Shepherd's Pasture Retreat Center/United We Serve

Shepherd's Pasture Retreat Center/United We Serve A place to step away, be still, and draw near. Experience rest, fellowship, and God's faithfulness through every season.

Shepherd's Pasture Retreat Center in Jefferson, TX offers peaceful spaces for retreats, meetings, family gatherings, and renewal. Shepherd's Pasture is a peaceful sanctuary place to enjoy quiet times in nature, experience healing and enjoy relationships. Located in the piney woods of East Texas outside of Jefferson and just a short drive to Louisiana and Arkansas.

REST IS STEWARDSHIPWe often treat rest like something we earn after everything is finished.But everything is rarely fini...
09/02/2026

REST IS STEWARDSHIP
We often treat rest like something we earn after everything is finished.
But everything is rarely finished.
Rest can be an act of trust — a reminder that God is still God when we stop working, solving, serving, and striving.
Sometimes the most faithful thing you can do is become still long enough to be restored.
What would healthy rest look like for you this week?

🌷 TEA TIME OUT AT SHEPHERD’S PASTURE 🌷For 15 years, Tea Time Out has been part of the heart of Shepherd’s Pasture. What ...
09/02/2026

🌷 TEA TIME OUT AT SHEPHERD’S PASTURE 🌷
For 15 years, Tea Time Out has been part of the heart of Shepherd’s Pasture. What began as the foundation of our women’s ministry continues today as a beautiful opportunity for women to pause, gather around the table, and enjoy meaningful time together.
Invite your women’s ministry, Sunday school class, community group, family, or circle of friends to a very special luncheon—prepared just for you in the peaceful setting of Shepherd’s Pasture.
Groups of all sizes are welcome.
One phone call—and we’ll take care of the rest.
Come for tea. Stay for fellowship. Leave refreshed.
Message us or call to plan your Tea Time Out.

08/31/2026

We’ve prepared a place for you.
A place to step away from the noise.
A place to breathe deeply, rest, reconnect, and remember that you are not carrying life alone.
Every detail is prepared with prayer and the hope that, while you are here, you will feel welcomed, find quiet, and encounter Christ.
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
—Mark 6:31

MEN’S TIME OUTMen need to get away, too.Away from the noise.Away from the responsibilities.Away from always having to be...
08/28/2026

MEN’S TIME OUT

Men need to get away, too.

Away from the noise.
Away from the responsibilities.
Away from always having to be the strong one.

A Friday night at Shepherd’s Pasture gives men time to breathe, enjoy a good meal, talk honestly, laugh together, hear from God, and strengthen the brotherhood they need for the road ahead.

Bring your men’s group, ministry team, leadership team, or simply a few friends.

We’ll take care of the lodging, meals, meeting space, and details—so you can focus on the men.

One Friday night.
One phone call.
We take care of the rest.

Call or message Shepherd’s Pasture to plan your Men’s Time Out.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO CARRY EVERYTHINGSome things are ours to carry. Some are ours to pray over and release.Loving people we...
08/26/2026

YOU DON’T HAVE TO CARRY EVERYTHING
Some things are ours to carry. Some are ours to pray over and release.
Loving people well does not mean taking responsibility for every decision, every outcome, or every burden around us.
Sometimes wisdom looks like helping.
Sometimes it looks like praying.
Sometimes it looks like trusting God enough to let go.
What are you carrying today that may not actually belong to you?

Sometimes the people who spend their lives caring for others need a quiet place, too.Shepherd’s Pasture is offering a sp...
08/23/2026

Sometimes the people who spend their lives caring for others need a quiet place, too.
Shepherd’s Pasture is offering a special Weekday Ministry Retreat for $99 per person.
Bring your pastoral staff, ministry leaders, worship team, or small leadership team away from the noise for time to rest, pray, plan, and reconnect.
The package includes one night’s lodging, three meals, and private meeting space.
Available Monday through Thursday on select dates. Minimum of three guests; advance reservations required.
Message us or call Shepherd’s Pasture to discuss your team and available dates.

08/16/2026

retreat with Anna Johnson and Overcoming daily Lovely, lovely ladies. daily

This year has been hard in the natural.We lost our deep well, and since then we have learned to steward with gratitude e...
08/14/2026

This year has been hard in the natural.

We lost our deep well, and since then we have learned to steward with gratitude every drop of water the shallow well gives us. We have thanked God for the seasons when the rain seemed relentless, because those rains carried us through the dry days that followed.

We have been reminded again and again that *every drop the Father provides is precious.*

Today, for only the third time this year, we filled this simple, humble tank.

And we are so grateful.

But this time, the water is for something far more precious than a full tank.

We are preparing to gather around a dear saint as she publicly commits her life to Jesus through baptism.

What may look like a tank of water to someone else looks very different to us.

It is provision.
It is obedience.
It is celebration.
It is a testimony that God provides what is needed for what He has called us to do.

Soon, these waters will hold someone who has chosen to say, *“Jesus, my life belongs to You.”*

And while we celebrate here at Shepherd’s Pasture, we eagerly anticipate joining the celebration of Heaven over a life surrendered to Christ.

After a year of counting every drop, today we can say with full hearts:

*It’s worth every drop.*

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5645 US Highway 59 S
Jefferson, TX
75657

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+19036652647

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