September 22 - Exhale: Day of Silence
Join us for a day of quiet. From 8:30 am-4 pm, we provide all you need. Breakfast, lunch and companionship for a day away with the Lord.
September 25 - BYRDHOUSE Open House
Interested in learning more about the ministry and how we got started? Come and join us for a casual Open House. Tour the property enjoy light refreshments and we will answer all of your burning questions.
September 26 - BYRDHOUSE Resting the Body, Mind & Heart
Join trained Spiritual Director Kym Byrd as she shares her health journey and takes you through spiritual practices that will help you practice soul rest in your daily life. Includes supplies, light snacks and beverages.
October 10 - BYRDHOUSE: Full Soul Rest Day
Come enjoy the property and walking trail in silence. Set time apart for quiet connection and reflection with God. Light healthy lunch, drinks and snacks included.
October 14 - BYRDHOUSE Mahjong Game Night
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship. We will provide tables, 2025/2026 Cards, Mahjong sets and light snacks.
October 16 - BYRDHOUSE: Foster Parents Soul Rest Day
Join us for a silent day of rest for Foster Parents. You have stepped into an incredible calling and we want to serve you. Join us for time to rest and reset, nap, walk and recharge. Also there will be time at the end of the day to connect with other foster parents for encouragement and support. We would love to have you. Lunch and snacks are provided.
COST: FREE EVENT for Foster Parents
October 17 - The Agape Center: Quiet Reflection Day
Quite Reflection Day at the Agape Center for Spiritual Formation
The Agape Center for Spiritual Formation is delighted to offer Quiet Reflection Days. This June Quiet Reflection Day will be led by Anne Greski.
Each Quiet Reflection Day begins and ends with guided group reflection using spiritual practices and silent periods designed to create space to listen to God’s heart and ours. Your day will include time in the beautiful, adjacent Vickery Creek Park where you may walk the trails, linger at the waterfall, or find space on a bench to sit for a while. Please come and find some rest for your souls!
Registration opens in June
October 23 - BYRDHOUSE: Half-Day Soul Rest Day
Curious about a Soul Rest Day and just want to dip your toe in to try it? Come to one of our Friday silent 1/2 Day Soul Rest Days. Participants will have access to the cabin, outdoor space and trail. A staff member will be present for assistance, this is a self guided time. Feel free to bring your own lunch, journal, books and art to work on. Coffee, tea, water and snacks provided.
October 23-25 - Cloudwalk: Lavish in Georgia
October 23-25 2026 - Cloudwalk: Lavish in Georgia
Lavish is a 3-day retreat for women, prayerfully designed to direct us into an encounter with the heart of God as we experience new ways to see, feel, hear, and live as accepted and desired by our creator. Please join us as we take a journey together, falling in love, stretching and growing in love, and becoming one in love. Come, be loved Beloved.
October 24 - BYRDHOUSE: Contemplative Art Workshop
Saturday October 24th 9:00-12:30pm
Cost: $55
October 28 - BYRDHOUSE: Pastors & Spouses of Pastors Soul Rest Day
In 2024 the latest Barna study stated that 42% of Pastors have considered quitting. And it’s no wonder. You were there serving us through the pandemic, crisises, the political climate and our needs to be supported and shepparded. But what place does your soul have to rest and recover? Or are you married to a pastor and need a place to rest from others? We would like for you to come and spend a day of complete rest with us. No one will ask anything of you. You just get a day in silence with no demands to be with God in nature and beauty. Walk the trail, nap and let us feed you! You are NOT required to bring your spouse to attend.
COST: FREE EVENT for Pastors and Any Spouse of a Pastor
November 6 - BYRDHOUSE: Therapists/Counselors Soul Rest Day
Therapists and Counselors hold our secrets, hardships, grief, pain and stories. But where do they go to recover and recharge from carrying so much? Please be our guest and join us for a morning of rest. Free time for personal meditation, journaling and enjoying nature. Come enjoy the property and trail. Snacks and Light Lunch served.
