Programs
Liberation Library
The Liberation Library at our Turning Point library is a collection of liberation-oriented books that can often be hard to find in local libraries and bookstores. Developed from our personal book collections and bridging justice-oriented secular and Christian resources, it will hopefully be a valuable resource for activists, movement leaders, pastors, and the local community. […]
Picket and Pray
Click this link to register Join Christians for a Free Palestine, Mennonite Action, Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, and our partners for a weekly 30 minute Zoom call for shared action for a Free Palestine and spiritual practice rooted in the Christian tradition. As Israel’s U.S.-funded genocide has escalated, including forcibly starving millions of Palestinians […]
Berrigan’s Folly Organizer and Activist Respite Program
“The times are urgent; we must slow down.” –Bayo Akomolafe Are you an organizer or activist in need of rest and rejuvenation? Kirkridge Retreat Center is launching Berrigan’s Folly Organizer and Activist Respite program. We are offering no-cost week-long private retreats for movement organizers and activists in Daniel Berrigan’s Folly Cottage at Kirkridge Retreat Center. Located […]
Paul in the Fall: A Book Study of PAUL WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN
With Jean Jeffress
If you find the Apostle Paul hard to read and hard to understand, you are not alone. In this hybrid book study, we will read from Dr. Pamela Eisenbaum’s Paul Was Not A Christian: The Original Message of the Misunderstood Apostle. Dr. Eisenbaum is an expert on early Christianity. Her book reveals the true nature […]
Dismantling White Supremacy in Organizing Spaces: A Four-Hour Training
With Nichola Torbett
When we who are white organize, we tend to unwittingly replicate white patterns that make our organizing spaces anything from unwelcoming to dangerous for Black people, Indigenous people, and other People of Color. The good news is: When we shift those patterns, our organizing becomes more joyful, honest, and connective for everyone. Come learn about […]
Living, Dying, Music, and Mystery – A Retreat Exploring the Threshold
With Barbara McAfee
“Everyone knows everything sings and dies. But could it be, too, everything dies and sings….” Galway Kinnell Join singer/songwriter and wise woman, Barbara McAfee, in a soulful investigation of life and death, living and dying, song and silence, beauty and mystery. This retreat incorporates people of any belief system. During our sacred time together, […]
Walking Awake into the Celtic New Year
With Denise Crawn and Nick Prance
If you feel a deep connection to Nature, have an interest in Celtic Spirituality, and a longing to be amongst the stunning autumn foliage at Kirkridge, this annual weekend retreat may indeed call you ‘home’ to the mountain. Throughout our weekend together we will explore some of the many surrounding lessons and gifts available to […]
Wild Church
Let's let church go a little wild! We gather at the beautiful Kirkridge Retreat Center every month, outside, on the first Wednesday, to listen together and in solitude for the voice of the Spirit that speaks through the more-than-human world. Most gatherings involve song, prayer and/or ritual, a time of wandering in the woods and […]
LGBTQ Social Events - November
Join us as we build local LGBTQ+ community! Our activities vary from month to month and can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages, but unless otherwise specified, we gather at 7pm near the Farmhouse or Barn at 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013. Hope to meet you soon!
