Programs & Retreats
Program Schedule
All upcoming Programs & Retreats
Below is our full upcoming program schedule of both online and on the mountain retreats.
Looking for specific retreats & programs hosted online or locally? Select below to visit their individual pages:
Winter Craft Fair Vendor Registration
Open Dates
Turning Point Building
We are excited to be hosting our 2nd Annual Holiday Craft Fair at Kirkridge on Sunday, December 6th, 2026 from 1-4pm. Come enjoy 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 have crafts you want to sell? We are looking for weavers and potters and glassmakers, knitters and painters, photographers, writers and medicine makers… and anything else you can dream up! We would love to have you join this circle of artisans. Vendor…
Picket and Pray
Open Dates
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 in Gaza, this moment calls for our sustained commitment to act. We can do so much more together than we can do alone. Our time together will include a short program of check-in, prayer, and a collective digital action. No matter where you live, your…
Berrigan’s Folly Organizer and Activist Respite Program
Flexible Dates
“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 along the beautiful, forested Kittatinny Ridge, the one room cottage is fully furnished and has a kitchenette where residents can prepare their own meals. Deer, black bear, groundhogs, and other woodland creatures forage just outside the large windows, and on rainy evenings, the space is…
LGBTQ Social/Ritual Space–August “Hotties Cook on Fire!” Gathering
August 2, 2026
The Farmhouse
What can you make over the fire? Come show off your apocalypse survival skills, or just experiment with us! We'll have foil and skewers available, along with s'mores supplies. Please bring anything you'd like to try coooking over or in the fire. Wild experiments and failures are welcome! We'll spend the evening sitting around the firepit. Good conversation guaranteed! Sunday, August 2, at 6pm Kirkridge Farmhouse 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013 We are a gathering of folks who are looking for both fun and depth in our LGBTQ+ connections–authentic conversation, connection, creativity, and community. You're welcome to RSVP…
Apocalyptic Reading Group – The Future Is Disabled
August 2, 2026
Zoom
Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed? If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us have known? With this book discussion series, we’ll look for wisdom in books. Chosen in conversation with folks whose lives they’ve changed, these books have the power to upend our assumptions, spark our imaginations, and point us toward possible liberatory futures. These will…
Leaping on the Mountain
With Mike Lew and Thom Harrigan
August 14 - 16, 2026
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 healing activities, including the sharing of stories, writing exercises, anger work and other emotional expressions, small group discussion, relaxation and yes, even fun. This event is for men who are actively engaged in recovery work; it is not a substitute for therapy. A letter of…
White Antiracist Practice Group Series 13 (“Becoming Trustworthy” Edition)
With Nichola Torbett
September 2 - October 7, 2026
Zoom
Becoming trustworthy is spiritual work that helps us show up better in all our relationships, including that that cross racial lines or other power differentials. What gets in your way? Maybe it's shame that leads you to become defensive or to go silent. Maybe it's deep and often painful socialization that taught you that you had to perform to be accepted. Maybe it's shyness or social anxiety that keeps you from showing yourself fully, or internalized Christian supremacy that has you bound to proving you are "one of the good ones." Together, we'll be unpacking some of these tendencies and…
Foraging Workshop
With Rain Black
September 5, 2026
The Farmhouse
This workshop will cover the basics of foraging, how to utilize collected materials, and provide recipes. The intention is to help you integrate foraging into your every day life and build a relationship with the plants, fungi, and land around you.
Apocalyptic Reading Group – Rehearsals for Living
September 6, 2026
Zoom
Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed? If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us have known? With this book discussion series, we’ll look for wisdom in books. Chosen in conversation with folks whose lives they’ve changed, these books have the power to upend our assumptions, spark our imaginations, and point us toward possible liberatory futures. These will…
Sisterly Conversations: Lesbians Sharing Our Stories Across Generations
With Riot Mueller
September 11 - 13, 2026
Nelson Lodge
What was it like to come out in the 1970s and 80s? What is it like to come out now? What stories would you like to tell about coming into your full gender expression, whether as trans, butch, femme, androgynous, nonbinary, agender, or something equally glorious? What other stories are important to your lesbian or queer development? Stories are how we connect, how we learn about one another, how we come to love one another. As elders, middle-aged people, and young queer and trans people in a world too often hostile, we need each other. Let’s build friendships across the…
Wild Church
September 16, 2026
The Farmhouse
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 fields and among the rocks, and then a time to share what you heard, if you like (no pressure). We also occasionally incorporate advocacy for the creatures and other ways of connecting with the earth. Children are always welcome! And we have a potluck afterward…
The Clearing: A Healing Music Retreat for Black Queer & Trans People
With Lynice Pinkard
September 18 - 20, 2026
Turning Point
The Clearing Healing Music Retreat is a three-day gathering on Friday, September 18 - Sunday, September 20th, 2026 for Black queer and trans people who carry the deep wound of a world that denies our belovedness. Here, we return to the river that has always healed us—our music, our breath, our way of seeing against the grain and walking against the current. We will draw on the power of Spirituals, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, and Hip Hop—our lament, our gutbucket truth, our improvisation, our embodied hope, our healing rage—to reclaim our stories and free what domination tried to drown. Through song,…
Living, Dying, Music, and Mystery: A Retreat Exploring the Threshold
With Barbara McAfee
September 24 - 27, 2026
Turning Point
“Everyone knows everything sings and dies. But could it be, too, everything dies and sings….” — Galway Kinnell We live in a culture that often turns its face away from the one certainty we all share. Yet, when we lean into the mystery of the "Great Mystery," we often find that our lives become more vivid, purposeful, and harmonious. Join singer, songwriter, and master facilitator Barbara McAfee for a soulful investigation into the thin places where life and death meet. This is not a clinical seminar, but a communal ritual—a space to metabolize our grief and celebrate our vitality through…
Apocalyptic Reading Group – Enemy Feminisms
October 4, 2026
Zoom
Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed? If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us have known? With this book discussion series, we’ll look for wisdom in books. Chosen in conversation with folks whose lives they’ve changed, these books have the power to upend our assumptions, spark our imaginations, and point us toward possible liberatory futures. These will…
With the land: remember, relationship, repair
With Susan Raffo
October 9 - 11, 2026
The land where we rest, grieve, and celebrate is the only thing we have in common with those around us. Our bodies are created of and are part of the land. When we die, we fold back into the land’s cycle of life. Our breath, the sea water that is beneath our skin, and the minerals of our bones and eyelashes are all shared with the oak and marmot and seal. And for most of us living on Turtle Island, the land we are on is occupied. Most of us are living as uninvited guests, as settlers of people who…
Silent Retreat
October 16 - 18, 2026
Nelson Lodge
Join us in the mountains for a weekend of silence. Kirkridge staff will offer some brief communal ritual spaces, but most of the time will be yours for whatever you need. There will be time for prayer, wondering and wandering, reading and writing, rest and sleep, silent connection and nourishing food. Let the land hold you in these hard days. Let silence wash over you.
