Tulum, Mexico • April 2027
The Pillars
Rest is Not a Reward
It is a design principle. The world was made with a pause written into it. We are not inventing the sabbath, we are recovering it.
Makom (מָקוֹם) means "place" in Hebrew. Shortened from HaMakom, which refers to "The Place," another name for God. It notes that the space we occupy is not where God is, but what God is.
We are rooted in the Reformed tradition and in the conviction that scripture is the word of God, that Jesus Christ is Lord, that the Spirit is present and active, and that the resurrection is a historical event with present consequences. We take the resurrection seriously enough to believe that joy is not incidental to faith but central to it.
Tables Are Thin Places
Some of the most important moments happen around a shared meal, in an unscripted conversation between strangers who become less strange.
Excellence is Worship
We believe that excellence, whether in food, hospitality, or art, is itself an act of worship. You are worth a generous table and beautiful things.
Joy is Theology
The resurrection means the people of God are the most free, most alive people in any room. We intend to act like it.
The Itinerary
Not everything at Makom is scheduled. Not everything scheduled is mandatory. Here is how this gathering moves and how the space between the moments makes it work. This is the core schedule, but we build in a number of surprises and leave room for the Holy Spirit.
We have 3 categories of programming:
Expected
The communal heartbeat of the gathering. This is shared meals, the Sunday worship service, the worship night, the farewell banquet, the blessing jar reading. Not mandatory, but the gathering is shaped around them and you will want to be there.
Encouraged
The core programme to have the full experience. This is morning teaching, guided movement, small group discussion, vespers, the chef's demo evenings. Most guests attend most of these. They are where the depth of the week is built.
Optional
Everything else. Enjoy the spa, spiritual direction, fishing, horse riding, excursions, the letter writing station, the dawn prayer walk, the conservatory, the puzzle table, the courtyard fire, and several surprises along the way. Available always, required never.
Our Theological Frame: Creation & The Ordinary
Saturday
Welcoming Day
12:00 PM -- Private transfers from TQO airport all morning and afternoon.
12PM-4PM -- Arrival, check-in, and explore the grounds. (Expected)
4:00 PM -- Aqua frescas, horchata, and antojitos as we settle in. (Encouraged)
6:30PM -- Welcome talk. Opening blessings, vision, rhythm, and permissions. (Expected)
7:00PM -- Welcome dinner as a Mexican-style communal feast. (Expected)
9:00 PM -- Bar open, courtyard fire, get acquainted. (Encouraged)
Sunday
The Lord's Day
6:30 AM -- Sunrise prayer walk through the jungle. (Optional)
8:00 AM -- Slow and generous communal breakfast. (Expected)
10:30 AM -- Morning worship service, liturgy, communion, response. (Expected)
11:15 AM -- Session One -- In the Beginning, Before the Church (Expected)
12:30 PM -- Sunday lunch and a time of rest. (Expected)
Free Afternoon -- The pools, hammocks, reading room, the grounds, conversation, rest. (Encouraged)
7:00 PM -- Plated dinner with crafted nonalcoholic pairings. (Expected)
Monday
Rooting & Depth
7:00 AM -- Morning movement session. (Optional)
8:00 AM -- Family-style breakfast. (Expected)
9:00 AM -- Tulum Mayan Ruins excursion with local guide. (Expected)
12:00 PM -- Communal lunch in the courtyard. (Expected)
1:00PM -- Session Two -- Earth Declares His Glory. Small group discussion following. (Expected)
3:00 PM -- Cenote excursion to Gran Cenote. Should not be missed. (Encouraged)
6:00 PM -- Free time before dinner. (Encouraged)
7:30 PM -- Dinner with Chef demonstration of Hospitality as Ministry. (Expected)
Evening -- Fire pit and community. (Encouraged)
Tuesday
The Land of Wilderness
7:00 AM -- Morning movement session. (Optional)
8:00 AM -- Family-style breakfast. (Expected)
9:00 AM -- An unprepared wander in the Jungle. (Encouraged)
11:30 AM -- Refreshing lunch and rest. (Expected)
2:00 PM -- Session Three -- Shaped by the Wilderness. (Expected)
4:00 PM -- Free moment with 1:1 spiritual director time available. (Optional)
6:30 PM -- Traditional Yucatecan dinner. Mezcal tasting optional. (Expected)
8:00 PM -- Acoustic worship set on the roof. (Expected)
Evening -- Fire pit and community. (Encouraged)
Wednesday
Connection & Forgiveness
7:00 AM -- Morning movement session. (Optional)
8:00 AM -- Family-style breakfast. (Expected)
10:00 AM -- Session Four -- Held Together by God.(Expected)
12:30 PM -- Packed lunch with journaling workshops at the beach. (Expected)
Free Afternoon -- Letter writing for gratitudes, blessings, and forgiveness. (Encouraged)
3:00PM -- Excursion to Coba Ruins and a jungle biking. (Optional)
7:00PM -- Dinner with Chef demonstration of The Table as a Gift. (Expected)
8:30PM -- Guest Talent Night -- Instruments available, poetry readings, the unknown.(Expected)
Evening -- Fire pit and community. (Encouraged)
Thursday
Ordinary Joy
7:00 AM -- Sunrise Lectio Divina contemplative morning bible study. (Encouraged)
7:30 AM -- Morning movement session. (Optional)
8:30 AM -- Family-style breakfast. (Expected)
10:00 AM -- Session Five -- Holiness in Common Places.(Expected)
12:30 PM -- Family-style lunch with a reading of the Blessing Jar. (Expected)
2:00 PM -- Free Afternoon -- Yard games and the treasure hunt. (Optional)
5:30 PM -- Traditional Mexican music and dancing. (Encouraged)
6:30 PM -- Farewell banquet dinner of the chef's finest. (Expected)
9:00 PM -- Sending prayer and commissioning.(Expected)
Evening -- Final fire pit under the stars with unhurried farewells. (Encouraged)
Friday
Sending Day
7:30 AM -- Final breakfast enjoyed at your leisure. (Encouraged)
9:00 AM -- Sending Ceremony -- Our leaders will pray over reach person upon departure.
