Programs

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Michelle Puckett

October 30, 2024
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running October 16th to November 20th. This is our fifth series of a white practice group to do just that. (You can read more about how this idea arose here: https://kirkridge.org/why-havent-we-acted-sooner/ .) Timed to unfold just before, and then just after, the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, […]

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Community Grounding Call Pre-Election

With Kerr Mesner

October 31, 2024
Zoom

As we move into the heightened energies of November, Kirkridge is offering two opportunities to gather online in community. Kerr Mesner will be facilitating these hourlong sessions with a gentle structure. We’ll take time together to ground, connect in community, and reflect on what nourishes and sustains us in challenging times. These calls are offered […]

A stone megalith at dusk is light up by two torches.

Walking Awake into the Celtic New Year

With Denise Crawn and Nick Prance

November 1 - 3, 2024
The Farmhouse

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 […]

The dark silhouette of a person is foregrounded before an orange Autumnal background.

Community Grounding Call Pre-Election

With Kerr Mesner

November 4, 2024
Zoom

As we move into the heightened energies of November, Kirkridge is offering two opportunities to gather online in community. Kerr Mesner will be facilitating these hourlong sessions with a gentle structure. We’ll take time together to ground, connect in community, and reflect on what nourishes and sustains us in challenging times. These calls are offered […]

A wintry scene with text overlaid. Text reads "Wild church. First Wednesday of every month @ 5:30 pm. Followed by potluck at 6:30 pm. Park at the Farmhouse 2281 Fox Gap Rd, Bangor, PA. Wild Church Gatherings offer opportunities for contemplation, grief and praise, movement and song, solo wandering and wondering, advocacy, ecological restoration, and activism on behalf of and in collaboration with the beloved others in our watersheds."

Wild Church - November

November 6, 2024
The Farmhouse

Wild Church gatherings offer opportunities for contemplation, grief and praise, movement and song, solo wandering and wondering, advocacy, ecological restoration, and activism on behalf of and in collaboration with the beloved others in our watersheds. 5:30pm every first Wednesday of the month Followed by a potluck at 6:30 No registration necessary--just come!

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Michelle Puckett

November 6, 2024
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running October 16th to November 20th. This is our fifth series of a white practice group to do just that. (You can read more about how this idea arose here: https://kirkridge.org/why-havent-we-acted-sooner/ .) Timed to unfold just before, and then just after, the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, […]

LGBTQ Social Events - November

November 10, 2024
The Farmhouse

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!

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Michelle Puckett

November 13, 2024
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running October 16th to November 20th. This is our fifth series of a white practice group to do just that. (You can read more about how this idea arose here: https://kirkridge.org/why-havent-we-acted-sooner/ .) Timed to unfold just before, and then just after, the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, […]

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The Gift of Time: An Unstructured Post-Election Retreat

With Kerr Mesner and Nichola Torbett

November 15 - 17, 2024
Turning Point

It is hard to know what the days right after the election will look and feel like. Many of us are working hard on election-related efforts; all of us are likely tired from the strain of all this uncertainty.  In the aftermath of the election, we want to offer folks some space for rest and […]

Text over a green-tinted background of a stream running through woods. The text reads "The Stream Keeps Flowing: A Fall Festival Celebrating the LGBTQ Work at Kirkridge. November 17th @ 7:00 pm Eastern."

The Stream Keeps Flowing: A Fall Festival Celebrating the LGBTQ Work at Kirkridge

November 17, 2024
Online

Over and over again, we hear that this place has saved the lives of LGBTQ+ people. Join us online for an evening of celebration for all the LGBTQ work that has happened on this mountain over the past 82 years.  With anti-trans and queer legislation spreading throughout the country and hate crime on the rise, […]

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Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - November

November 18, 2024
Casa Colum

November 2024 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us in person or online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, November 18th, 2024 @ 6:30 pm ET we will gather in a hybrid format: in-person at Casa Colum (2155 Fox […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Michelle Puckett

November 20, 2024
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running October 16th to November 20th. This is our fifth series of a white practice group to do just that. (You can read more about how this idea arose here: https://kirkridge.org/why-havent-we-acted-sooner/ .) Timed to unfold just before, and then just after, the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, […]

A wintry scene with text overlaid. Text reads "Wild church. First Wednesday of every month @ 5:30 pm. Followed by potluck at 6:30 pm. Park at the Farmhouse 2281 Fox Gap Rd, Bangor, PA. Wild Church Gatherings offer opportunities for contemplation, grief and praise, movement and song, solo wandering and wondering, advocacy, ecological restoration, and activism on behalf of and in collaboration with the beloved others in our watersheds."