Wild Church
October 21, 2026
The Farmhouse
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 fields and among the rocks, and then a time to share what you heard, if you like (no pressure). We also occasionally incorporate advocacy for the creatures and other ways of connecting with the earth. Children are always welcome! And we have a potluck afterward…
GBTQ Men’s Retreat-Longing to Belong: A Prodigal’s Search for Community
With Dave Howser and Paul F. Morrissey, OSA
October 22 - 25, 2026
Turning Point
For decades, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Questioning men have been gathering at Kirkridge to build community, sing, laugh, tell stories, remember the departed, share our strength and wisdom, and soak in the beauty of the mountain. This annual retreat is for GBTQ men across the generations who are on a spiritual path. Come as you are! Using the parable of the Prodigal Son and other sources, this year's retreat examines the unique search to belong that Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning men experience and explores the various types of relationships that we long for in community. The program contains structured presentations…
Ancestors Welcome Here: Samhain 2026 Ancestral Lineage Healing in the Woods
With Ream and Sevan Mercy
October 30 - November 1, 2026
Nelson Lodge
Please apply by August 15th. Applications will be received by facilitators. Confirmed participants will receive a separate email with a Kirkridge registration form and payment link. What We Are Offering: Ancestral Healing is the practice of connecting with and tending to your ancestors of lineage to bring balance, insight, and healing across generations. We come to this with the understanding that our ancestors are not only part of our past but also present today, influencing the well-being, beliefs, and patterns in our personal lives, families, and culture. This work invites us to recognize and honor the gifts of our ancestors…
Walking Awake Into the Celtic New Year
With Denise Crawn
October 30 - November 1, 2026
The Farmhouse
*Please note: if you are attending the "Going Deeper" series with Denise prior to this retreat, you can reserve your room for those two nights by "adding additional nights" in the Price section of your registration. 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 us as we ‘walk awake’ together into the Celtic…
Apocalyptic Reading Group – We Will Be Jaguars
November 1, 2026
Zoom
Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed? If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us have known? With this book discussion series, we’ll look for wisdom in books. Chosen in conversation with folks whose lives they’ve changed, these books have the power to upend our assumptions, spark our imaginations, and point us toward possible liberatory futures. These will…
Ripping and Repair
With Ashon Crawley
November 6 - 8, 2026
Nelson Lodge
Japanese kintsugi involves taking something that has been broken, specifically pottery, and practicing repair in ways that highlight or accentuate the site of brokenness, by highlighting and accentuating the seams where the pottery was damaged. My art practice and writing pushes kintsugi processes further, taking older artworks I have created, hymns, and scriptures to create new works by ripping them apart and putting them together in collage. In writing, I excavate untold histories and retell well-worn ones to rip them apart, to discover what's there that remains to be conveyed to us. Ripping and Repair is a workshop in which…
Trans Sanctuary
With Kerr Mesner
November 13 - 15, 2026
Given our current national climate, this retreat is one of a two part series being offered at Kirkridge this year, with an additional retreat June 5-7. You are welcome to sign up for one, two, or all three of these workshops. This weekend is an opportunity for trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive people* to gather in community together. In these challenging times, we invite you into a space of sanctuary, refuge, and an honoring of our glorious gender diversity. We will explore themes of: Sanctuary: What kind of sanctuary do we need in this time? How we can provide sanctuary for…
Wild Church
November 18, 2026
The Farmhouse
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 fields and among the rocks, and then a time to share what you heard, if you like (no pressure). We also occasionally incorporate advocacy for the creatures and other ways of connecting with the earth. Children are always welcome! And we have a potluck afterward…
Winter Craft Retreat
December 4 - 6, 2026
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, and lots of time to craft and share stories. On Sunday afternoon following the retreat, there will be a Craft Fair at Kirkridge with local artists. Retreat participants are welcome to have a table if you have crafts you would like to sell. Or stop…
Winter Craft Fair
December 6, 2026
Turning Point Building
Welcome to Kirkridge's 2nd 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 to glass nightlights to handmade jewelry to photography from our local community. Interested in hosting a vendor booth? Fill out a vendor registration form.
Wild Church
December 16, 2026
The Farmhouse
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 fields and among the rocks, and then a time to share what you heard, if you like (no pressure). We also occasionally incorporate advocacy for the creatures and other ways of connecting with the earth. Children are always welcome! And we have a potluck afterward…