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We seek and practice
inner peace and centering calm
through love for
God All Good.
- Rev. Elizabeth Crandall, Executive Director

Welcome to
Prayers for Peace Park

The Essene Retreat Center is located in Prayers for Peace Park, part of the American Universalist Temple of Divine Wisdom's mountain trails, valley forests and community living for healing in Valley Center, California.

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Regular Events

The Essene Retreat Center hosts regular spiritually based programs including:

Sunday Service

Chanting Circle

Sound Bath

Yoga

Land-based Volunteering

Constellation Work

See calendar for additional healing and speaking events by resident and visiting practitioners.

Sunday Service

Weekly devotional service and meditation led by Rev. Elizabeth Crandall in the Crystal Chapel, 11a-12 noon.

Sound Meditations held on the first Sunday of each month.

Chanting Circle

Connect with the Divine through our regular chanting circles, planned on or near every solstice, equinox, new and full moons.

Bring an instrument, a friend (and a blanket during cooler months).

Moringa

Come hand pick this nutritious and potent plant growing abundantly on the mountain top. Email us to schedule a picking appointment.

Healing Events

Meditation, herbal remedies, breathwork, family constellation and more, detailed in our calendar below.

We seek and practice
inner peace and centering calm
through love for
God All Good.
- Rev. Elizabeth Crandall, Executive Director

Welcome to
Prayers for Peace Park

Regular Events

The Land

Temple Hours

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We seek and practice inner peace and centering calm through love for God All Good. - Rev. Elizabeth Crandall, Executive Director

Welcome to Prayers for Peace Park

Regular Events

The Land

We seek and practice
inner peace and centering calm
through love for
God All Good.
- Rev. Elizabeth Crandall, Executive Director

Welcome to
Prayers for Peace Park