Mission, Vision, and Values

Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre, our mission, vision and values: Proclaiming the Gospel by imitating Christ

The Sorrento Centre exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Anglican way. We offer generous hospitality, joy, rest and relaxation and aspire to be a gathering place for all. We seek to engage body, mind, soul and spirit. We seek to offer loving kindness in our work and with our neighbours near and far. Sometimes we proclaim the Gospel using the explicit words, symbols, stories, and rituals of the Church. Always we proclaim the Gospel by imitating Jesus.

Jesus taught. Therefore, the Sorrento Centre is a place of learning. 

To provide leadership training to children, teenagers and adults interested in recreation and spirituality.

To provide instructional seminars on topics related to the performing and visual arts, nature and the environment to children, teenagers and adults.

To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts through public art exhibitions, presentations, and performance events, and by providing a forum for artists to exhibit, present, or perform their works.

To teach and preach the religious tenets, doctrines, and practices of Christianity in the Anglican way.

To maintain a facility to be used for religious programs, workshops, music, and Bible studies.

To engage in ecumenical, multi-faith and inter-faith dialogue.

Jesus shared holy meals. Therefore, the Sorrento Centre is a place in which people are fed.

To relieve poverty by providing food and other necessities to individuals and families.

To relieve poverty by providing necessities of life, including food, clean water, medical supplies, clothing, and/or shelter to victims of disasters.

Jesus created community. Therefore, the Sorrento Centre is a place of belonging.

To maintain a memorial garden, a public footpath and park, and a children’s playground.

To maintain a facility for smaller groups and organizations to fulfill their charitable objectives.

To serve as a community hub, engaging with our neighbours in practical acts of service.

Jesus was nourished in the wilderness. Therefore, the Sorrento Centre is a place to engage with nature.

To maintain a farm as a place of learning, rest and nourishment.

To steward cultivated and wild places on our 24-acre main campus for learning, contemplation and rest.

To deepen the relationship between humans and the natural world through programs and activities.

To cultivate efficient and effective environmental practices in energy and other resource conservation.

To help people to rest in the grace of the world by falling back in love with Mother Nature.

Jesus healed. Therefore, the Sorrento Centre is a place of reconciliation.

To promote reconciliation and healing among First Peoples and settlers through events and programming.

To promote reconciliation as a way of life among humans.

To promote reconciliation between humans and the natural world.