10:00 AM -- Private transfers to TQO airport.
12:00 PM -- The estate closes for preparations.
A note on unscheduled hours:
The most significant moments of the gathering often happen in the gaps. A conversation after dinner that nobody planned, an afternoon in the conservatory that turned into something else, a dawn walk where the silence said more than anything the speaker offered. While we provide many ways to use your free time, we want to honor the gaps, not simply fill them.
A note on our table and expressions:
We set a generous table. All of our food is prepared by a renowned local chef who will share history, story, and flavor that can only be experienced in this way from whole ingredients sourced as locally, organically, and regeneratively as possible. Often the food is grown on the land where we stay. We never allow seed oils or artificial ingredients of any kind, and will gather dietary restrictions from each guest prior to arrival and accommodate those needs as fully as possible.
Wine & alcohol is offered at dinner on selected evenings as part of our hospitality, in the tradition of Christian fellowship around a meal. It is never the focus, it accompanies the food and the conversation. Non-alcoholic options are given the same care and intention as the wine. Nobody is forgotten at the Makom table.
We celebrate that the Lord is risen. Joy is theology. The people of God are the most free, most alive people in any room. We intend to act like it... Which sometimes includes dancing, singing, and celebration. We are Easter people.
Why don't you name your guest lineup?
Makom doesn't publish the names of its teachers, musicians, or chefs before you arrive. We do this on purpose. In short, we want you to come for the presence of God, not the people guiding you there.
The tradition we draw from does not seek platform or reputation. We have found that names create expectations, and expectations get in the way of presence. What we are after is something older and quieter than that. We hope for encounter, shared tables, the moment when someone says something true and you feel it land. That doesn't require a name you already know.
Our chefs are renowned, our speakers are extraordinary, our instructors are gifted, and our musicians have played large stages, but you are the focus, they just make room.
The people we invite to lead may choose to announce their involvement on their own. And that is ok.
If you have any questions at all, please get in touch.
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"Surely the Lord is in this place — and I did not know it." — Genesis 28:16
A Place at the Table
Everything at Makom is all-inclusive. One price covers everything.
Six nights accommodation in your chosen room type with carefully selected gifts. All meals including breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day prepared by a local chef, plus morning coffee and afternoon refreshments. All teaching sessions, worship services, one-on-one counseling, and advisors. Morning movement sessions with specialized trainers. Guided lessons and classes by local artisans. All supplies for our unique experiences. Curated wine, local beer, and zero-proof crafted options on designated evenings. The local excursions with the staff and transportation to off-site locations. Exclusive access to the entire estate grounds and its amenities. Private transfers from nearby stations on arrival and departure. And much more that is hidden until you arrive and experience it first-hand.
Everything means everything, there are no unwanted surprises.
King Suite
$5000
for primary guest
$1,500 for a companion.
A king bed with ensuite bathroom. Full access to every part of the Makom program including the food, the worship, the excursions, and the community. Nothing is withheld. Bed can be divided to two singles if needed.
Happening:
April 17, 2027 - April 23, 2027
Ministry Scholarship
$1,500
for each recipient
A small number of scholarship places are available at each gathering for those in pastoral ministry who could not otherwise attend. We offer this openly and without condition. If this is you, please apply by the link below. It is first-come. We are also working with a few sponsors to bring the cost to $0 and cover airfare, but cannot promise this yet. We will notify you if this happens.
A note about pricing:
We have priced Makom honestly, not cheaply, and not for excessive margin. The cost reflects what it actually takes to gather 20 to 40 people in a sacred space with a world-class chef, exceptional teachers, staff to run everything, quality goods, thoughtful touches, and the care this experience deserves. We believe beauty, quality, and care are an act of worship and want to express them fully to our very best ability. We recognize this will create a barrier for some, and we do our best to create scholarships and sponsorships to help all we can.
Common Inquiries
If we haven't answered what you're asking, please write to us at gather@makom.house. We read every message and will reply.
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We will be hosted in a Moorish-Mexican villa in Tulum, Mexico.
Every sacred tradition has found its way to the same discovery: There are places on this earth where the distance between you and God feels smaller. Where the noise that follows you home from ordinary life cannot find you. Where something in the landscape itself seems to be paying attention.
Tulum is one of those places.
Not because of the hotels or the beach clubs or the influencers who discovered it a decade ago. Because of what was here before all of that, 1,200-year-old temples on clifftops above the Caribbean, underground rivers running beneath the jungle floor, cenotes so clear and still they feel like altars, a Mayan civilization that mapped the stars and built their lives around sacred time.
That is the place we are gathering in. The pool and the rooftop terrace and the courtyard dinners are incidental. The thin place is the point.