Wild Church - December

December 4, 2024
The Farmhouse

Wild Church gatherings offer opportunities for contemplation, grief and praise, movement and song, solo wandering and wondering, advocacy, ecological restoration, and activism on behalf of and in collaboration with the beloved others in our watersheds. 5:30pm every first Wednesday of the month Followed by a potluck at 6:30 No registration necessary--just come!

Weaving New Ritual

December 5 - 8, 2024

Do you feel like you live in a void of spiritual or cultural identity? White Christian descendants often leave behind their family’s religious roots and reach for yoga, Buddhism, community organizing or rich cultural traditions like Día de los Muertos to fill this void, and to distance ourselves from the violence of our own lineage. […]

LGBTQ Social Events - December

December 8, 2024
The Farmhouse

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!

A drawing of many hands reaching toward two books at the center.

Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - December

December 16, 2024
Turning Point Meeting Room

December 2024 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us in person or online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, December 16th, 2024 @ 6:30 pm ET we will gather in a hybrid format: in-person at Kirkridge's Turning Point Meeting […]

LGBTQ Social Events - January

January 12, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Nichola Torbett

January 15, 2025
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

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Heart and Hearth: A Writing Retreat

With Kate Foran, Joyce Hollyday and Lydia Wylie-Kellerman

January 17 - 19, 2025
The Farmhouse

In the heart of winter, come nurture your spirit at a hearth of warmth and creativity. As we face an increasingly unpredictable winter season, we invite you to take some time apart to reflect, write, and sit within a supportive circle. We will keep a rhythm of solitude and gathering, with space to share with […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Nichola Torbett

January 22, 2025
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Nichola Torbett

January 29, 2025
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

February 5, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Nichola Torbett

February 5, 2025
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

LGBTQ Social Events - February

February 9, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

February 12, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Nichola Torbett

February 12, 2025
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

February 19, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

White Antiracist Practice Group

With Nichola Torbett

February 19, 2025
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with the next session running January 15-February 19, 2025 Are you a white person hungry for a kind community of support and accountability around your own antiracist practice? Are you ready to move beyond reading groups to make real changes to practices, policies, and systems? This is our […]

An icon of Mary Magdalene anointing Jesus.

Reclaim Mary Magdalene: A Journey Through Scripture, and Early Christian, Medieval, and Contemporary Art

With Beth Maczka

February 21 - 23, 2025
Turning Point

Participants are taken on a journey through scripture, art, and history to trace the steps of Mary Magdalene, of whom Jesus declares in Mark 14:9, Truly I tell you, wherever the Gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her. Embodied activities include acting out scriptures, […]

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

February 26, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

Two icons side-by-side of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and William Stringfellow.

William Stringfellow: the "Giant Triplets" and the Communion of the Saints

With Bill Wylie-Kellermann

February 28 - March 2, 2025
Turning Point

A year before his martyrdom, Martin Luther King, Jr. identified the giant triplets of racism, militarism, and extreme materialism, as demanding a revolution of values. William Stringfellow, in his discerning of signs and spirits, also identified them among the reigning powers of that era, as indeed our own. As an exercise in practical theology, this […]

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

March 5, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

LGBTQ Social Events - March

March 9, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

March 12, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

A round logo with a pink background. Purple text reads "The Theological Institute for Sexology." In the middle is an image of the Virgin Mary surrounded by roses. The design is reminiscent of a vulva.

