Holden Village is located in north central Washington state in a remote area of the Cascade Mountains above Lake Chelan. Holden Village has no physical telephone lines and cellular devices do not work in the Railroad Creek valley. Email is the preferred method of communicating with the Village, by directing your message to the appropriate areas listed here.
Before contacting the Village for information, we invite you to view our list of frequently asked questions. Most common questions about holden are addressed there. If your question is not addressed, we invite you to contact the following folks for more information:
For registration and visiting questions contact the registrar at
For staffing questions contact the staff coordinators at
For questions about worship contact
For questions about events and sessions contact
For questions about partnership building, including Partners in Ministry and sabbaticals, contact
For questions about giving to Holden contact
For questions about this website contact
United States Postal Mail
Holden Village
HC 0 Box 2
Chelan, WA 98816-9769
Postal Mail is delivered daily except on Sundays and holidays during the summertime. From October 1 to May 15, mail is delivered three times a week. If you are going to be staying at Holden, the Village post office will hold your mail; the date of your arrival should be on the envelope.
Good Courage: Holden Reflections
What It Means to Love and Be Loved by Frederick Niedner Exactly how do we fall in love with a demanding, wee little critter who turns us into sleep-deprived zombies, makes us question our competence and doubt our sanity?
Matins: July 3 by Kris Voss-Rothmeier Just a guest?! I wish I’d had the presence of mind to say, “Thank you for what you do. Thank you for giving this Village a purpose.”
