Grace Place Wellness - LCEF

Grace Place Wellness

If you’re like most ministry workers, your heartbeat is to minister the Gospel effectively. You live your life for God and His people, and you wouldn’t want it any other way. But many of us, after a few years in the “real world” of ministry, faced questions that never crossed our minds in college or seminary. 

Grace Place helps church workers find relief from the pressures they face while avoiding the traps that lead to burnout, sin and despair. And the practices we’ve developed over the years keep pastors and church workers joyful, vibrant and whole for as long as they’re in ministry.

About Grace Place Wellness

With its Grace Place Wellness mission, Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) will continue to expand and cultivate gifts for church workers of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) in service of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through:

  • Retreats
  • Traditional wellness programming
  • Newly imagined and fully integrated wellness resources
We began to wonder if we could possibly be effective at church and still have time for our families, meet the demands of a congregation’s ever-present needs and keep up the pace of ministry life without falling apart at the seams.

Grace Place Wellness teaches professional church workers the attitudes, skills and practices that enable them to experience a long, joyful and flourishing career. We do so through in-person and virtual retreats, speaking appearances and a continual flow of fresh resources that teach the basic principles of The Wellness Wheel.

We also work with lay leaders to encourage and provide tips to intentionally care for professional church workers.

Become a better disciple of Christ, the Savior who can sympathize with our weaknesses.

Don’t become a statistic, fall apart or burn out.

Learn to live-and minister-from this place: This place called Grace.

Grow in Your Calling
Gain the confidence and skills to flourish for your entire career.
Find Stability
Learn how to strengthen all 8 areas of a healthy life.
Avoid Common Pitfalls
Discover hard-won ideas from experienced leadership.
Rest and Recharge
Learn the skills of preventative self-care.
Increase Effectiveness
Learn to live and work from a place of grace.