Becoming Human Again in the Presence of God
Our Vision
Our vision is to become a regional Wesleyan formation hub: a place where creation care, spiritual direction, and rural community development meet in a single, integrated ecosystem.
Our Mission
We believe that the gospel is not merely a message to believe but a life to inhabit. A life of restored Image-Bearing, shared discernment, embodied practices, and communal belonging. We believe that the Spirit is inviting the people of God to rediscover what it means to be human together
Our Core Values
We Believe Humanity Is Restored in Relationship
We believe bearing God’s image means embracing relational love and shared life with God, one another, and all creation, restoring communion with God and the world through the wisdom of the Trinity and our communities.
We Believe Formation Happens Through Embodied Practices
We believe spiritual formation happens through embodied practices, daily rhythms, shared experiences, and meaningful relationships that shape faith as a way of life.
We Believe Place Matters
We believe that place and creation are essential to spiritual formation, teaching patience, humility, hope, and belonging, as the land at Hawthorne Valley Farm nurtures faith, community, and healing.
We Believe Community Is the Primary Apologetic
We believe the church’s most powerful witness is a welcoming, healed community rooted in hospitality, reconciliation, and shared life, where people find rest, belonging, and healing while encountering God through meaningful relationships.
We Believe Discernment Is the Heart of Christian Life
We believe God’s will is discerned through prayer, humility, love, and community, and through our rhythm of Connect — Commit — Create, we cultivate belonging, spiritual formation, and participation in God’s healing work.
We Believe Healing Is Possible
We believe God is bringing hope and renewal to the American South through faith rooted in land, story, and community, and Still Waters serves as a place to nurture a more relational, embodied, and hopeful future for evangelical Christianity.
Our Invitation
We invite pastors, seekers, skeptics, farmers, students, families, and congregations to join us in the slow, beautiful work of becoming human again.
Walk the land, sit at the table, listen for God, rediscover community, heal, and rest. Learn to live again. Come to Still Waters at Hawthorne Valley Farm. A place where God restores the Image-Bearers He loves.