The Journey Home Retreat

Ferncliff Camp & Conference Center

The Journey Home Retreat is a two-night retreat designed to deepen your connection with God, yourself, and others.

Prioritize a few days away and we’ll help you experience more of what you were designed for in Eden.

When

October 28-30, 2025

 

Our retreat begins with a  welcome reception at 3:00pm. Plan to stay until our hard stop at 12:30pm on the final day of our retreat. 

One month before the start of the retreat you will receive our curated pre-work. We encourage you to set aside a hour a week to engage deeply with God through your pre-work. 

Where

Ferncliff Camp & Conference Center is located in beautiful Little Rock, AR. 
The address is: 1720 Ferncliff Rd, Little Rock, AR 72223.

The closest, major airport is Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, AR. 

Investment

The Journey Home is a generous investment into your relationship with God.

  • $975 per person for Single Occupancy
  • $675 per person for Double Occupancy

 Each person must complete a registration form, even if you are attending with someone else. If you are willing to share a room but don’t have a roommate, we can pair you with someone else at the Double Occupancy rate.

Your investment into the Journey Home Retreat includes:

  • Lodging
  • Meals and daily refreshments 
  • Curated pre-work 
  • Retreat Guide grounded in scripture
  • Guided practice

We’re all trying to get back to a home we’ve never been. The Journey Home Retreat will start you on a journey back to the relational habitat you were made for.

Your Retreat Facilitators:

Chuck Gschwend

Chuck Gschwend
Eden Project Co-Founder and Director of Eden Lead

A trial attorney, pastor, and trained spiritual director, Chuck is a seasoned retreat leader and is passionate about helping God’s people feel more at home in the love of God. Chuck is now an empty-nester living in Weatherford, Texas with his wife Lindy. They have three adult children.

Chuck has earned his JD, University of Arkansas School of Law; MABS Dallas Theological Seminary; Certificate in Spiritual Direction, LTI’s Selah program, affiliated with Gordon-Conwell Seminary.

Jenn Jett Barrett
Eden Retreat Facilitator

An apprentice of Jesus, a teacher and a spiritual mentor, Jenn spends her days restoring God’s original intent for men and women to live loved and unleashed as they co-labor together to bring the Kingdom near. Her burden is in response to growing up in a faith tradition where knowledge of God’s word was more valued than being transformed by God’s word. Living loved by the author of the transforming Word and with the power of the Spirit, has radically changed her life. 

 

She is the founder of The Well Summit which exists to cultivate discipleship experiences that guide fellow saints as they journey towards living in union with Jesus, unity with one another and living unleashed to bring the Kingdom near. She also serves on the teaching team at Samaritan Church Springdale. 

 

Jenn lives a simple and full life in Northwest Arkansas with her amazing husband, Rhett.

Chris Kear Eden Project

Chris Kear
Eden Retreat Facilitator

Chris is the Director of Downline Conway (AR), where he partners with local churches to strengthen and elevate Biblical discipleship. Chris is a graduate of the Eden Project Lead Year and is a gifted retreat leader who is passionate about leading people deeper into the love of God in ways that impact the soul of their leadership. Chris also serves as the Director of Discipleship for the Center for Financial Discipleship, which focuses on the deep spiritual connection between our hearts and money.

 

Chris has been married to Tara for 21 years and enjoys fly fishing, cycling, cooking, soccer, hunting, and just about any outdoor adventure he can find. He loves leading international mission trips to equip church leaders worldwide.

 

BA in Biblical Studies Ouachita Baptist University, MAT in Biblical Studies BH Carroll Theological Institute (now ETBU), DMin Western Seminary in progress (ABD).

 

The Journey Home Retreat is a safe place to lay aside your responsibilities at home and work to simply be souls before God. The reality for all of us is that even when we are in a healthy season, we long for more, relationally.

During The Journey Home Retreat you’ll experience:

  • Safe retreat environment conducive for souls (which are very shy) to open up to more of God’s love
  • A reformation of your own emotional image of God
  • Resources that will deepen all your relationships
  • Guided practices to help you live more at home in the love of God
Eden Lead Year Experience

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