During the season of Lent, we acknowledge that we are dust and soil of the earth, humbled anew by the majesty of the wilderness, and the dependence we have on its benevolence for our survival.

Through cold snaps and power outages, we honor the limitations that surround us while practicing graciousness and care for one another, in personal and necessary ways. We stoke fires, cook nourishing meals, and clean our dishes with intentional effort, presence, and care.

We invite you to join us in recognizing and honoring the limitations and boundaries in daily life as opportunities for cultivating deep relationships with expansive hope and faith.

Sun Over Buckskin Day has arrived! Each year, the community celebrates when the sun re-emerges from behind Buckskin Mountain to bring more sunlight to the Village. Villagers of all ages gathered on the loading dock in summery outfits for a sunny morning of dancing and laughter!

Join us for a week of work and relaxation, transitioning our remote community from winter to summer! Whether this is your first visit or your fiftieth, Holden invites you to lend your time and talents for community projects and preparation for the 2023 summer season.

Week 1: April 24-30

Week 2: May 1-7

Learn more and apply below! Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the Volunteer page to the Work Weeks section to view more information about applications.

Holden Village depends on the service of a multitude of roles and positions to continue welcoming all into the wilderness. If you have a few weeks, months, or years to experience something new, we have a place for you!

Current and upcoming position openings:

...and many more!

Spend time at Holden Village this summer! Registration for June 11, 2023 to September 3, 2023 is now open. Teaching sessions are scheduled for Monday-Thursday and all guest arrivals are on Sunday.

The 2023 teaching faculty will provide diverse opportunities for engaging body and spirit through creativity, embodied practices, thoughtful discussion, and faithful engagement with diverse perspectives and topics.

Learn more about this summer's programming and plan your summer 2023 visit below!

Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is the President and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. She previously served in the Obama White House as Policy Director for First Lady Michelle Obama and at the State Department as Senior Advisor under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State John Kerry.

At the White House, Krish led the First Lady’s signature Let Girls Learn initiative. At the State Department, she coordinated development and implementation of multiple programs including those concerning refugees and migration, engagement with religious communities, the legal dimensions of U.S. foreign policy, and regional issues relating to Africa and the Middle East. She has been recognized as one of The Daily Record’s “Top 100 Women” and serves on the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration.

Join Krish at Holden Village this summer from July 16th-21st!

In this month's Practicing Our Faith series, Villagers are exploring the Christian practice of honoring limits. The Worship team reached this theme by combining two of Dorothy Bass’s practices from her book, “Practicing Our Faith”: Keeping Sabbath and Saying Yes / Saying No.

Our society can often push us to extremes, sometimes well past our limits. But the limits of the earth, body, and spirit are natural and healthy, and honoring them can liberate us from systems that oppress us. Honoring limits can help us to see through capitalism’s “greed is good” to the truth that a system that is founded on the lack of limits ultimately hurts our bodies and the

earth. Honoring limits can help those who have been conditioned to always say yes,

even when it isn’t healthy, to say “no,” shamelessly. Honoring the planet's limits can help us act with intentionality to combat climate change by changing our habits. Sometimes limits make us small. Sometimes limits enlarge us and free us to discover who we truly are.

Ways to practice honoring limits:

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PHOTOS: Hannah Lauber, Andrew Zimmerman, Annika Berntsen, Tristan Ipock, Berit Kirkegaard