Start with a short discovery call
Let’s talk about your team
Tell Shaun about your team, ask questions, and explore whether an introductory workshop could serve your people.
For the people who lead and care
A deeper lifewith God.
Begin with one experience.
Explore contemplative prayer and Sacred Listening with your team.
Start With a Short Discovery CallExperiential Workshops & Retreats. Offered at No Charge.
A simple experiment for your community.
A 60–90-minute introductory workshop
Meet with your team
Try the practices, discuss the program, and ask questions. Give everyone a chance to experience the approach and consider the fit.
Space to choose together
Reflect and decide
Keep the tools. Regroup with your team. Then decide whether you’d like to go deeper.
What your team will experience
Practice prayer and listening, share what you notice, and discover insight together. Make room for fresh inspiration, stronger relationships, and renewed energy to serve.
Contemplative Prayer
Ancient Christian practices for a deeper life with God, every day.
Sacred Listening
Practical skills for presence, connection, and compassionate care.
A prayer practice to return to. A listening tool to use. Insight discovered together.
Our charitable purpose
Our time. Our resources. Given in love.
We give our time and fund the preparation, materials, and facilitation so your community can explore, practice, and grow together.
Every workshop, series, and retreat.
Always at no charge.
Always at no charge.
After your introductory team workshop4-week Group Experience 3-session workshop Half-day retreat
If you’d like to go further…
Three ways to deepen the experience—all offered at no charge. Choose a direction together, and we’ll shape it around your people.
Prayer & Presence
Explore Centering Prayer, contemplative Scripture, silence, and reflection. Develop practices to carry into everyday life with God.
Explore Prayer & Presence →Sacred Listening
Practice presence, open questions, reflection, and compassionate response. Deepen how your team listens and cares for others.
Explore Sacred Listening →Room to Receive
Step out of the usual rhythm for prayer, listening, and connection. Make space for fresh insight, renewed energy, and joy in serving.
Explore the Half-Day Retreat →We bring the experience togetherBreathing room for leaders.
Breathing room for leaders.
Fresh life for your community.
Between worship, care, volunteers, and the everyday work of church life, preparing a meaningful workshop or retreat takes time. We bring the planning, materials, and facilitation so you can relax and participate alongside your people.
- A fresh experience, without a curriculum to prepare
- Shared practices that invite connection and tools to keep
- Leaders warmly encouraged to receive and participate
Founder & Experiential Guide
Your guide & the people alongside usPersonally engaged.
Personally engaged.
Connected to a wider circle.
Shaun brings contemplative practice, retreat experience, leadership development, and a continuing life of learning to Homeward. He guides the introductory workshop, helping people practice, reflect, and discover their own insight.
Homeward draws on relationships with retreat leaders and contemplative practitioners to bring suitable people and resources alongside your community. Contributors’ roles and backgrounds are introduced in advance.
Before we beginA few things
A few things
leaders ask.
For church staff, ministry leaders, pastoral care teams, and small-group leaders.
What happens in the first workshop—and afterward?
We meet with your team for 60–90 minutes to hear your hopes, try contemplative prayer and Sacred Listening, and answer questions. Your team then reflects together. We reconnect to hear what helped and consider whether a series or half-day retreat would serve you. You can also keep using the tools on your own.
How is Homeward grounded in Christianity?
Jesus is at the center. We draw from Scripture and Christian contemplative practice, with love of God and neighbor shaping the experience. We discuss the practices and your community’s tradition with your leaders beforehand.
Who guides the experience?
Shaun guides the introductory workshop. We can also draw on relationships with retreat leaders and other practitioners for further experiences. Contributors, their backgrounds, and their roles are introduced in advance.
What do we need to organize?
Invite your people and agree on a suitable time and setting. Homeward coordinates the preparation, resources, and facilitation. Come curious, open, and willing to engage. Each person chooses their level of participation and sharing.
Is everything really offered at no charge?
Yes. The introductory team workshop, the four-week Prayer & Presence experience, the three-session Sacred Listening workshop, and half-day retreats are all offered at no charge, including workshop materials. Giving our time and funding these experiences is Homeward’s charitable giving. There is no paid next step.
Curious what this could open
for your community?
Let’s talk about your people and what you’d love to deepen.
Start With a Short Discovery CallA short discovery call first. A separate team workshop if it fits.