Wild Worship - The Retreat for Reconstruction

Location: Granby

Address: 54 Zero Street, Granby, CO 80446

Date: 19 Sep

Guys, I am beyond excited to tell you about this retreat. Most of what I do caters to the most deconstructed, hurting, and deconverted among us. I do this because the level of harm done requires it. I do this because the people who have been hurt are worth having trigger-free areas to heal and work through their religious trauma.

But I also deeply care about those who are trying to find a new way forward. Those who have questioned everything and found a good, safe, kind YHWH who is worth following. Those who are wrestling with what it looks like to engage in healthy spirituality. I care about the reconstruction community. So many of us are outside of the institutional church, or living at the edges of one, or trying to build something new within a brick and mortar church. There are so many questions and so much trial and error that goes

I wanted to create a space where you didn't have to hold yourself back. Where your hope, the things you are learning from the Bible or about YHWH, and your faith are safe to be expressed. A place where we can meditate on YHWH's ethic and what it means for us and celebrate being together and worshipping this God.

I wanted to create a space where, just for a moment, we can have a little taste of what heaven might be like, what a healthy church might be like. What it might be like to allow people freedom in their faith and to wrestle together instead of conforming to a particular, singular set of beliefs and practices.

I wanted to create a space where we can worship in very un-churchy ways. Where we can develop our own ways of enjoying YHWH's presense, safety, and love. Maybe it's chatting about a beautiful aspect of our reconstruction in the hot tub under the stars, or practicing silence at the base of the mountain, or walking to a mountain top, or creating meaniful, meditative art.

Before this retreat, there will be 6 Zoom calls. Over the course of those Zoom calls we will work through some expectations and boundaries to keep this retreat safe for everyone, process through some relevent reconstruction topics, and work out the details for our retreat itinerary.

Itinerary

*subject to change

** time that is not accounted for in schedule can be seen as free time to do as you like! I don't want to overplan these retreats. I like to leave plenty of space for rest, curiosity, and play!

Thursday Evening

Arrival 5pm - Room assignments and introductions. Please try to show up on time for orientation!

Dinner 6 pm - We'll start the retreat with a charcuterie feast outside (weather permitting) and watch the sun go down behind the mountains and the stars come out.

Evening - After a couple of group games, there will be plenty of space to spread out and choose your own adventure for the evening. There are board games inside, a warm fire on the heart, a hot tub outside, and a second comfy living room in the basement. Lights out and quiet are at 12pm to ensure that you go home from the retreat more rested than when you arrive.

Friday

7 am-10 am: One of the most important parts of these retreats to me is giving you the chance to wake up naturally. This means that I'll have a lovely little continental breakfast ready from 7am for our early risers, to 10 am for those who enjoy no alarm. This way, everyone can get their rest needs met, no matter whether that means getting up and enjoying a quiet journaling session with a mug of coffee or enjoying the warmth of your bed for a few extra hours. I call this "Slow Morning Breakfast"

10am Group Activity TBD Options include - a craft, going into town, going for a hike, etc. Will be determined over the course of our Zoom calls.

12pm Lunch at a local spot!

2-3pm Quiet hour. It's important to me that each day everyone gets a little time to themselves to rest, check in with themselves and their needs, decompress, and hopefully not get too overstimulated. What you do during this hour is up to you, but I ask that you do it alone and pay attention to what your body needs.

6pm Dinner and a Group activity

Games, hot tub, and living rooms available for everyone to spread out and have their own conversations and play.

Lights out and quiet at midnight.

Saturday

7 am-10 am: Slow Morning Breakfast

10am Group Activity TBD Options include - a craft, going into town, going for a hike, etc. Will be determined over the course of our Zoom calls.

12pm Lunch

2-3pm Quiet hour.

6pm Feast This will be our last big meal of the retreat. There will be a time to reflect on the retreat and affirm each other and generally commemorate our weekend together.

Games, hot tub, and living rooms available for everyone to spread out and have their own conversations and play.

Lights out and quiet at midnight.

Sunday Morning:

7-8am: Light breakfast with pastries, fruit, mini quiches that are easy to travel with as you go on your way back home!