All retreats are sliding scale with scholarships available.
  • Camping – $245.00
  • Commuter – $195.00
  • Farmhouse Private Room – $455.00
  • Farmhouse Shared Room – $355.00

Date & Time Details: Check in will be from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Friday. The first event is dinner at 6:00 pm. The last event of the retreat will be lunch on Sunday.

Location The Farmhouse

Address 2281 Fox Gap Rd, Bangor, PA 18013, USA

Contact: Lacey
laceyh@kirkridge.org

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Held in the Dark: An Advent Retreat

With Lydia Wylie-Kellermann

December 3 - 5, 2027

Advent is a holy time of waiting and preparation. This year, gather with us around the fire as we sink into the dark as the nights grow longer. Let us give space to honor the stories that rise in our dreams. Let us tend to the silence and embrace solitude.

Join us for an Advent retreat. We will spend time in silence, darkness, and song. There will be time to sing around the Advent wreath, lean into candlelit evenings, share in simple prayer rhythms, forage and weave wreathes, and plenty of time for rest and wandering.

Following this retreat, all are invited to attend Kirkridge’s 3rd Annual Winter Craft Fair.

Leader

Lydia Wylie-Kellermann
Lydia Wylie-Kellermann is a writer, editor, activist, and mother. She is the Executive Director of Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center. She is the author of This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of Climate Collapse (Broadleaf, 2024). She was previously the editor of Geez magazine  exploring the intersection of activism, art, and spirit. She edited The Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids for a Just World (Broadleaf, 2021). She lives with her two kids at Kirkridge.
Learn more about Lydia Wylie-Kellermann