Pacific NW Men's Retreat
Description
Greetings Brothers!
Registration is now open for the 2025 Conference Men's Retreat. We'll meet at Pilgrim Firs the weekend of January 30 – February 2, 2025. Reverend Bill Comfort will lead this year’s “wild” retreat.
Born to Be Wild
Bill will lead an interactive exploration of how wildness influences who we are, or can be, as men. We will consider the Steppenwolf song, a Wendell Berry poem "The Peace of Wild Things," a children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak, and the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky. Bill will pose questions for large and small group discussions as we figure out together what being wild means for our lives. As always, these discussions will be safe, welcoming and confidential. Closer to the retreat there will be a list of some of the questions so that you can ponder on your answers in advance.
As always, the retreat begins on Friday evening and runs through Sunday morning. Additionally, there is an optional one-day silent retreat that begins Thursday evening, January 30.
Rates:
$250.00 Thursday 7pm -Sunday 11am with 3 nights lodging. Friday breakfast – Sunday breakfast. Thursday – Friday 5pm is a silent retreat
$172.00 for Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast with lodging for two nights.
$55.00 for Saturday only includes 2 meals.

The committee explored adding a Zoom option for remote attendance but that’s not yet feasible.

"We understand the risk of illness, especially respiratory illness, is ever present. Please don’t attend if you are uncomfortable with the risk. < To protect yourself and other more vulnerable people at the retreat, we strongly recommend making sure you are fully vaccinated well before the retreat with the most current vaccinations especially Influenza and COVID-19). Check with your healthcare provider if you are not sure or have questions about attending. > Feel free to wear a mask to lessen your exposure. "

To be as inclusive as possible, we provide financial assistance to any brothers that need it to attend. Contact Hans Dankers at jdank@msn.com for more information. For those that don’t need financial assistance, consider donating to the Men’s Retreat Fund when you register.
We hope for safe travels and look forward to a fun and meaningful retreat. In the meantime, enjoy the holidays!


The Conference Men's Retreat Planning Committee
Charlie Torres, Don Jenkins, Hans Dankers, Jim Gaudino, Larry Kiriluk, Paul Withington and Rick Russell
For any questions or issues with the registration process please email Zac Norenberg at Zac@pilgrim-firs.org or call Pilgrim Firs 1-360-876-2031


Location:
Pilgrim Firs
Dates:
1/30/2025 4:00 PM - 2/2/2025 11:00 AM
Ages:
Ages 18 - 99
Cost:
Varies by length of stay
Availability:

Registration will end on 1/15/2025.
Silent day option
Thursday arrival+ $250.00
Friday Arrival
Friday Arrival + $172.00