Refuge and Rest

For Grieving Families

We provide retreats, support groups, and resources for families mourning loss.

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Enjoy quiet time in Creation.

We send families away for several days post-loss to local or out of town rentals for time to rest, grieve, and be together. Please fill out our referral form if you know a family who has recently experienced loss.

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Connect with other families.

Mother’s grief group is held the second Thursday of each month in Georgetown PA and the fourth Thursday of each month in Lititz, PA. We also host events for Fathers and hope to have events for siblings in the future.

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What We Do

Losing a loved one stops everything.

About Us
Some days it’s hard to breathe, let alone carry on. If that’s where you are, we want you to know: you’re not alone.
At Beside Still Waters, we don’t have all the answers but we will be with you, pray with you, and help make space for rest and healing.
Just as the Good Shepherd leads His people beside still waters, we hope to create places of peace for those carrying deep sorrow.
How We Do it

Ways We Support Grieving Families

Time Away

We sponsor weekend trips for families who’ve experienced loss. Take the time you need to grieve and process without being pulled away by life’s daily responsibilities.

We send families away for several days post-loss to local or out of town rentals for time to rest, grieve, and be together.

Text, call, email, or fill out our form to learn more.

Contact / Refer a Family

Cabin Retreats

Coming soon, we will be sponsoring weekend trips at our retreat center for families who’ve experienced loss. Take the time you need to grieve and rest in Creation.

Retreat Center updates coming soon! Dave and Keturah are actively involved in a 21 acre property in Mifflinburg PA where they hope to host retreats and get aways.

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Support Groups

We host small gatherings and meals for fathers, mothers, and siblings to spend time with others who understand.

Mother’s grief group is held the second Thursday of each month in Georgetown PA and the fourth Thursday of each month in Lititz, PA. We also host events for Fathers and hope to have events for siblings in the future.

Text, call, email, or fill out our form to learn more.

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“We had a lovely time! It was so peaceful and relaxing. You have a beautiful cabin ❤️ We stopped at Green Ridge on the way there, relaxed around the campfire, enjoyed watching the sunset at the lookout, to name a few things. Thank you to much for everything!”

— The Newswanger Family

“It was an amazing, relaxing weekend!”

— The Hostetter Family

Ways We Help

Take a break from daily life.

Life doesn’t stop after loss, but sometimes you need it to slow down so you can be present with your grief, your family, and God.

Enjoy quiet time in Creation.

Walk a trail. Sit in the sun. Watch the trees move. It doesn’t fix anything, but it gives you space to breathe, process, and grieve.

Connect with other families.​

Spend time with who’ve been through something similar – you won’t have to explain your story or listen to advice you didn’t ask for.

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Families Served
2022-2025
Concept to Founding
How We Began

Our Story

Keturah’s work as a palliative care nurse opened her eyes to the deep pain of grief, and the profound need for companionship and compassionate presence in the midst of it. Moved by the heartache she witnessed, she felt a calling to remain connected with families even after their loss.
Together with her husband Dave, they began offering their Airbnb spaces as a place of rest for grieving couples. From this experience, Beside Still Waters: Comfort in Grief was born — an expression of both Keturah’s vocation and the couple’s shared desire to walk gently with others through sorrow.
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