How We Began
The roots of QuietWaters go back to the early 1900s in Denver, Colorado when Bethesda Hospital and Bethesda Foundation provided mental health care for patients.
In 1999, after extensive prayer, planning and the completion of a study to identify the services needed to help address the real challenges facing Christian leaders, the Board of Trustees of the Bethesda Foundation voted to implement a program of counseling intensives to renew, restore and strengthen Christian leaders and their families. The Trustees and staff, with the help of trusted advisors, created a new ministry plan with a new mission and a new name – QuietWaters Ministries.
In the beginning, QuietWaters Ministries’ “quiet place” was the home of a Denver physician. There, in a home-like setting, our Leadership Counseling Intensives renewed, restored and strengthened hundreds of Christian leaders.
Looking forward, a new dedicated retreat center was deemed critical in order to meet growing challenges and opportunities. After a two year search in a struggling economy, God provided a beautiful private home southeast of Denver on three acres with a calming view of the Rocky Mountains. After much prayer, discussion, and research, the Board moved to take advantage of such a unique opportunity and purchased this ideal property at a drastically reduced price. The official opening was February 1, 2010.