COST: FREE EVENT for Therapists and Counselors
November 7 - BYRDHOUSE The Wisdom of Impermanence
The Wisdom of Impermanence with Tammy Rivenbark
Presented by End of Life Doula and Spiritual Director, Tammy Rivenbark with the Mindful Mortality Project
Most of us move through life assuming there will always be more time - to heal old wounds, pursue what matters, express our love, and become the people we long to be. Yet the truth is that our time is finite, and this reality has the power to awaken us to what matters most. In this workshop participants will explore the wisdom found in the words of Psalm 90:12: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Using a contemplative lens and experiential practices, participants will be invited to consider mortality not as something to fear or avoid, but as a profound teacher - one that can deepen gratitude, clarify values, strengthen relationships, and inspire a more intentional way of living. We will be exploring personal attitudes toward mortality and impermanence, reflecting on how the certainty of death shapes the choices we make and considering the realities of aging, suffering, and letting go.
Participants will leave with practical tools and reflective practices to help them live with greater awareness, authenticity, and appreciation for the preciousness of life. Supplies and light snacks provided.
November 11 - BYRDHOUSE Mahjong Game Night
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship. We will provide tables, 2025/2026 Cards, Mahjong sets and light snacks.
November 13 - BYRDHOUSE: Half-Day Soul Rest Day
Curious about a Soul Rest Day and just want to dip your toe in to try it? Come to one of our Friday silent 1/2 Day Soul Rest Days. Participants will have access to the cabin, outdoor space and trail. A staff member will be present for assistance, this is a self guided time. Feel free to bring your own lunch, journal, books and art to work on. Coffee, tea, water and snacks provided.
December 12 - BYRDHOUSE: Full Soul Rest Day
Come enjoy the property and walking trail in silence. Set time apart for quiet connection and reflection with God. Light healthy lunch, drinks and snacks included.
December 12 - The Agape Center: Quiet Reflection Day
Quite Reflection Day at the Agape Center for Spiritual Formation
The Agape Center for Spiritual Formation is delighted to offer Quiet Reflection Days. This June Quiet Reflection Day will be led by Amy Consol.
Each Quiet Reflection Day begins and ends with guided group reflection using spiritual practices and silent periods designed to create space to listen to God’s heart and ours. Your day will include time in the beautiful, adjacent Vickery Creek Park where you may walk the trails, linger at the waterfall, or find space on a bench to sit for a while. Please come and find some rest for your souls!
Registration opens in June
September 19 - The Agape Center: Quiet Reflection Day
Quite Reflection Day at the Agape Center for Spiritual Formation
The Agape Center for Spiritual Formation is delighted to offer Quiet Reflection Days. Each day will be led by Spiritual Directors on the Agape Center for Spiritual Formation team. This September Quiet Reflection Day will be led by Skip McDonald.
Each Quiet Reflection Day begins and ends with guided group reflection using spiritual practices and silent periods designed to create space to listen to God’s heart and ours. Your day will include time in the beautiful, adjacent Vickery Creek Park where you may walk the trails, linger at the waterfall, or find space on a bench to sit for a while. Please come and find some rest for your souls!
September 18 - BYRDHOUSE: Widow’s Soul Rest Day
Join us for one of our Widows only Soul Rest Days. Find a quiet space to just be. Free time for personal meditation, journaling, crafting and nature. Also time to meet and connect with other Widows. It would be our honor to host you. Includes snacks and lunch.
COST: FREE EVENT for Widows
September 16 - BYRDHOUSE Mahjong Game Night
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship. We will provide tables, 2025/2026 Cards, Mahjong sets and light snacks.
September 12 - BYRDHOUSE Connecting to Your Heart
Connecting to Your Heart with Cason Wilson
Join Cason Wilson for a gathering of souls designed for women who desire to slow down and reconnect within. Connecting to Your Heart is an invitation to discover- or strengthen- your mind-body connection and cultivate a gentle, compassionate way of being that leads to more embodied living. Lite refreshments provided.
August 28-30 - Cloudwalk: Souly Business in Georgia
Cloudwalk: Souly Business in Georgia
Georgia Souly Business weekends are held at Camp High Harbour at Lake Allatoona in Cartersville, Georgia. Camp High Harbour offer a terrific venue with hundreds of acres of wooded rolling hills with modern retreat facilities, dining hall with a view of the lake, and lots of walking trails….a perfect place to rest and reconnect with God.
