THRESHOLDS
Reflecting on our experiences of five years of Covid-19
with Holly Baldwin
January 30 – February 2, 2025
(Thursday to Sunday)
Registration information
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
A threshold is a place where we can look back at where we’ve come from, and look forward to where we are going. As we mark five years of living with Covid-19, we have a threshold moment to reflect upon how this experience has changed us and our world. Who were we before? What have we experienced during these five years? What does that tell us about how we’re being invited to live our lives?
FACILITATOR
Holly Baldwin is a Quaker Spiritual Director and Retreat Facilitator. Her ministry is to encourage and deepen spiritual growth and courageousness. Her spiritual practices include contemplation, walking, singing, and antiracism/anticolonialism. She lives in Albuquerque, NM on ancestral Tiwa lands.
REGISTRATION AND LOGISTICS
See below for more information about registration, cost, meals, accommodations, and other logistics. Or you can proceed directly to REGISTER HERE.
COST & REGISTRATION
The standard rate for this retreat is $400, with a sliding scale of $275-500. The fee includes program, lodging and food from Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch. Commuter rate is $275. We are committed to financial accessibility: please pay what fits in your personal budget (at whatever amount), encourage your faith community to financially support your participation if that is appropriate, and let us know if you have additional questions related to fees. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is required to hold a space for a program unless otherwise arranged. If you need to cancel, the deposit can be applied to a future workshop within 18 months. The balance is due at the beginning of the workshop.
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE
Plan to arrive after 4:00pm Thursday afternoon, in time for dinner at 6:00. The workshop will end by 2pm on Sunday. We are centrally located in western Massachusetts, close to both I-91 and Route 2. For those arriving by car, we will send directions prior to the event. Please let us know if you’d be interested in car-pooling. The nearest Amtrak train station is in Greenfield (MA), ten minutes’ drive away. Vermont Transit and Peter Pan bus lines also stop in Greenfield. Please contact us in advance to see if we can arrange a ride from these stations.
ROOM & BOARD
Our 19th-century farmhouse has hand-hewn beams and wide pine floors, with simple lodging (typically double occupancy) with shared bathrooms. The meetinghouse and the first floor of the main building are wheelchair accessible. Our rustic cabins have electricity, woodstoves and outhouses. We serve nourishing, home-cooked meals and always offer vegetarian options. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions. Part of the community building at each retreat includes the joyful sharing of meal chores and final clean-up.
WHAT TO BRING
Please bring your own toiletries, towels, and bedding (sleeping bag or sheets and blankets or comforter). Pillows are provided. Be sure to bring seasonally appropriate clothes and comfortable indoor and outdoor footwear. You might also like to bring a flashlight, journal, art supplies, a book…
Please do NOT bring pets or candles.
We have limited internet access and cell phone reception. We encourage guests to consider how cell phone or computer use may detract from their experience of being fully present, here and now.
COVID PROTOCOLS
You can read Woolman Hill’s general Covid guidelines here. Please contact us if you have questions.
We look forward to welcoming you to the hill!
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