Southwest Michigan

As we anticipate the 25^th anniversary of GilChrist Retreat Center in 2020, please join us for one of two storytelling and story-gathering sessions this summer! Come prepared to share a 5-7 minute story about your time at GilChrist or just listen. Light refreshments will be available.

Please RSVP by e-mail (gilchrist@fetzer.org) or phone (269-244-1130).

Learn about broadcast pioneer and Detroit Tigers owner John Fetzer and the spiritual movements of the 20th century that shaped his life. Author and professor of American Religious History, Dr. Brian Wilson will share from his new biography, John E.

Mindfulness retreat for teens that supports developing self-awareness, compassion, and ethical decision making, and empowers youth to apply these skill in their lives and communities. Find registration and contact information here.

Individuals representing journalists, editors, publishers, funders, and community interests gather to review On the Ground, a community-based approach to news coverage developed by Issue Media Group. Topics include restorative narrative and solutions-based journalism.

SoulCollage® is a simple intuitive process of creating many small collages and then giving voice to the images to discover their identity and the wisdom they carry. It is an imaginative, contemplative way to access one’s inner journey. Deep listening to the stirrings within bring the joy of coming home to the life we are meant to live.

SoulCollage® is a simple intuitive process of creating many small collages and then giving voice to the images to discover their identity and the wisdom they carry. It is an imaginative, contemplative way to access one’s inner journey. Deep listening to the stirrings within bring the joy of coming home to the life we are meant to live.

“Imagination is evidence of the divine,” wrote poet and visionary William Blake more than 200 years ago. And yet we experience the world, imagine, and create through our very human bodies. In this retreat designed for artists and dreamers of every ilk, we will drop into the body and connect to the deepest parts of ourselves from which we all too often disassociate in our creative work.

AdvocatesROC encourages the study classical philosophical works for personal reflection and professional development. This retreat will facilitate critical group and individual reflection on personal resilience by immersing participants in the review of African-American slave narratives and contemporary critical race theory.

AdvocatesROC recruits cohorts of professionals to study classical philosophical works for reflection to support their personal and professional development. This retreat will facilitate critical group and individual reflection on personal resilience by immersing participants in Stoic philosophy and practice as outlined in the works of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.

For many of us concerned with the state of our world, these are challenging times. This retreat will offer an opportunity to reconnect to our internal resources and restore a sense of groundedness, supported by arts exploration and yoga practice. Participants will be invited to practice Kundalini yoga (breathwork, physical postures, and meditation), make art together in community, connect with nature, and process their experience in a group setting. The weekend will include ample time for solitude and quiet reflection on the GilChrist grounds.