Rolling Ridge Programs
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Reserve the Rolling Ridge Prayer Chapel
Rolling Ridge has a dedicated onsite Prayer Chapel that can be reserved for spiritual direction. If you are a spiritual director and would like to book this space at the Ridge to meet with your directees, please complete this online room reservation request. Please indicate the date(s) and time(s) you would like to reserve the […]
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Introduction to Spiritual Guidance - Journey of the Soul and Listening as an Act of Justice - Learning to Listen in Painful and Anxious Places - Discernment in the Journey: Joining Contemplation and Action - Discernment with Communities: Incarnational Soul Tending - Missional Imagination of the Spiritual Director in Context What to Expect: - Taking […]
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A Gathering of Women: The Journey of the Handless Maiden
The next season of our Gathering of Women will begin September 9th with Rev. Lee Ireland facilitating our monthly program via Zoom, on the second Saturday from 9:30-11:30 am. Â We will be looking at Clarissa Estes' masterpiece analysis of "The Handless Maiden" story in Women Who Run with the Wolves. Â Through this work, Estes helps […]
Soul Care in the Margins
With John Kiemele
Are you desiring a deeper spiritual connection with God? Do you yearn to share deeper soul connections with others who identify as LGBTQIA+? Are you feeling alienated from the church but still find encouragement in your faith as a beloved of God? If so, Rolling Ridge invites you to join our online drop-in group, "SoulCare […]
Soul Care for Clergy
With John Kiemele
As you care for your congregation, who cares for you? We at Rolling Ridge are here for you! Research shows that experiencing prolonged challenges, persistent disruptions, endless stressors, disorientation, compassion fatigue, or emotional exhaustion over an extended length of time erodes our sense of well-being and limits our capacity to respond in positive, flexible and […]
3rd Thursday Soul Care
With John Kiemele
Because living a vibrant spirituality is no easy journey in our current society, we all need support and encouragement to find and sustain our way. Â Join us on the third Thursday of each month for "SoulCare" - a Rolling Ridge online group that creates a welcoming and sacred space for you to connect with others […]
Soul Care with Artists
With Rev. Dr. Lawrence Jay
This online group meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST. SoulCare with Artists invites you to join your creative spirit with other creative spirits as you lean into your union with the Creator Spirit. SoulCare with Artists creates a safe and sacred online space for the artist in you to connect with others as […]
East-West Soul Care
With John Kiemele
Because living a vibrant spirituality is no easy journey in our current society, we all need support and encouragement to find and sustain our way. Â Join companions from Coast to Coast on the fourth Tuesday of each month for "East-West SoulCare" - a Rolling Ridge online group that creates a welcoming and sacred space for […]
Worship with the Woods: Listening for Nature's Sermon
Join us as we connect all people, God and creation through nature contemplation on the fourth Sunday of each month, year round. Celebrate the Divine presence in all things as we seek to live in harmony with everyone and everything. Transform yourself and renew the Earth as we worship together on the beautiful shore of […]
Soul Care for Spiritual Directors
As spiritual directors/companions/deep listeners, we know the gift and challenge of listening in these times. While you companion and care for others through your deep listening practice, we at Rolling Ridge are here to care for you via SoulCare for Spiritual Directors. This online SoulCare experience offers hospitable and confidential space to connect with God/Source of Life […]
Listening Collective: Renewal Retreat
With John Kiemele
The Listening Collective's annual overnight, guided Retreat for Full Members will be onsite at Rolling Ridge Retreat Center. Stepping out of the ordinary swirls of a listening life, this time apart offers a chance to catch your breath, reflect through silence and other contemplative practices, and be "wholly present" with God/Divine Source. Pause and Rest. Nothing is […]
Alive in the Spirit of God: A Labyrinth Pentecost Retreat
Opening space for the Spirit… Letting the Spirit fill that space within us… Pause… Walk the Labyrinth We invite you to journey with us on the Labyrinth during Pentecost weekend as we allow the images of the Spirit to open us to the mystery of God's coming into our lives. Make new discoveries. Empower Spirit-filled […]
Pentecost Labyrinth Day
Opening space for the Spirit… Letting the Spirit fill that space within us… Pause… Walk the Labyrinth We invite you to journey with us on the Labyrinth during Pentecost weekend as we allow the images of the Spirit to open us to the mystery of God's coming into our lives. Make new discoveries. Empower Spirit-filled […]
Community Labyrinth Walk
