Greetings!
We anticipate the 2023 holiday season together. A time for celebration and community, the winter holidays can also pose unique stresses - the absence of loved ones, tinges of regret, disappointment and more. We can embrace Thanksgiving as a beautiful reminder to begin in gratitude for this extended season of generosity and connection.
We renew our practice of gratitude and expressing thanks: for the workers who made possible the food that blesses our tables, for the friends, family, and community that surround us, and for all who came before us. We honor and give thanks to the ancestral stewards of the lands on which we now gather. The Railroad Creek Valley where Holden celebrates has existed for millennia, carved out by glaciers and defined by First People’s stewardship. We live and work upon the land of the Tsi-Laan, of the Enteatqua, the P’Squosa, of the Wenatchi-Colville and Wenatchi-Yakama Tribal Nations, who are our neighbors today, living, loving, and working in this region.
As we enter this holiday season, join us in giving thanks for all that came before us, all who are here now, and all that is yet to be. May we hold them in our hearts with reverence and gratefulness.
Faithfully,
Stacy Kitahata, Mark Bach, and Kathie Bach
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Bring your spirit of adventure, pack your sense of humor, and prepare for snow in all its glorious variations! Enjoy the peace, simplicity, and intentional presence of the Holden winter community.
Registration for a visit during the early winter season, including the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, is now open for the following dates:
12/18 - 12/22
12/23 - 12/25
12/30 - 1/1
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Registration for Winter and Spring visits (January - May) opens on December 1, 2022 at 8am Pacific Time. Summer and Autumn registration opens January 5th, 2023. Groups, congregations, and retreats inquire separately.
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Come work and play in a winter wonderland. Gain experience, build your resume, and share expertise! Help us host Holden's guests as a maverick or kitchen assistant!
Ready to stay longer than just a few weeks? Two employee positions open this Spring: Potter (opening in February) and Food Services Lead (opening in May).With top-notch outdoor recreation on your doorstep, access to arts and educational classes, and the support of amazing fellow community members, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity awaits you!
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February 3rd through 6th: spend a weekend at Holden Village experiencing the annual Women’s Retreat. Through sessions, group conversations, reflections, crafts, and outdoor adventures like snowshoeing and cross-country skiing (weather permitting), this year’s retreat explores the theme of Encountering Eden. This retreat provides opportunities to build new friendships, rejuvenate relationships, reconnect with yourself, and join other women in conversation and recreation.
Holden Village applies an expansive definition of women. Trans women, non-binary folks, and anyone who identifies as a woman in a way that is significant to them are welcome.
Registration opens on December 1, 2022. Visit the Registration page and select the dates February 3-6, 2023.
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Thanks for Supporting our Arts and Music Fund! |
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Thanks to the generous support of our community, the Village is alive with the sound of music!
With funds from the 2021 Jubilee Auction, the Village purchased new instruments for both worship and entertainment, replaced several audio cords and cables to keep sounds crisp and clear, and invested in cases to protect and maintain our new instruments so the music lasts as long as possible.
Two new ukuleles, two fiberglass shekeres, a set of bongos, cymbals with stands, and two new Alvarez guitars - which we named Simon (after Paul Simon) and Wilson (after Nancy Wilson of Heart) - and accompanying gear, will keep sounds of music alive all winter long!
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We are getting fired up this winter thanks to the kindness of a long time Holdenite!
Pottery was put on hold in the Village after the coils in both our large and small electric kilns went bad earlier this year. Thanks to the generosity and knowhow of a previous Village Potter, we are once again slinging pots and making beautiful works of art.
Thank you for supporting the arts!
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This holiday season, you can support Holden's mission by purchasing from our online wish lists! When you donate to Holden Village, your gift sustains this unique place in the wilderness and our mission, vision, and values.
Our Supplies Wish List allows you to gift the Village things we need directly from the most ethical and sustainable sources we could find. Our Book Wish List and Children's Book Wish List connect through Third Place Books in Seattle. Your generosity keeps the Library updated with new books and makes the collection more inclusive and welcoming for people of all ages!
Thank you for thinking of us this giving season!
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Fill your home with the flavors of the Holden kitchen with this mouthwatering recipe for Apple Crisps!
Ingredients (for five people):
- 4 and 3/4 cups apples (chopped)
- 3/4 cups brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cups butter
- 2/3 cups oats
- 2/3 cups flour
- Cinnamon, nutmeg, and/or your favorite pie spice blend to taste!
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Mix together all dry ingredients, then cut in butter. Use half of this mixture to cover the bottom of cake pans. Add a layer of apples and then the last half of the sugar mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes. Cut, serve, and enjoy! |
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All individuals pictured have been fully vaccinated for COVD-19.
Reference herein to any specific commercial products or services does not necessarily constitute or imply its
endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Holden Village.
PHOTOS: Annika Berntsen, Hannah Lauber, and Callie Mabry
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