Reservations & Information

GilChrist
56265 Day Road
Three Rivers, Michigan 49093
Phone: (269) 244-1130
Weekday Office Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. suggested phone hours

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Events at GilChrist

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Events require registration or applications to be filled out prior to arrival. Please see each event separately.

2011 Teacher Residencies

UPCOMING EVENTS

A Contemplative Retreat — The Grace of Emptiness

02/23/2012 - 02/26/2012
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This contemplative retreat seeks to foster a similar experience of solitude and inner quiet. Through utilization of didactic and experiential exercises the retreatant is invited to come to know Psyche in a manner not usually possible within the traditional classroom setting. In particular, this weekend will focus on the psychology of emptiness.

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Grief as Praise

04/13/2012 - 04/15/2012
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A weekend retreat at GilChrist Retreat Center, designed to explore GRIEF as a holy part of experiencing life.

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ONGOING PRACTICES

The Yoga Co-op

02/06/2012 04:00 PM
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Participants of all experience levels are invited to participate in single sessions or the full fall course. Coordinators for the group are Jan Michals, Ruth Eichler, and John Bippus. For more information contact Jan at michaelsjan@yahoo.com or 269-244-8564.

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Sound Healing Meditation

02/20/2012 06:30 PM
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Deepen into meditation through sacred sound that calls in simple humming, awareness of breath, chanting, tuning forks, and the crystal bowl. We sound to tune our hearts and ears to profound listening to the divine voice within. Contact Kay Ferry at kkosmicferry@aol.com. No meeting in February

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GilChrist Overview

GilChrist, the Fetzer Institute's public retreat center, is located on 67 acres of woods and rolling fields and adjacent to several other retreat centers, including The Hermitage and St. Gregory's Episcopal Abbey. GilChrist provides a nurturing environment for contemplative practice.

GilChrist offers individual (self-guided) and small group retreats and workshops that support contemplative practice. Staff offers weekly spiritual practices for interested participants at no charge at GilChrist's common house, WindHill. Other occasionally scheduled community events will be posted on this Web site. GilChrist staff is available for conversation anytime regarding your retreat experience.

2012 Teacher Residency Program

Ten self-guided one-week residencies for preschool through fifth grade teachers are being sponsored in the summer of 2012 by the Nancy M. and Douglas M. Yeager Family Foundation, in partnership with the GilChrist Retreat Center of the Fetzer Institute.

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Facilities & Lodging

GilChrist's eight secluded hermitages encircle a common meadow with a small stone chapel for meditation and prayer. GilChrist retreat center also has a common meeting house, WindHill. All buildings, with the exception of the chapel, have modern heating, plumbing, and kitchen facilities. Guests need only provide their own food and housekeeping.

The Hermitages

The hermitages are heated and have full bathroom facilities, small yet complete kitchens, and screened porches or decks. Each is furnished with a bed, comfortable seating, and a desk for writing. Everything necessary for a solitary retreat is provided except food and housekeeping, which are the responsibility of the retreatants.

COST: $45 per guest per night. (Discount offered for stay over 7 nights)

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WindHill

The common house, WindHill, contains a library, chapel, meditation loft, kitchen, and an apartment for guest facilitators who offer programs in keeping with GilChrist's purpose.

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