The P-Pastor’s BIPOC Pleasure Retreat

With Rev. Lorren Z. Buck

March 14 - 16, 2025
Turning Point

The “good girl” image cons women into banishing their sexual power through the coercive judgement of shame. Shame causes us to compartmentalize our identities, dividing our humanity into two separate categories, never the two shall meet.  Our bodies can be a divine source of pleasure when we devote our energy, mind and spirit toward an […]

A group photo from a Beyond Diversity 101 training. A mix of people sit in circles of chairs with chart paper notes on the walls.

Beyond Diversity 101: Whole System Transformation - Training 1

With Niyonu D. Spann

March 19 - 23, 2025
Turning Point & Nelson Lodge

When you mean to radically change the system, including YOU! (BD101 WST - TO APPLY: Complete this form Form link: https://forms.gle/puBJz6Vs7rwMUXt39) The BD101 WST Series invites those who hold a deep commitment to liberation, wholeness, and the well-being of all. It is a response to a world crying out to remember. Some are called to […]

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

March 19, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

Activist Theology Book Group

With Rev. Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza

March 26, 2025
Online

Activist Theology Book Group With Roberto Che Espinoza Wednesdays, February 5th - March 26th at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT Join author Roberto Che Espinoza for a multi-session discussion of his book ACTIVIST THEOLOGY. Here’s what he has to say about the book discussion: "Activist Theology was the first book I wrote after finishing […]

Dreaming Our Way Forward: A Collective Dreaming Retreat

With Michelle Johnson

March 28 - 30, 2025
Turning Point

At this time on our planet, when many things seem to be on fire, literally and figuratively, we must be creative in responding to all that is burning, churning, crumbling, and being dismantled. Systems of oppression make us feel limited in our response to the magnitude of what we are up against. Yet, we have […]

A road through the Kirkridge woods as the leaves turn.

We are Deaf, Queer, and Here!

With Mervin Primeaux-OBryant and Spencer Grugan

April 4 - 6, 2025
Turning Point

A weekend retreat program for individuals who are 18+ years of age, identify as LGBTQ+, and Deaf/deaf/DeafBlind/Deaf+/hard-of-hearing. This retreat gathering is presented as an opportunity to bring together individuals who are Deaf and queer. Through group facilitations, community-building, and activities, the two co-facilitators will foster a space of healing, connection, and celebration of the intersectionality […]

Yellow daffodils on a leafy hillside.

Justice and Fascism in Paul's Epistle to the Romans

With Adam F. Braun, Ph.D.

April 4 - 6, 2025
Nelson Lodge

With the rise of neo-fascist, far-right extremist, and populist movements across the globe, and particularly across the "liberal" West, now is a better time than ever to re-read Paul's letter to the Roman assemblies.  Following both the "Paul within Judaism" and "Paul among the Philosophers" schools of Paulinist thought, this retreat will challenge the protestant […]

A riverbank with small crushed stones at the edge of the water and forest in the background.

Joining the River: A Poetry Gathering

With Robin Gow

April 6, 2025
The Farmhouse

We all have stories that have made us and stories we want to share. Inspired by Mary Oliver’s reflections on the “river” as a metaphor for all the voices of poets and writers before us, in this retreat we’ll deepen our connection to our earth and to our creative ancestors through poetry writing rituals. Bring […]

A heart-shaped tree in front of a sunrise.

For BIPOC LGBTQ+ Women: Healing the Heart through Writing

With Dr. Juanita Kirton

April 11 - 13, 2025
The Farmhouse

Write to unravel confusion, to understand, to question, explore feelings, honesty, to heal and break silence. Art guides us to new experiences and engages the present moment to work within. Exploring yourself through your creations and connecting with your emotions. We invite Black, Indigenous, and Women of color who identify as LGBTQ+ to explore their […]

LGBTQ Social Events - April

April 13, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

A stone cross in a lush green garden with daffodils in the foreground.

