STRETCH.

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Early 2019 God put on my heart the idea to host a women’s emotional healing retreat/workshop where we can sit, pray, and talk about real feelings as they relate to our lives and to our relationships with God. It made sense to me in that emotional freedom and emotional healing are topics that I am very passionate about.

For 5 months I sat on the idea. I didn’t move forward with it for so many reasons. For one, I felt so unqualified to do so. I couldn’t fathom why anyone would want to hear what I had to say about these topics. I felt like I was jumping the gun. I didn’t think people would see it as something legitimate. I was worried about what people would say.

Finally at the end of 2019, in November, I decided to step out in faith get this started! I reached out to a few women, shared the vision, and they attached themselves to it as if it was their own. We held the first gathering on November 30, 2019. It was truly amazing and transformative. Through this time God touched every woman who was present, ignited new journey’s of vulnerability, healed, set free, and delivered. This first gathering also provided a bigger picture to what God would do through STRETCH.

OUR MISSION

We set out for the first gathering to be small, intimate, and cozy. We wanted to create a space for women to share, be vulnerable, and experience emotional healing. What we realized is that it is much bigger than just this. STRETCH. creates spaces for women to experience vulnerability, authentic friendship, and emotional healing. We host STRETCH. Retreats triannually that are intended to be small and intimate, allowing women to open up and experience the freedom that comes with vulnerability. At the retreats we discuss various topics of faith and healing as they relate to our relationships with God, ourselves, and others. The ultimate goal as we gather with this intention each woman would be STRETCHED into who God has called her to be and that they would take hold of everything that He has promised to them.

In order to foster the growth and relationship that is initiated at the retreats, we have STRETCH. Small groups that meet once monthly. The small groups are made up of fewer than 10 women  each ensuring that every woman is not only seen but known; this is the heart of STRETCH.

STRETCH. is growing and evolving into something unimaginable. God is moving and changing things constantly but we are so excited to watch it unfold.