Inspired People and Stories

Linnea Good’s soaring celtic melodies and jazz-laced psalm-blues have taken her around the continent and world. She has been called “the contemporary voice of the emerging church in Canada” and her music is known and loved in United Churches ...

My experience on Summer Staff at Naramata Centre taught me many valuable skills. One of the most important lessons I learned was the importance of self-awareness and self-care. As the Summer Staff experience is very intense and high energy, the staff are ...

by Denise Cork, 2008 humbly offering shelter for a tired family seeking renewal;   facing each other, these aging buildings command you to greet your neighbour.   As its door bursts open, the family scatters to daily progra...

In this place of love and grace We live in god's creation   Through practice and actions we model Jesus His justice, acceptance, compassion   Spirit driven, including all We share the gifts of life   Transforming us in this place ...

When I passed through the door upon returning home from Winter Session, I knew things were different, different in a fulfilling way.  Throughout Winter Session I learned much about myself and acquired skills I needed to function healthily in the world. ...

In the summer of 2002, I was considering what vacation I could offer my children, ages seven and nine, that would be enjoyable for them and rejuvenating for me. My marriage had ended two years earlier and vacationing with young children, on my own, was ch...