Wild Grace Sanctuary

Our Mission

Connecting people, animals, and land in the spirit of wild grace.

THE WILD GRACE STATEMENT

We affirm the sacred worth of creatures, people, and land as one circle of wild grace.

We commit to worship through care, creativity, and stewardship, practicing compassion as our primary sacrament.

We recognize that holiness moves through all living beings, and we gather to honor, protect, and serve this sacred circle.

Our Mission

Wild Grace Sanctuary is a Georgia nonprofit religious organization providing spiritual sanctuary and retreat services. We integrate worship, creative practices—including writing, music, and improvisational arts—animal sanctuary ministry, and environmental land stewardship as paths to spiritual connection and transformation.

We serve as a place-based spiritual community, welcoming those seeking alternative approaches to faith and wholeness, particularly those wounded by traditional religious structures.

Through retreats, worship services, and community gatherings on our sanctuary land between Conyers and Lithonia, Georgia, we honor the sacred interconnection between all living beings and practice compassion as our primary sacrament.

Three Paths to Connection

Creativity

Creativity

Writing, music, improv, and artistic expression as spiritual practice. We believe creativity is a path to the sacred, a way of listening to what wants to emerge.

Animals

Animals

Our rescued cats and dog are co-participants in the sacred circle. They teach presence, unconditional acceptance, and the healing power of simply being together.

Nature

Nature

Eighteen acres of forest, meadow, and lake. Land-based healing, environmental stewardship, and the quiet wisdom that comes from slowing down enough to listen.

Our Community Covenant

As members and participants of Wild Grace Sanctuary, we covenant together to:

Share space, not dominate it

We honor that this sanctuary belongs to all beings who dwell here.

Keep animals, people, and land safe

We prioritize the wellbeing and security of every member of our community.

Practice honesty and transparency

We communicate openly and truthfully in all our interactions.

Include without prejudice

We welcome all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, or background.

Honor consent, boundaries, and care

We respect personal and animal boundaries and seek permission before touching or entering spaces.

Serve together as stewards

We share responsibility for the care of this sanctuary and one another.

What Makes Us Different

Wild Grace is not a traditional church. We don't have a steeple or pews. We have a barn with fairy lights, seventeen cats, a dog named Lily Possum, and eighteen acres of forest and meadow.

We believe that holiness moves through all living beings. That creativity is worship. That sitting in silence with a cat can be as sacred as any liturgy. That the land itself holds wisdom for those who slow down enough to listen.

We welcome those who have been wounded by religion, those who have never found a spiritual home, and those who simply need a place to breathe. You don't have to believe anything in particular to be here. You just have to be willing to show up—with your whole self, your questions, your grief, your joy.

"People don't come here for five-star linens. They come for the trees, the animals, the laughter by the fire. They leave changed—not because of programming, but because they were allowed to feel something real."

Experience Wild Grace

Whether you come for a retreat, a visit, or simply to sit with the cats, you are welcome here.

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