Our Vision and Mission Statement guide us in planning and development.

Adopted by the Ghost Ranch Governing Board, 10/27/2001

Our Mission
Ghost Ranch, an education and retreat center of The Presbyterian Church (USA), grounds its life and program in reverence, hospitality for all people, and respect for creation.


Our Vision
Ghost Ranch is called to be ……
One education center in two locations called to serve God by
empowering all who come to grow spiritually, learn
intergenerationally and experience new transforming ways to
serve God in the Church and world.

A community warmed by sun and sacred history, a resolana
where friendships are made and important stories told;
a sanctuary of cultural, ethnic, religious and societal diversity;
an open place for body, mind, and spirit.

A community motivated by faith to share joyfully the gift of
hospitality, kindness and healing; to bring together people on
various quests and from different perspectives, offering
programming excellence in a safe setting.

A community rooted in the Reformed heritage covenanted to
reconciliation, training leadership for the future of the Church,
seeking peace and justice.

A community appreciative and respectful of its New Mexico
neighbors, offering with love what it has to give and accepting
with grace what it needs to receive.

A community for the Spirit for rest, re-creation, and renewal
offering beauty, encounter and growth, helping people to be
responsive to God in new ways.

A keeper and mender of creation and communities;
An advocate for the care of the earth and its resources;
A place to wonder, to challenge, to create, to explore;
A sacred space for seekers and shepherds;
A touchstone for light and leaven in an uncertain world.

Our Priorities
• To provide resources for spiritual life, awakening to the call of God's Spirit leading people to action, particularly in the areas of peace and justice.
• To inspire leadership for the future of the Church and world, with emphasis on youth and young adults.
• To expand the diversity among us, encouraging and celebrating a broad cultural, ethnic, economic, and ability mix.
• To reinforce our connectedness in northern New Mexico, its communities, its history, its needs and its environment, with special concern for land and water.
• To provide hospitality by expanding welcoming and service skills, and improving accommodations.


Revised 10/24/06