Every January, Holden Village welcomes students from colleges and seminaries for January Term or “J-Term” classes to build and practice community while learning together about topics ranging from religion to environmental studies.
WINTER WEEKEND - Rhonda Bostrom has served as Senior Pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Mercer Island, WA since March 2022. Previously, she served congregations in southeastern Nebraska. Rhonda started knitting on pastoral internship 25 years ago and taught herself from a book. She says she would have benefitted from a knitting circle.
Spend a winter weekend at Holden Village for our annual Women's Retreat! Through teaching sessions, conversations, reflections, crafts, and outdoor adventures like snowshoeing and skiing, Women's Retreat will provide opportunities […]
WINTER WEEKEND - Michael and Julia DeLashmutt are the co-founders of Potter & the Priest Studios, a ministry that weaves creativity, community, and spirituality through the practice of working with clay. Julia is an artist and educator whose ceramics practice explores how making shapes our understanding of faith and formation.
The Cascades Wolverine Project is a grassroots nonprofit organization documenting the lives of Northwest wolverines. The team operates 10 remote camera stations in four locations during the winter months using a […]
On Ash Wednesday, we burn away all that keeps us from knowing our belovedness in God and receive ash es as a sign of a new beginning. This service marks […]
Spend a winter weekend at Holden Village for our annual Women's Retreat! Through teaching sessions, conversations, reflections, crafts, and outdoor adventures like snowshoeing and skiing, Women's Retreat will provide opportunities […]
The Cascades Wolverine Project is a grassroots nonprofit organization documenting the lives of Northwest wolverines. The team operates 10 remote camera stations in four locations during the winter months using a […]
Holden Village’s biggest annual fundraising event is back! Whether you live close by or far away, YOU can feel connected to the Village by participating in the Jubilee Auction. Your […]
WINTER WEEKEND - Sara Calvosa Olson is the author of Chími Nu’am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen (Heyday, 2023). Her work explores storytelling and Indigenous food sovereignty through renewed relationships with California’s oldest foods. Sara is also a Karuk asiktávaan (woman) and táat (mother) of two teenage sons.
Holden Village recognizes Lent, Holy week, and Easter with a wide array of special programming. While celebrating its Lutheran roots, Holden Village draws from a variety of traditions and embraces the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional aspects of faith. Join Holden this spring as the community explores the season through the lens of justice. The week will be capped with a Saturday Vigil and an Easter Sunday service, egg hunt, and feast meal.
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.
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.
View upcoming summer faculty.