Unstructured Retreat for Pastors (and Their Families)

Flexible Dates
Turning Point

He is risen! Or he will be!  And, after guiding your congregation through Lent and Holy Week, it will be time for you to rest. Join us for this unstructured retreat, specifically for pastors, on the beautiful Kittatinny Ridge. We’ll provide you with three meals each day, starting with dinner on Monday, the 21st and […]

A circle of mossy standing stones in a circle on a green field.

Spirituality of Stone: Palestinian, Celtic, and Lenape Voices

With James W. Perkinson

April 25 - 27, 2025
Turning Point

It is obvious as we face climate-chaos, empire-collapse, techno-conundrums of all kinds (drones as the new soldiers, pagers as bombs, “should we geo-engineer the sky, the ocean . . . ?”) that we need ancestral wisdom.  So yes, we turn to “elders”—especially among our humankind kin, and even our plant-sisters and animal-brothers. But what if […]

A person stands on top of a mountain with their arms outstretched.

Allies in Recovery: A Weekend Workshop for Sexual Abuse Survivors and their Partners

With Mike Lew and Thom Harrigan

April 25 - 27, 2025
Nelson Lodge

It is required that all participants be fully vaccinated. The long-term and often painful process of recovery from sexual abuse has profound effects on relationships. Partners and survivors experience a parallel process of understanding the nature of abuse, its effects on the survivor and the couple, and the requirements of healing. Lack of information and […]

A stone labyrinth on the ground surrounded by forest.

Women in Recovery: A Spiritual Retreat

With Nichola Torbett and Rev. Deb Staniszewski

May 2 - 4, 2025
The Farmhouse

You are warmly invited to join us for a weekend of 12-step recovery fellowship and conscious connection in a beautiful natural setting. Expect meetings, ritual, art-making, time in nature, a candlelight labyrinth walk, and more. The retreat is open to self-identified women and nonbinary people of all spiritual belief systems. We hope you’ll come!

A pair of cupped hands holds rich soil.

Re-Connecting Soil and Soul: Exploring Your Inner Self and the Outer World. A Circle of Trust® Retreat

With Dianne Baker and Megan LeBoutillier

May 9 - 11, 2025
The Farmhouse

We are between stories now. We are evolving from the world dominated by technology and entering the age of biology when there will be a resurgence of interest in learning how to work with the forces of nature rather than against them. It will be a time for following what feels most natural, organic and […]

LGBTQ Social Events - May

May 11, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

A linocut-style drawing of flowers, birds, and fish over a teal background. In the center is a white square that says "Festival of Radical Discipleship, May 23-26, 2025"

Festival of Radical Discipleship

May 23 - 26, 2025
Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center

A Collaboration between Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries (BCM) and Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center. Grace Boggs, Detroit organizer and now ancestor, would ask over and over again, “What time is it on the clock of the world?” We cannot deny that we are standing at an urgent and catastrophic moment. We are witnessing an assault on […]

Queer Dating and Relationships: Consciousness, Communication, and Consent

With Max Pearl

June 6 - 8, 2025

Most people think about dating and relationships as just about finding the "right person". But then people are disappointed over and over again when that doesn't work out. Yes, finding compatibility is important, but ironically enough, the most important factor is our relationship to ourselves, our desires, our emotions, and our limits. This workshop will […]

LGBTQ Social Events - June

June 8, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

A well-trod path through bright green woods.

Friendship, Community, and Resilience: A Circle of Trust® Retreat

With Cat Greenstreet

June 13 - 15, 2025
The Farmhouse

“We are participants in a vast communion of being, and if we open ourselves to its guidance, we can learn anew how to live in this great and gracious community of truth.” – Parker J. Palmer from Let Your Life Speak  How are we creating friendships and community in a time of division and increasing […]

A dark tree in the foreground before the sky and ridge below.

The Heart of the Novel Workshop and Retreat

With Meg Eden Kuyatt

June 20 - 22, 2025
Nelson Lodge

Get to the heart of your novel! Learn how to discover the guiding light of your project to focus and tighten your drafting and editing processes. We’ll also discuss the essentials of novel structure, and how to discern what to keep and cut in your novel. Bring a novel in progress—or seeds for a new […]

LGBTQ Social Events - July

July 13, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

LGBTQ Social Events - August

August 10, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

A person is shown from far away, standing on top of a rocky hill, with their arms raised triumphantly.

