WellSpring provides resources for a life-giving and transformative relationship with Jesus.

Join us for the WellSpring Advent Retreat

Joy to the World?

December 11th & 12th

holiday wrapped presents

One of the defining (and perhaps best) parts of the Advent and Christmas season is the music- songs just for this time of year. Have you noticed how many of these songs are themed around joy? The expectation of joy is raised quite high- in part because of the music that fills the air around us! But perhaps you find yourself struggling to taste and experience that joy. Maybe you wonder if, considering all of the pain and difficult realities of our current world, if wholehearted, deep joy is even possible?

Join us for one of our Advent Retreats as we dive into this question: Joy to the World?  And if so, how?

Through biblically based, historically rooted spiritual practices

WellSpring

helps people rediscover God’s personal, generous love, and the joy-filled, abundant life offered in the Kingdom of God.

SEASONAL RETREATS

Join us for a half day retreat on the Peninsula or in the East Bay. Biblical, experiential, and seasonally themed, these retreats engage practices that will help enliven your life with God.

PODCAST

Join us for thoughtful conversations about our inner life and the care of souls – ours and others.

PORTABLE RETREATS

Designed for individuals or small groups, our downloadable retreats guide you into conversation with God, engaging topics with prayer prompts and ideas for reflection.

SPIRITUAL FORMATION GROUPS

Meet with a small community of learners committed to growing and practicing spiritual rhythms together.

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

Meet individually with a Spiritual Director who will help you learn to notice God's presence in your life.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF ST. IGNATIUS

An intensive individual or small group experience inviting growth in prayer as participants pay attention to ways God is active and present in their lives and in the world around them.

Seasonal Retreats

Biblical and experiential, seasonal retreats correspond with the Church calendar and offer opportunities to rest and simply be with God.

Each half-day retreat offers input on a theme and leads you into ways of engaging with God including directed silence and solitude, guided meditation on scripture, prayer, journaling, worship and other practices to enliven your conversation.

SoulCARE

SoulCARE is a 9-month retreat based experience focused on bringing renewal and flourishing to the lives of pastors and nonprofit leaders.

SoulCARE Impact

More than 300 pastors and nonprofit leaders from throughout the Bay Area have participated in SoulCARE.

Leaders thrive when they experience an authentic, connected life with God.

Healthy leaders cultivate healthy churches and ministries that bless their communities.

SoulCARE offers pastors and nonprofit leaders a safe and accessible place– separate from the spaces in which they serve– where they can be honest about the challenges of spiritual leadership as well as the needs of their own souls.

SoulCARE offers a biblical, practical process that helps leaders nurture their life with God and lead in sustainable ways. 

The experience facilitates personal transformation, enabling people to lead effectively, authentically and joyfully in the communities to which they are called.

The heart of SoulCARE is rediscovery of God’s personal and generous love, and the joy-filled and abundant life offered in the kingdom of God.

SoulCARE is offered free of charge for participants as a metaphor for God’s lavish love.

WellSpring SoulCARE Podcast

Join us for thoughtful conversations about our inner life and the care of souls – ours and others.

Portable Retreats

Our Portable Retreats help you create space to be with God and then guide you into conversation you are longing to have.

Designed for individual or small group use, each downloadable retreat engages a topic with prayer prompts and ideas for reflection.

"I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into springs."
- Isaiah 41:18