Altar nurtures the inner lives of leaders through distinctive retreats that blend the beauty of the outdoors and the artistry of fly fishing for the purpose of discovery, clarity, renewal, and discerning next steps through guided teaching, reflection, and discussion.

Fly Fishing offers a great platform and metaphor that compliments our times of learning and reflection by providing adventure, teaching, serenity, and yes…humility.

Psalm 19 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God...”
As we say, trout live in beautiful places and creation has the power to unwind the soul, breathing new life within us. Even brain science is reporting the goodness of devoting time away in nature yielding heightened awareness, elimination of distractions, and increased focus.

When you stand in the coolness of a mountain stream or feel the power of a rapid from a drift boat, when you feel the unforced rhythms of grace in a fly rod when it shoots line forward, when you feel the tug on the end of your line, when you pause, look, listen and observe lifting your eyes up, something happens that words often struggle to articulate. It is poetry, beauty, adventure, and joy that anyone can learn to do–and Altar loves introducing people to and deepening these kinds of experiences in the lives of others.