Leaping Upon the Mountain

With Mike Lew and Thom Harrigan

August 15 - 17, 2025
Turning Point

The leaders are asking that all participants be fully vaccinated. Double and limited single rooms are available. This weekend workshop is for non-offending adult male survivors of sexual child abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse and/or neglect. Our goal is to offer a safe, encouraging environment of healing. The weekend will provide a variety of […]

A person sits on a wooden bench under a tall tree looking out at a view.

Queer Womanist Retreat

With Dr. Pamela Lightsey

September 5 - 7, 2025
Turning Point

At the turn of the seasons, join us for a weekend with queer womanist writer and professor Pamela Lightsey. More info coming soon!

LGBTQ Social Events - September

September 14, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

A wide, leaf-strewn path through a green forest.

Taking the State Out of the Body: Embodied Resistance to Zionism

With Eliana Rubin

September 19 - 21, 2025
The Farmhouse

The fight for Palestine is a fight for all of our aliveness. We cannot afford to be numb. The ongoing colonization of Palestine and current genocide we are witnessing can feel unbearably devastating. And yet, we must keep feeling so that we can keep fighting. As Jews, our trauma has been weaponized as a moral […]

LGBTQ Social Events - October

October 12, 2025
The Farmhouse

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 stone abbey in Iona, Scotland.

Rooted in Hope – Lived in Community

With Ruth Harvey

October 17 - 19, 2025
Nelson Lodge

The Iona Community has been experimenting with the power of faith-based intentional community since1938. We do this through welcoming guests to share a ‘common life’ with us at our residential centres on the Scottish islands of Mull and Iona. And we do this, as a dispersed, global Membership community, through meeting monthly in one another’s […]

A book with blank pages lies open on a mossy stone overlooking trees and a wide blue sky.

Writing Table Retreat

With Eileen Campbell-Reed

October 23 - 26, 2025
Turning Point

Join us at the Writing Table in person. Enjoy the beauty of Kirkridge in the autumn and ample structured and unstructured time to inspire a rhythm of writing and rest. We invite you to bring a writing project with you or dream up a new one at this retreat. The retreat includes short teaching sessions […]

A backlit man in profile in front of an autumnal vista.

Taking Cues from Womanists to Break Rank with Toxic Masculinity

With Rev. Dr. Nick Peterson and Tommy Airey

October 24 - 26, 2025
Nelson Lodge

More than four decades ago, Alice Walker coined the term “womanist” to name a space for Black feminists in a movement that centered white women’s striving to be equal to white men. In this retreat, men will let down together and learn from the voices and experiences of Black women to re-member the wholeness, mutuality, […]

A mostly-full moon peeks out from behind dark, smoky clouds.

Living, Dying, Music, and Mystery – A Retreat Exploring the Threshold

With Barbara McAfee

October 30 - November 2, 2025
Turning Point

“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. During our sacred time together, we will: share stories about what we’ve learned […]

A stone megalith at dusk is light up by two torches.

Walking Awake into the Celtic New Year

With Denise Crawn and Nick Prance

October 31 - November 2, 2025
The Farmhouse

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 […]

LGBTQ Social Events - November

November 9, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!

A line of people hold three banners that read "Break Bread not Bodies" and "Christians for a Free Palestine."

Liturgical Direct Action: A Discernment Retreat

With Bill Wylie-Kellermann, Naomi Washington-Leapheart and Nichola Torbett

November 14 - 16, 2025
Turning Point

How is direct action or civil disobedience altered when framed in prayerful worship? What dimensions of freedom are then embraced? When public witness tells the story of faith and marks a feast or season, what new depth of communication is opened? When nonviolence is practiced in sacramental forms, how is liturgy itself enhanced?  With examples […]

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Winter Craft Retreat

December 5 - 7, 2025
The Farmhouse

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, […]

LGBTQ Social Events - December

December 14, 2025
The Farmhouse

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!