-site, for your elder board, church council, or ministry staff — a time of both challenge and renewal, designed to help your team develop greater unity, clarity, purpose, and hope together.
Instruction — biblical, practical teaching suited to where your team is right now.
Team building — shared experiences that build trust and understanding
Celebration — remembering God's faithfulness in your church's story
Rest — unhurried space to breathe, sleep, and be cared for
Contact us to begin designing a custom retreat for your team
and ask about our team culture assessment.
