Staff Community Week Winter 2024

Staff Community Week brings together Holden volunteers and workers (including those who work beyond the Village) for a week of deepening connections and community.

Christmas Festivities 2024

Join the Holden Village community for Christmas. Celebrate in an intentional community, with space for contemplation, joy, and dialogue.

Women’s Retreat 2025

Through teaching sessions, group conversations, reflections, crafts, and outdoor adventures like snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, Women's Retreat will provide opportunities to build new relationships, rejuvenate past relationships, reconnect with the self, and join other women in conversation and recreation.

Cascade Wolverine Project

The Cascade Wolverines Project is a grassroots nonprofit organization documenting the lives of Northwest wolverines. The group operates 10 remote camera stations in four locations during the winter months using a combination of DSLR and off-the-shelf trail cameras (Seattle Times). One of those locations is right here in the Railroad Creek Valley of Holden Village. […]

Ecologist Nate Hough-Snee Presents on Lake Chelan and Riparian Forests

Nate Hough-Snee is an aquatic, wetland, and riparian ecologist who grew up on the shores of a Lake that isn't Chelan: Lake Erie, in Ohio. He landed in Seattle as a young man, where he failed at making music, forcing him into a long and rewarding career unlocking the stories of ecosystems large and small, […]

Holden Men’s Retreat Co-hosted by Illuman of WA

Come to Holden Village for a weekend of spiritual renewal and recreation at our 2025 Men's Retreat, co-hosted by Illuman. Illuman was birthed out of the remarkable work of Richard Rohr, O.F.M., and has spread all over the world. Our Washington State community of men is committed to living authentic, connected lives of love and service. We are fed by the wisdom traditions of forgiveness and radical inclusivity; we seek a life-changing spirituality, and we recognize the need to gather regularly to do our own inner work and to help others.

Staff Community Week Spring 2025

Staff Community Week brings together Holden volunteers and workers (including those who work beyond the Village) for a week of deepening connections and community. Guest registration is still available during Staff Community Weeks

Spring Work Week #1 2025

Join us for a week of work and community, transitioning our remote community from one season to the next! Whether this is your first visit or your fiftieth, Holden invites you to lend your time and talents for community projects and summer preparations Plan your trip and apply here.

Spring Work Week #2 2025

Join us for a week of work and community, transitioning our remote community from one season to the next! Whether this is your first visit or your fiftieth, Holden invites you to lend your time and talents for community projects and summer preparations Plan your trip and apply here.

Abriendo Caminos 2025

This week will feature special, bi-lingual programming in partnership with Holden’s Latine community members, including Copa de Holden, a meal of community-made tamales, and a week-end fiesta.

Education

Holden Village is a community where your questions are valued and encouraged. Most programs led by visiting teaching faculty occur during the summer months. However, Holden also invites faculty to teach sessions for special events and retreats throughout the rest of the year.
Check out a list of the 2024 Summer Faculty.