The Stream Keeps Flowing: A Fall Festival Honoring Justice-Making at Kirkridge
The stream of justice-making runs deep and long at Kirkridge. Direct actions have been planned here. Resistance campaigns have been born; new worlds have been imagined, and we’ve trained in the skills and postures needed to live into them. In 1942, a group of 15 clergy and seminarians–all deeply involved in justice work–were drawn together […]
Wild Yoga
With Britt
Wild Yoga 2nd Wednesdays at 6:00pm Free community yoga Donations accepted, not required For all bodies, races, ages, genders, and faiths. BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat Registration welcome but not required. Description: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we come together to connect to our bodies and the true nature of our being through […]
Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - November
November 2025 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, November 17, @ 6:30 pm ET, the book is TBA. Email us for details kirkridge@kirkridge.org. To attend online by zoom, please register in […]
Wild Church
Let's let church go a little wild! We gather at the beautiful Kirkridge Retreat Center every month, outside, on the first Wednesday, to listen together and in solitude for the voice of the Spirit that speaks through the more-than-human world. Most gatherings involve song, prayer and/or ritual, a time of wandering in the woods and […]
Winter Craft Retreat
On these cold December nights, we will have a fire burning and hot chocolate on the stove. Bring your knitting needles, quilting squares, paint brushes, wrapping paper, or whittling knife and gather in the warmth and stillness of the season. This retreat will have no facilitator or agenda. There will be delicious food, good company, […]
Winter Craft Fair Vendor Registration
We are excited to be hosting our 1st Annual Holiday Craft Fair at Kirkridge. We hope that this will be a beautiful, wintery gathering on the mountain. It will be a time for community, for celebrating artists, and for encouraging holiday shopping to come from our local craft-makers. We are looking for vendors! Do you […]
Winter Craft Fair
Join us for our 1st Annual Holiday Craft Fair!! Enjoy a beautiful wintery afternoon on the scenic overlook at Turning Point at Kirkridge Retreat Center. Let’s celebrate and support our local artists. Enjoy hot chocolate, snacks, music, and the gift of community. We will have artisan vendors selling holiday gifts- from pottery to poetry books […]
Wild Yoga
With Britt
Wild Yoga 2nd Wednesdays at 6:00pm Free community yoga Donations accepted, not required For all bodies, races, ages, genders, and faiths. BYOM - Bring Your Own Mat Registration welcome but not required. Description: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we come together to connect to our bodies and the true nature of our being through […]
Keening Workshop
With Annie Wilson
Keening was a practice of communal grieving practiced at wakes and funerals in the British Isles for thousands of years, until its erasure over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Keening was led by elder women, often midwives: those who tended to the threshold between life and death. In the first […]
LGBTQ Social Events - December
Join us as we build local LGBTQ+ community! Our activities vary from month to month and can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages, but unless otherwise specified, we gather at 7pm near the Farmhouse or Barn at 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013. Hope to meet you soon!
Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - December
December 2025 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, December 15, @ 6:30 pm ET, the book is TBA. Email us for details kirkridge@kirkridge.org. To attend online by zoom, please register in […]
One year of bird omens: a winter writing retreat
With Lydia Wylie-Kellermann and Lacey Hunter
Join us for a cozy weekend in the mountains to focus on your writing life. Trust that there will be roaring fires, snowy trails, hot chocolate, candlelight, good food, and lots of quiet. We will offer some brief prompts and rituals throughout the days to nudge the imagination and then offer spacious hours for your […]
A Weekend Celebrating The Many Blessings of Brigid and Imbolc
With Denise Crawn
On the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Imbolc marks the midway point between winter solstice and spring equinox. With its arrival we find ourselves at a threshold in Nature. Here in the northern hemisphere, as we continue our annual cyclical spiral away from the cold, dark months of winter towards the returning light and warmth […]
The Clearing: Black Queer and Trans Healing Retreat
With Lynice Pinkard
Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender people face the triple threat of white supremacy, misogynoir, and homophobia. Even the Church–long a refuge for Black people in the United States–is too often a site of trauma for us. That is why we now invite Black queer and trans people to The Clearing. Named for a […]
Weaving our Iona Connections: A Walking Awake Pilgrimage
With Denise Crawn
A Walking Awake pilgrimage to the Isle of Iona, Scotland with Columcille Megalith Park and Kirkridge Retreat Center (registration is open to all). After experiencing a wonderfully memorable shared pilgrimage to Iona in 2024, Columcille Megalith Park, Kirkridge Retreat Center and Walking Awake are excited to announce that we've decided to offer another in August, 2026! If you are […]