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What is Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community?

Rolling Ridge Study Retreat is an ecumenical Christian community located on 1400 acres of wilderness near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Current facilities include a retreat house, meditation shelter, art cottage, and four staff houses. Retreat events focus on spirituality, biblical studies, meditative arts, earthkeeping, peacemaking and community. » View slide show about Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community. » New Strawbale Community House: Check it out!

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Upcoming Events at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community

1. Annual Labor Day Weekend
   September 4-6, 2010
   Retreat House
   Rolling Ridge Study Retreat
    
2. Meditative Arts Retreat: Ikebana
   October 15-17, 2010
   Retreat House
   Rolling Ridge Study Retreat
    
3. Seasonal Quiet Days at Rolling Ridge: FALL -- Trust and Surrender
   October 20, 2010
   10:00 am - 4:00 pm
   Retreat House
   Rolling Ridge Study Retreat
    
4. The Wisdom Way of Knowing: A Five Day Wisdom Retreat at Rolling Ridge with Cynthia Bourgeault (FILLED: please email to be put on waitiing list)
   November 16-21, 2010 (yes, really in 2010)
   3:00 pm Tuesday - 3:00 pm Sunday
   Claymont Society
   Rolling Ridge Study Retreat
    

Retreat Facilities Available for Rent

The Retreat House is a six bedroom retreat cabin for groups of 12 to 16 persons. Facilities include a living/meeting room, a dining area to seat up to 20, a fully furnished kitchen, a library meeting room, and shared shower baths. Accommodations are modestly comfortable with a rustic simplicity. The building is heated with an attractive woodstove; is well insulated and ventilated but not air conditioned.

Still Point is a four bedroom mountain cabin with capacity to accommodate groups of six to eight persons. It includes a fully furnished kitchen with complementing dining and living room areas. Still Point is an inviting retreat space for families, individuals, and couples.

The River Cabin is a two bedroom riverfront cabin with capacity to accommodate an individual, a couple, or a small family.. It includes a small kitchen and dining area.

Deerspring is one of our community houses with a lovely guest room, available for private retreats.

The Niles Cabin is a retreat space provided by the Friends Wilderness Center, and is available for overnight guest space.

The FLOC Lodge is available for groups up to 18, and is provided by For Love of Children, one of the user groups on the mountian.

Availability - The Retreat House is generally quite available for weekday reservations, but much less likely to be available for weekend reservations. The other facilities are more available for weekend scheduling. Click here for scheduling availability.

Services - Generally guests need to bring their own food provisions and bedding. Lodging includes use of kitchen and dining and living room facilities. By special arrangement staff is available to provide retreat leadership for groups and directed retreat experiences for individuals. Guests are asked to clean the facilities and leave as found.

Activities - Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community is located on restful wooded foothills of the Blue Ridge. Hikes and meditative walks are popular guest activities. A distinctively beautiful 10-sided meditation shelter is open for prayer and meditation any time of the day. A labyrinth is popular for walking meditation. An art cottage is available for doing art related activities. Spotting deer, wild turkeys, pileated wood peckers, and other wildlife is a common delight.

Fees - Fees are negotiable and modest. Generally weekday group rates are $25 per person per day while weekends are $35 per person for the weekend.

Quote of the Day

SojoNet Verse and Voice by Maya Angelou (11/10/2006)

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Source: Excerpt from "A Brave and Startling Truth," written for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

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