Monday, November 19 (6 pm supper) to Wednesday, November 21 (6 pm) Aging is a challenge unless, as the poet William Butler Yeats writes, “Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress…” Many folks in our congregations are in the stage of life in which they are …
View course details “Theology & Practice of Ministry Week-Part 1: Journeying with Our Elders: Facilitating the Work of Conscious Elderhood”

Friday, October 26 (6 pm supper) to Sunday, October 28 (1 pm) If you are in leadership with youth or your church wants to offer youth ministry, this weekend is for you! Join us as we share ideas, give support and learn about offering mission trips, supporting GLBTQ youth, youth ministry start up and much …
View course details “Ministry With Youth Leadership Gathering”

Friday, October 12 (5:30 pm supper) to Sunday, October 14 (1 pm) Come and experience a hands-on culinary adventure of plant-based whole foods. Eating in this manner is counter-cultural and requires a grieving process of letting go of what one thought to be healthy. Through film documentaries, debriefing discussion groups and working with a facilitator …
View course details “Healing Through Food and Music”

$370.00 Immerse yourself in the soul-satisfying process of SoulCollage® where you will create a personal deck of collaged cards. Choose from a unique collection of images and artwork, then using just scissors and glue, create collaged cards that reflect your personality, influences, family and friends, guides and challengers. Discover your soul’s voice as you enter …
View course details “SoulCollage®: Finding Your Inner Compass”

$355.00 We all have stories to tell and by putting our words on the page we feed our souls and benefit our physical selves as well. Writing stories is one of the most healing activities in which we can engage. When we put pen to paper and recapture events in our lives, both happy and …
View course details “Memoir Writing As Healing”

$360.00 Congregational leaders, are you concerned by conflict and reactive behaviors in your church? Here’s help. This course features two popular workshops: the “Healthy Congregations” workshop uses the insights of family systems theory to help church leaders become more effective stewards of their congregations. The workshop, originally created by Dr. Peter Steinke, is based on …
View course details “Healthy Congregations Transform Conflict”

$350.00 Experience the full range of gospel music, both traditional and contemporary. Learn new music and sing old favorites with new zeal. Make the vigas (roof beams) ring with prayerful song. We will showcase our songs in a lively concert for the Ghost Ranch community at week’s end. Instruction for choir directors will be part …
View course details “Gospel Music With Pastor Todd & Linda”

$350.00 The 13th century Christian mystic, Hildegard von Bingen, said that as we grow closer to God we “redden.” Join redheaded adventure writer and spiritual coach Jessica Maxwell for a personal spiritual tune-up like none other. Author of the double-gold award-winning spiritual memoir, Roll Around Heaven, Jessica and RAH!, as fans call her book, were …
View course details “RAH! at the Ranch — a Personal Spiritual Tune-up”

$375.00 Self compassion, the ability to be kind and caretaking toward oneself in times of pain, loss and failure, is at the heart of the spiritual journey. Yet practicing self compassion is one of the great challenges many of us face in a world that rewards us for being tough on ourselves and always asking …
View course details “Healing The Heart With Self-Compassion”

$385.00 What connects our spirituality, creativity and living out our vocation? How might an intentional engagement with our creativity and our spirituality increase our ability to live as people of faith? In this workshop you will push back the boundaries of familiar distractions and enter a Sabbath time in which to explore the intersection between …
View course details “Heaven Of The Heart: Creating A Space For Sacred Imagination”