Summer Fallow Retreat (U.S.)

We’re heading back to Lancaster for our summer listening retreat! This carefully curated weekend of rest includes times alone and times together, designed to give you the space to slow down and the structure to process the rapidly moving pieces of your life. The primary goal of our seasonal retreats is to help you discern God’s voice above all other voices in your life, empowering you to confidently move forward in your calling.

Our annual retreat rhythm each summer is a FALLOW RETREAT: We have 44 hours to put on pause all external pressures, deadlines, and expectations and allow yourself to lay fallow. This means intentional un-productivity and instead allowing yourself the time to do the things that you enjoy, things that normally get pushed aside or that you would feel guilty doing because of all of life’s exegencies. This weekend is a balcony moment, a chance to step out of your regular routines of busy-ness and intentionally practice inactivity to restore the unseen places of our lives.

Just as the flourishing of a tree is dependent upon the health of its roots and soil, so too are work and spirituality interconnected and interdependent. Spirituality is the root system from which our work arises. Our hope for each retreat experience is that your inner spirit might be expanded with new hope, reviving your work with love.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

• Thur July 23, 4:30-9:30p: Arrival Hour and Welcome Dinner, check-in available anytime after 4pm.
• Fri July 24, 8:30a-9:30p: Entire Sabbath day as structured by you with recommended guidance provided. Includes a visit to Lancaster’s historic Central Market.
• Sat July 25, 8:30a-11:30a: Morning Listening and Stillness, departure before lunch.

COST: TBA

REGISTRATION: Due to the limited space available and uniqueness of lodging arrangements, please email us to confirm your spot.

*Your retreat registration includes two breakfasts, two dinners, and one lunch, plenteous beverages and snacks, and all retreat materials. Additional costs for those staying offsite at an Airbnb (we have 2 nearby homes on hold that can be shared) or local hotel (book your own room at the Doubletree by Hilton Lancaster).

Getting there: Lancaster (LNC) is accessible either by car or by train via Amtrak from NY Penn Station (NYP) or Newark International Airport (EWR). The retreat venue is approx. 20 min drive from the Lancaster Train Station. Ubers are available. Feel free to email us for any transportation assistance.

This is our regular location for Goldenwood’s Summer Listening Retreats; we will provide you with guided recommendations to help you craft a weekend of stillness and quiet.