After your weekend you will have met some wonderful people who may become your very best friends. Most sites offer a reunion for those who wish to participate and nearly all the Rachel’s Vineyard sites offer ongoing opportunities to address other concerns you may want to explore following the weekend.…
How Much do the Weekends Cost?
The price varies between each individual location depending on the place where the retreat is held. Rachel’s Vineyard has financial assistance available. E-mail or phone the Rachel’s Vineyard location you wish to register with to find out specific details regarding the weekend. To view a listing of weekends by date,…
Is Rachel’s Vineyard Confidential?
Yes. When you sign up for a retreat, your name will not be given to any other individual or group for any circumstance. If you choose to be listed on a contact list for the other members of your weekend group, that is your decision. You can inquire about this…
Can This Weekend Program Help my Marriage?
The weekend will be especially helpful to couples who have not been able to grieve together. The inability for husbands and wives to acknowledge this loss and creates distance bitterness and resentment. When men join in the healing journey with their wives it opens the door to a dramatic increase…
What are the Benefits to Inviting a Support Person?
As your are working to reconnect to past memories and feelings, you can also reach out to the terminated or damaged relationships in your family. The memorial service is a beautiful vehicle to help facilitate this reconciliation. If you choose to share this event with a family member, spouse, or…
Should I Consider Inviting my Spouse or Support Person to go With me on the Weekend?
We have seen many married couples attend the weekend together. Some whose spouses participated in the abortion, and others who were not involved with a previous abortion, but who come as a support person. The results have been exceptionally positive and all report an increase in communication and intimacy after…
Can Men go on a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat?
Yes. After abortion, men often struggle with a sense of powerlessness, of feeling they failed to protect both mother and child-perhaps abandoning the mother, or threatening to leave her if she did not abort. Others have been prevented from stopping an abortion they did not want. This can lead to…