ARC Retreats

RETREAT FEES

To arrange a private or group retreat, call 763-689-3540 or e-mail - see above. Office hours: 9 am to 5 pm  .

24-Hr Retreat (Sunday-Thursday).......................$75/person (includes 3 meals)

                      (Friday or Saturday)......................$90/person 24-hour group retreat (includes 3 meals)
                                                                               $80/person 24-hour individual  (includes 3 meals)

Full Weekend Retreat (Friday Evening through Sunday)...$160 (includes 5 meals) for groups or individuals
   
Day Retreat (9-4)................$25 Weekdays, $30 Weekends 
                                             (includes lunch)
ARC-Led Retreats ...............add $10/person/day,
                                             $15/person/weekend 
Hermitage (24 hrs)............. $75 Weekdays, $80 Weekends
                                             (includes 3 meals)
Cottage (24 hours) .............$75 Weekdays, $90 Weekends
                                             (meals optional for $25/day)
                                             Additional persons added at a lesser rate
                                             Children: $10/day, Infants: no charge

Spiritual Companioning.........Sliding Scale, $40-$50/Hour

(Rates are slightly higher for profit-making organizations.)

Special rates for individual clergy retreats: Pastors, spiritual directors and other church professionals are eligible for the discounted rate of $55 for a 24-hour retreat, including meals. Weekdays (Sunday - Thursday) only. The cottage may be rented for the same rate, meals excluded. (Meals may be purchased separately.)

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PRIVATE RETREATS
 

Need time for renewal? Private retreats can be for any length of stay as space is available. Rooms are private. Guests may enjoy resting, reading, skiing, or sitting by the fireplace and looking out the huge living room window.

The Hermitage, a single-person dwelling in the woods, lends itself to a more solitary retreat. Also called Poustinia, which means ‘desert space,’ the hermitage is a bright, lofty room with a kitchenette and screened-in porch. The setting is ideal for those desiring more solitude. It is a place where one may enter into the emptiness of isolation and silence to be encountered by God.

The Cottage is our newest space, a cozy home available to individuals, couples, or small groups. It has a full kitchen, bedroom, bath, loft  bedroom, and a living room with a gas fireplace and cathedral ceiling with a large window wall overlooking the woods. Call to make arrangements.
 

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UPCOMING FACILITATED RETREATS - Sponsored by ARC - Open For Registration

4^th and 5^th Step Retreat Members of any 12-Step program are invited to experience a healing and contemplative weekend of time and space apart to concentrate on 4^th step work in our serene wooded setting. Enjoy time alone or with others in thoughtful, focused discussion. Confidentiality is a priority. Four experienced facilitators (two men and two women) will be on hand to provide guidance and listen to 5^th steps, if desired. 
July 25-27 or August 1-3: Retreats begin late on Friday afternoon and end on Sunday mid-afternoon.
Cost: $210 ($185 for shared rooms) includes six meals and overnight accommodation in our main lodge. Some scholarship funds are available for those in financial need.
Registration deadline: One month prior to start of retreat. Registration is limited to 12 per retreat.

Behold! for girls  It's like summer camp for contemplation. Come to be introduced to ancient and re-emerging spiritual practices of body, mind and spirit.  We will walk ARC's beautiful new labyrinth and explore prayer practices that engage the body, art materials, and silence.  This weekend retreat is designed for teenaged girls and an accompanying adult partner of their choice; this could be a parent (Mom or Dad) or an adult friend or mentor. Led by Anita Beste -- a pastor, lover of the arts, and mother of 3 daughters in their 20's.
Friday, July 18, 6:30 pm - Sunday, July 20, 2 pm.
Cost:  $25/participant.  This is a Special Introductory Offer this year due to generous donations to ARC's Gifted Retreat program.
 

