Institute Retreat | Reviving Body & Spirit: Summering with Re-well

Summer calls us into abundance—ripe fruit, golden light, and a sacred invitation to slow down and savor. But in our hurried lives, we often miss what this season is trying to teach us: that joy is not a distraction, but a way into God’s presence.

Join us for a weekend retreat where you’ll engage in hands-on cooking experiences using ingredients sourced directly from the land around us. We’ll visit a vibrant farmer’s market, America’s oldest continuously operated public market, and learn how food grown in the heat of summer offers not just flavor but healing for our bodies. Tomatoes bursting with sweetness, herbs that cool and soothe, fruits that hydrate and restore—each ingredient becomes a signpost of God’s provision. You’ll cook, taste, and explore how God’s abundance in creation is not just poetic—it’s deeply practical.

Set in Lancaster, PA, surrounded by rolling farmland, fresh produce, and the quiet rhythm of dairy cows and early morning harvests—this retreat is an invitation to reconnect with the source. There’s no better place to taste the gifts of summer than where they’re grown.

This is the third retreat in our four-part 2025 seasonal series, co-hosted with Re-well. Each gathering is held in a unique location and crafted to align with the rhythms of the earth—and the renewal your soul needs.

Space is limited for this retreat; secure your spot today!

Details:

Location: Lancaster, PA

Start and End Time: We’ll begin with a welcome meal together at 6:30pm EST and close midday Sunday by 1pm to allow time for departure and traveling home. A more detailed schedule will be provided to registered participants.

Cost: Choose your Tier – A Pricing Model Rooted in Generosity & Relationship

At Goldenwood, we believe in a gift economy—where our work and giving is not transactional but part of a relational and generative system. Like a root network, where some trees bear more fruit in one season and others in another, this pricing approach allows for a shared ecosystem of flourishing—some contribute more so that others may receive, and all are sustained together.

Our tiered pricing model reflects this, allowing participants to contribute at a level that aligns with their capacity while supporting the mission to see work revived by love. We invite you to participate in a way that reflects your own season and capacity.

Included in your registration: fresh locally sourced ingredients, shared dinners Friday and Saturday, Sunday breakfast and lunch, sustenance to support Saturday’s guided fast, hands-on cooking instruction, holistic health & nutrition training from Re-well, spiritual rhythm guidance and materials, and full access to our peaceful Lancaster venue.

1. Full Value (Sustainable Tier) – $460 + accommodations
Reflects the true cost and value—while balancing affordability—including the unseen work that makes this a meaningful and transformative experience. Includes meals, retreat sessions & materials. Does not include lodging; see info below.

2. Covering Costs (Supported Tier) – $360 + accommodations
Covers only the essentials—venues, facilitators, meals, materials—ensuring the program is financially viable. Includes meals, retreat sessions & materials. Does not include lodging; see info below.

3. Generative Giving – $555 (or choose amount) + accommodations
Goes beyond covering costs, helping make our programs accessible to others and investing in the long-term flourishing of this work. Includes meals, retreat sessions & materials. Does not include lodging; see info below.

Overnight Accommodations

All participants are encouraged to stay in our retreat housing, which would be on site or at a nearby Airbnb. During registration you will have the option to secure either a single occupancy room (@ $195 for 2 x nights) or shared / double occupancy room (@ $120 for 2 x nights), based on your preference and availability. If attending as a couple, please register each person individually and both select the shared / double occupancy room option. Please email info@goldenwoodnyc.org if you have any questions.

About your Guides:

About Re-well: We care for your body, soul, and spirit – all under one roof. Through a Functional Medical model, we are bringing clarity instead of confusion, connection instead of fragments, wellness instead of a facade, truth instead of guesses, and power instead of prescriptions.

Dr. Chika Okoli earned her B.S. in Sports Medicine from Samford University. She then went on to complete medical school at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA where she graduated Cum Laude. She completed her internship and residency training at The Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. She earned the honor of Resident of the Year during her second year of training. She was recognized as a Global Health Scholar through the Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program for the work she did in Tugela Ferry, South Africa. Following residency, she began working as an attending physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Amber Gentry earned her B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M University. She then went on to serve in various Christian churches and ministries for 15 years, while raising three awesome kids. In 2016 she went back to school to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, for nutrition and coaching. What she learned was astounding but true: we are perpetuating 80% of our disease and disorders through our food and lifestyle habits. She founded her private Health Coaching practice in 2017, and has coached clients from all over the country on how to find the best way to eat for their bodies, in accordance with their bio-individuality, and connected with their culture and heritage. Amber specializes in coaching busy professionals and their families towards abundance and peace.