“It was clear – from the moment I turned onto Bannockburn – that Marble Retreat was a place for me to “belong ” – if only for 9 days. Perhaps, it is because Marble Retreat lives in the likeness of “shalom” … fullness, safety, rest, peace, harmony. Perhaps it is because Marble Retreat requires no credentials, no honorary name-dropping, no listing of particular listed “merits,” no set of certain and “atypical” moral failures – only a desire to hang up tattered garments of fatigue, disappointment, strain and stress. ”
Fall 2010 Alum
“Thank you for the scholarship which made us able to come and for allowing the Lord to use you to make such an impact in our lives. We are holding on to our freedom and dancing before the Lord. You are all wonderful. We left Marble Retreat as new people.”
Fall 2010 Alum
“If God can work a miracle in our marriage, I know He can work a miracle in the lives of the others who come to you for help! ”
2009 Alum
“Thank you for providing a way and a place to heal our hearts and our home. ”
2010 Alum
“You gave us such good direction, compassion, and understanding. God has brought complete healing to us. I am back in the church office full time and loving it like never before. Your suggestion to make a detailed re-entry proposal (which I did while there) was met with such appreciation. ”
2010 Alum
“My husband and I have been given a new beginning. We feel as if we are on a new “honeymoon.” This renewed love and attraction is nothing less than a miracle. We are so thankful for the staff at Marble Retreat and for what the Lord has done. ”
2010 Alum
“I am amazed at where I am today compared to when I limped into Marble in April. I am so thankful ”
Spring 2010 Alum
“We can't thank Patti & Steve enough for all the help. We are truly a new couple. We have been tested many times, but have come through just fine. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! ”
Spring 2010 Alum
“I know that I am one tiny part of what Marble is all about and yet am very aware of the huge difference that my visit there has made to my life. I pray that God would continue to envision, anoint and equip you all to continue to grow and develop the loving care and compassion that you pour into the lives of those who come your way as He leads you into the next chapter and that you would know His comfort and strength for the journey”
2007 Alum
“Thank you for all that you did and are doing to help ministry couples receive what they so desperately need. This coming November, we will be celebrating 25 years in the ministry.
There is no doubt in my mind that if we hadn’t have gone to Marble when we did, that would not be the case and, likely, our marriage would not have survived, as well. So may you continue to know God’s blessing as you minister His love, grace and wisdom to those who come to Marble.”
Recently written by 1993 Alum
“This is a truly beautiful place here with such majestic scenery and I feel so privileged to have been able to taste not only
the beauty of the landscape, but to be touched as well by the gifts of encouragement, mercy, comfort, grace and discernment lived out by
the team here.
With much love and a healing heart,”
A Marble Retreat Alum
“What an incredible gift this program is to those of us who are broken in the Kingdom. Only eternity will be able to measure the impact.”
2009 Alum
“Thank you both for the hard but life changing work that you do! It makes a huge difference!
We are still together serving the Lord with a beautiful daughter and another on the way in part because of the time spent at Marble Retreat. It’s been a long, painful journey, but you gave us a good needed starting point and foundation.”
2006 Alum
“It has been a year and three months since we were at Marble Retreat. I was thanking God tonight for the beautiful healthy marriage that we have and the Holy Spirit lead me to thank you for all that you do to help troubled marriages. Marble was like an incubator for our desperately hurting marriage.
We often look at our pictures of our time at the retreat. Marble is a holy alter for us because that is where God brought forgiveness (when I truly did not think it was possible) for an offense that broke our world. God also brought healing and brought the process of wholeness to our souls. It was God’s gift to us. The lodge, the staff, the food, and the fireplace brought heaven to our “hell” and gave us hope and tools on how to mend our marriage.
From the bottom of my heart--thank you. Without Marble we would have been a statistic of divorce, but now we stand as a trophy of grace. Thanks too, for the scholarship that you gave to my husband and me. I love you and we are two lives that have been changed forever. ”
2008 Alum
“We leave this mountain top changed people. Thank you for seeking the Lord with your competency, then so gracefully and peacefully leading and guiding us together and separately. We will cherish this experience and I pray we are able to recreate it at our home and share it with others.
As I leave, I am reminded about God’s word in Isaiah 63:1.......to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.”
2009 Alum