July 24 - BYRDHOUSE: Half-Day Soul Rest Day
Curious about a Soul Rest Day and just want to dip your toe in to try it? Come to one of our Friday silent 1/2 Day Soul Rest Days. Participants will have access to the cabin, outdoor space and trail. A staff member will be present for assistance, this is a self guided time. Feel free to bring your own lunch, journal, books and art to work on. Coffee, tea, water and snacks provided.
July 22 - BYRDHOUSE: Mahjong Club
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship.
July 17 - BYRDHOUSE: Teachers Soul Rest Day
Teachers need a break and silence too! Join us for a day of Soul Rest. Come nap, walk a trail, dabble in art all without any kids or parents to talk to. Let us care for you for a change! Snacks and Light Lunch served.
COST: FREE EVENT for Teachers
July 11 - BYRDHOUSE: Full Soul Rest Day
Come enjoy the property and walking trail in silence. Set time apart for quiet connection and reflection with God. Light healthy lunch, drinks and snacks included.
June 24 - BYRDHOUSE: Teachers Soul Rest Day
Teachers need a break and silence too! Join us for a day of Soul Rest. Come nap, walk a trail, dabble in art all without any kids or parents to talk to. Let us care for you for a change! Snacks and Light Lunch served.
COST: FREE EVENT for Teachers
June 17 - BYRDHOUSE: Mahjong Club
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship.
June 17 - BYRDHOUSE: Pastors & Spouses of Pastors Soul Rest Day
In 2024 the latest Barna study stated that 42% of Pastors have considered quitting. And it’s no wonder. You were there serving us through the pandemic, crisises, the political climate and our needs to be supported and shepparded. But what place does your soul have to rest and recover? Or are you married to a pastor and need a place to rest from others? We would like for you to come and spend a day of complete rest with us. No one will ask anything of you. You just get a day in silence with no demands to be with God in nature and beauty. Walk the trail, nap and let us feed you! You are NOT required to bring your spouse to attend.
COST: FREE EVENT for Pastors and Any Spouse of a Pastor
June 12 - BYRDHOUSE: Therapists/Counselors Soul Rest Day
Therapists and Counselors hold our secrets, hardships, grief, pain and stories. But where do they go to recover and recharge from carrying so much? Please be our guest and join us for a morning of rest. Free time for personal meditation, journaling and enjoying nature. Come enjoy the property and trail. Snacks and Light Lunch served.
COST: FREE EVENT for Therapists and Counselors
June 6 - The Agape Center: Quiet Reflection Day
Quite Reflection Day at the Agape Center for Spiritual Formation
The Agape Center for Spiritual Formation is delighted to offer Quiet Reflection Days. This June Quiet Reflection Day will be led by Anne Greski.
Each Quiet Reflection Day begins and ends with guided group reflection using spiritual practices and silent periods designed to create space to listen to God’s heart and ours. Your day will include time in the beautiful, adjacent Vickery Creek Park where you may walk the trails, linger at the waterfall, or find space on a bench to sit for a while. Please come and find some rest for your souls!
May 29 - BYRDHOUSE: Widow’s Soul Rest Day
Join us for one of our Widows only Soul Rest Days. Find a quiet space to just be. Free time for personal meditation, journaling, crafting and nature. Also time to meet and connect with other Widows. It would be our honor to host you. Includes snacks and lunch.
COST: FREE EVENT for Widows
May 13 - BYRDHOUSE: Mahjong Club
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship.
May 13 - Exhale: Day of Silence
Join us for a day of quiet. From 8:30 am-4 pm, we provide all you need. Breakfast, lunch and companionship for a day away with the Lord.
May 9 - BYRDHOUSE: Full Soul Rest Day
Come enjoy the property and walking trail in silence. Set time apart for quiet connection and reflection with God. Light healthy lunch, drinks and snacks included.
