reVive // Beginning the Calendar Year – Teach Us to Number Our Days: Psalm 90

Rooted in Scripture. Room to breathe.

“Most of us have more good teaching in our heads or our notebooks than we’ve had time to absorb.

reVive retreats are different. Each day is built around three sessions that go deep into Scripture – sitting with the text long enough to let Christ speak through it. Around them though, we build in genuine space: for reflection, for quiet, for the kind of processing and conversation that actually changes things.

The goal isn’t more content. It’s knowing ourselves more honestly and Christ more clearly, that we might love him more and be more deeply shaped into his image”

The beginning of a new year naturally invites reflection. We look back with gratitude, regret, relief, or weariness; we look ahead with hopes, questions, and uncertainties. In the midst of all this, Psalm 90 offers a prayer of wisdom, perspective, and trust. 

Written against the backdrop of human frailty and the passing of time, this psalm reminds us that God remains our dwelling place through every generation. It teaches us to live thoughtfully and prayerfully within the limits of our days, seeking hearts shaped by wisdom and lives grounded in God’s faithfulness. 

This guided retreat day will centre on three short reflections from Psalm 90, with extended periods of quiet for prayer, journaling, Scripture meditation, and personal reflection. Together we will consider themes of memory, mortality, vocation, hope, and the prayer that God would “establish the work of our hands.” 

At the start of a new calendar year, this retreat offers a rare opportunity to pause before God – to reflect honestly on the year that has passed and prayerfully discern the year ahead. 

Come and begin the year with wisdom, stillness, and renewed hope in God’s faithfulness. 

Rhythm of the day:

(You are most welcome to join us for community prayers beforehand at 9am)

9:30am – Arrival with coffee and pastries

9:45–10:15am – Opening session together

10:15–11:30am – Personal reflection

11:30am–12:00pm – Guided session together

12:00–1:15pm – Personal reflection

1:15–1:45pm – Lunch together

1:45–2:15pm – Final session together

2:15–3:15pm – Personal reflection

3:15–3:45pm – Final reflections together and departure

Registration closes 12pm Monday 11th.