Educators’ Retreat—Time apart for reflection and renewal. A time to remember our purposes as educators and renew our commitments to those we teach. This is the third year ARC is sponsoring a retreat for educators, designed for people who teach in all contexts and at all levels. Facilitated by Donna McNear, teacher, and life-long learner in the art of reflective teaching. Scholarships available with priority given to teacher of special needs children in urban schools.
Wednesday, August 13, 6:30 pm—Friday, August 15, 2:00 pm.
Cost: $175. Includes registration fee, six meals, private or shared rooms. All linens are provided by ARC.

Third Act Life Development Retreat: Exploring Your Spiritual Genealogy
Who are your spiritual forebears and where have they come from? How have you been influenced by them?  What spiritual role models do you now have in your life?  We will create a spiritual family tree and scrapbook of those we are related to and those whom we have chosen as spiritual family to us,
examining what we would like to pass on and what we would like to leave behind.
Saturday, October 11, 9 am—Sunday, October 12, 12 pm
For costs, and more information, visit thirdactlifediscovery.org.

 To register for any retreat above, go to the Contact ARC page, or email us at arcretreat@hotmail.com,
or just call ARC at 763-689-3540.

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RESPONSE FORM

Click here to open the Response Form.  For registration via mail, contributions or volunteering. Print out the form, fill it out completely, and mail to ARC.

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Day or Half-Day Facilitated Retreats for Church and Other Groups (Upon Request)

Bread Making with ARC’s Bread Baker (five-hour minimum)
                Discussion of the biblical significance of bread
            Bake bread from scratch; take home a loaf of your own
            Worship service of Holy Communion using fresh-baked brea
            (Lutheran pastor present, but all participate)

Prayer and Meditation: Is there enough silence for the Word to be heard?

            An introduction to various traditions of silence in worship:

                        Quaker worship; centering prayer; Christian meditation

            Silent worship experience

God’s Garden: The spirituality of growing things

            Tour ARC’s organic gardens (seasonal)

            Learn about compost, raised-bed, and organic gardening from a Master Gardener

            Discuss living sustainably on the earth as an expression of our faith

            Worship service based on Christian creation spirituality

 Sophia as Divine Wisdom: Feminine Imagery for God in the Bible

            Discuss how different images for God can deepen our spiritual experience

            Explore your experience, as man or woman, of God

            Worship service using feminine images for God

Learning to Pray the Labyrinth

            Learn about the labyrinth through history and across cultures

            Find out how various cultures, including Christians, use labyrinths

            Walk the ARC labyrinth as a form of meditative prayer

Introduction to Yoga (led by ARC’s own yoga instructor)

            Learn how yoga can strengthen you physically and spiritually – adaptable to every age and level of mobility (includes 1 hour of yoga practice)

All of these retreats (except yoga) led by ARC community members

Short version: $15/person for 3-hour retreat (11-2 – includes lunch)

            All-day version: $30/person for 7-hour retreat (9-4)

                 (includes lunch and coffee/tea/snack in morning OR afternoon)

Other options: inquire about a topic of your choosing.

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"GIFTED" RETREATS :

Give the Gift of a Retreat Scholarship (or Gift Certificate) to Someone Who Really Needs It!

A recurring concern of the ARC Board and Community is how to make retreating accessible to people who may not be able to afford it. We have always offered scholarship assistance upon request but our funds have been limited and, perhaps, have not reached the people most in need.

Consequently, we have started a program called A Gifted Retreat. We invite you to send ARC a donation to cover the cost of one or more 24-hour retreats ($75/day weekdays, $80/day for Fri or Sat). We will in turn pass a gift certificate on to people who can identify someone who would most benefit by it. For example, we might give the certificate to a pastor, therapist, group leader, or to an organization such as the Center for Victims of Torture, Minnesota Aids Project or Chrysalis Center for Women and they would then give it to a single parent, struggling client, recent immigrant, victim of domestic violence, and so on.

Feel free to let us know if you’d like your gift to go to a specific church or organization. You may use the response form on the Contact ARC page. Know that your gift will be greatly appreciated by the recipient.