Opening space for the Spirit… Letting the Spirit fill that space within us… Pause… Walk the Labyrinth We invite you to journey with us on the Labyrinth on Pentecost Sunday, May 19th for a Community Labyrinth Walk from 10 am to 12 noon. In the Christian tradition, the Holy Spirit descended in power through fire […]
Soul Care with Artist Day Retreat
Join us as we begin Artist Week at Rolling Ridge with a SoulCare with Artists Day! The day will offer a spacicousness of options with conversation and inspiration that will spark your creativity. Whether you are called to Plein Art painting on the grounds, poetry writing by the lake, or sculpting pottery in our pop-up […]
SoulCollage®--An Embodied Mindfulness Practice
Spend a day getting to know the unexplored depths of your soul and your connection to the sacred!  SoulCollage® is a playful, gentle, often joyful way of exploring your life and your deep self.  Using cutout images from magazines, individuals create their own unique  5” X 8” cards, where each card represents a different part […]
A Joyful Gathering
A Joyful Gathering opens space for artists, spiritual thinkers, creatives, and delight finders to explore contemplative artful practices. We welcome you for a day of refreshment and reflection as Deb and Kate share the spiritual practices that shape and define their faith walk as contemplative artists. Join in our life-giving conversation and art-making expressions as […]
Spiritual Emergence
Our personal growth toward the Divine may be leading us away from traditional and familiar beliefs and practices. God is no longer "somewhere out there" to be prayed to, but rather in-dwelling, and waiting to be experienced and incarnated through us. Ideas about salvation, and the divine/human separation, no longer speak to us as they […]
Introduction to the Hero-Heroine's Journey: A Spiritual Quest of Transformation
What do the journeys of Moses from the Hebrew Bible and Jesus Christ, Mother Mary and Paul from the New Testament all have in common? Each of their stories reveal the key parts of the archetypal Hero-Heroine’s Journey.  The hero-heroine departs from their ordinary world, faces the necessary trials and challenges, and returns home transformed. […]
Pray and Paddle with Wendell Berry
On Lake Cochichewick we share in Lectio Divina, an ancient practice of listening to a piece of sacred wisdom, three times. Each reading includes a question to ponder followed by an extended time of paddling in silence. On this paddle we will be accompanied by the wisdom of poet and prophet Wendell Berry. A prophet’s […]
Pray and Paddle: Welcome the Summer Solstice!
Welcome the Summer Solstice (the longest day of the year) with an ocean paddle from Winter Island in Salem, MA. 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Reservation link to reserve a kayak (solo or tandem) or bring own boat. A reading from Psalm 139 will accompany us as we explore the beauty of Juniper Cove, Waikiki […]
Trans Families Together: A Weekend of Connecting
This summer, Rolling Ridge invites families that have a trans, non-binary or gender non-conforming young person to join us for a weekend family retreat. "Trans Families Together: A Weekend of Connection" is intended to create safe and sacred space for families to know that they are not alone in the coming out process. Through educational […]
Family Pride Picnic and Festival
All are invited to join us for our first Family Pride Picnic at Rolling Ridge on Saturday, July 6th as we celebrate the diversity of how our Creator God has made us. We will gather around the picnic tables of Rolling Ridge and enjoy a delicious lunch with games, music, vendors, and resources to support […]
Pray and Paddle with Mary Oliver
On Lake Cochichewick we share in Lectio Divina, an ancient practice of listening to a piece of sacred wisdom, three times. Each reading includes a question to ponder followed by an extended time of paddling in silence. On this paddle we will be accompanied by the wisdom of poet and mystic Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver’s […]
Pray and Paddle with Howrad Thurman
On Lake Cochichewick we share in Lectio Divina, an ancient practice of listening to a piece of sacred wisdom, three times. Each reading includes a question to ponder followed by an extended time of paddling in silence. On this paddle we will be accompanied by the wisdom of Howard Thurman. Howard Thurman was a 20th […]
Pray and Paddle with Mechthild of Magdeburg
On Lake Cochichewick we share in Lectio Divina, an ancient practice of listening to a piece of sacred wisdom, three times. Each reading includes a question to ponder followed by an extended time of paddling in silence. On this paddle we will be accompanied by the wisdom of Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207 - 1282). Mechthild […]
Gateways to God Cohort F- session 1
Gateways to God 2024-2026
Click here for the brochure. Submit your online application here. Personal Reference/Referral form Spiritual Autobiography Application Questions: 1. Describe your earliest religious/spiritual experiences. 2. Who or what are the persons, books, and experiences which have influenced your life and faith journey? 3. Explain how your experience and understanding of God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit has developed and […]