April 24-26 - Cloudwalk: Souly Business in Georgia
Cloudwalk: Souly Business in Georgia
Souly Business is a 3-Day retreat for men to get away to find rest for our souls as we seek to connect our hearts with God and with one another. This transformational experience has changed the lives of thousands of men and their families throughout the world.
April 24 - BYRDHOUSE: Half-Day Soul Rest Day
Curious about a Soul Rest Day and just want to dip your toe in to try it? Come to one of our Friday silent 1/2 Day Soul Rest Days. Participants will have access to the cabin, outdoor space and trail. A staff member will be present for assistance, this is a self guided time. Feel free to bring your own lunch, journal, books and art to work on. Coffee, tea, water and snacks provided.
April 18 - The Agape Center: Quiet Reflection Day
Quite Reflection Day at the Agape Center for Spiritual Formation
The Agape Center for Spiritual Formation is delighted to offer Quiet Reflection Days. This June Quiet Reflection Day will be led by Amy Consoli and Skip McDonald.
Each Quiet Reflection Day begins and ends with guided group reflection using spiritual practices and silent periods designed to create space to listen to God’s heart and ours. Your day will include time in the beautiful, adjacent Vickery Creek Park where you may walk the trails, linger at the waterfall, or find space on a bench to sit for a while. Please come and find some rest for your souls!
April 17 - BYRDHOUSE Open House
Interested in learning more about the ministry and how we got started? Come and join us for a casual Open House. Tour the property enjoy light refreshments and we will answer all of your burning questions.
April 15 - BYRDHOUSE: Mahjong Club
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship.
April 3- Exhale: Good Friday, Day of Guided Silence
Join us on April 3—Good Friday—for a day of quiet. From 9 am-3:30 pm, we provide all you need. Breakfast, lunch and companionship for a day away with the Lord. This will be our first day at the beautiful Farm at Bramble and Oak in Ball Ground, GA. We also look forward to offering our first “art as prayer” practice with artist Rebekah Harrison.
March 28 - BYRDHOUSE: Resting the Body, Mind, & Heart Workshop
Join trained Spiritual Director Kym Byrd as she shares her health journey and takes you through spiritual practices that will help you practice soul rest in your daily life. Includes supplies, light snacks and beverages.
March 27-29 - Cloudwalk: Silence in Alabama
Cloudwalk: Silence in Alabama, 3-Day Retreat
Silence is a 3-day retreat for men and women designed to invite people into the experience of God's presence. To grow in intimacy with God, we must listen and become still. Come slip away from the noise and frantic pace of the world to rest and be with your Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.
March 18 - BYRDHOUSE: Mahjong Club
Want to just have fun and play Mahjong? Join us for a Mahjong night hosted by Kym and Amber. Research shows that playing Mahjong has tons of health benefits. It improves cognitive function, provides social connection and relieves stress (once you get over learning the card). We will play and fellowship.
March 14 - BYRDHOUSE: Full Soul Rest Day
Come enjoy the property and walking trail in silence. Set time apart for quiet connection and reflection with God. Light healthy lunch, drinks and snacks included.
March 13 - BYRDHOUSE: Foster Parents Soul Rest Day
Join us for a silent day of rest for Foster Parents. You have stepped into an incredible calling and we want to serve you. Join us for time to rest and reset, nap, walk and recharge. Also there will be time at the end of the day to connect with other foster parents for encouragement and support. We would love to have you. Lunch and snacks are provided.
COST: FREE EVENT for Foster Parents
March 11 - BYRDHOUSE: Pastors & Spouses of Pastors Soul Rest Day
In 2024 the latest Barna study stated that 42% of Pastors have considered quitting. And it’s no wonder. You were there serving us through the pandemic, crisises, the political climate and our needs to be supported and shepparded. But what place does your soul have to rest and recover? Or are you married to a pastor and need a place to rest from others? We would like for you to come and spend a day of complete rest with us. No one will ask anything of you. You just get a day in silence with no demands to be with God in nature and beauty. Walk the trail, nap and let us feed you! You are NOT required to bring your spouse to attend.
COST: FREE EVENT for Pastors and Any Spouse of a Pastor