Greetings!
The long nights and cold days of winter are an invitation to seek nourishment and joy in unexpected places.
This past month, Holden Village welcomed students from three colleges and one seminary for “January Term” classes to build and practice community while learning together about topics ranging from religion to environmental studies.
Villagers embraced new experiences from learning to cross country ski, meditating in a snowy candlelit labyrinth with an Epiphany bonfire, working together for the “Copper Chef” challenge to create a delicious meal with seven wacky ingredients, keeping the wood furnaces stoked, and participating in the daily rhythms of caring for one another and this place.
We hope you may find renewal in this season by joining to sing Holden Evening Prayer, finding sustenance and growth in the darkness like nutrient-rich compost, and engaging the questions around you with good courage.
Faithfully,
Stacy Kitahata, Mark Bach, and Kathie Bach
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Join in Holden Evening Prayer |
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Holden Village invites you to send a clip of you, your friends, or your congregation participating in Holden Evening Prayer – your way!
Submit your videos by April 1st to be included in a special video montage celebrating the Village's 60th Anniversary!
Written in 1985-86 by Marty Haugen during a musical residency at Holden Village, Holden Evening Prayer is a musical setting of evening prayer also known as vespers.
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Summer 2022 Teaching Faculty |
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Holden Village is pleased to announce the schedule of summer 2022 teaching faculty who will explore the theme of Jubilee from a wide array of topics and perspectives!
The biblical concept presents a vision for abundant life for all people — the restoration of relationships, cessation of debts, a community in which no one can be excessively wealthy, and stewardship of the land. We hope you will join the conversation. More faculty photos and bios coming soon.
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Registration to visit Holden Village in 2022 is now open!
Each season has different rhythms and daily practices. Plan a trip to the Village to experience welcome and community at any time of year.
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Holden Village is looking to fill many paid employment positions, including Operations Manager, which opens in May.
The Operations Manager is responsible for supervising the maintenance and care of Holden Village’s infrastructure in accordance with the mission of Holden Village. This position creates a safe, positive environment for everyone who comes to this place of welcome on the edge of the wilderness.
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After operating with drastically reduced staff during the pandemic closure, Holden Village is still trying to build back staffing levels. We need your help to recruit the employees and volunteers who ensure that this wilderness place keeps running.
Know someone who be a great fit? Please encourage them to apply!
Long Term Stipended Volunteer:
- Registrar
- Medic
- CDL Driver & Heavy Equipment Operator
- Communications & Development
- Head Cook
- Mechanic
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Donor Relations & Database
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- Program Lead
- HR Manager
- Risk & Safety Lead
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Check more descriptions on the website. There is a role for you on the Holden staff!
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Join Villagers in the sustainability practice of composting!
Worm composting or "vermiculture" can be practiced in a small space such as an apartment, condo, classroom or home. At Holden Village, there is one worm compost demonstration bin in the Hike Haus and one in the Holden School.
Learn from Village Naturalist, Amy Tongue, about starting your own worm composting system. Together, we can all strive to reduce greenhouse gas emission in small ways that add up. The good news is we end up with richer soil as well!
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You can engage with the wide array of teaching faculty topics from previous summers by listening to the Holden Village podcast!
Check out an interview from summer 2021 with Rev. Terry Kyllo, a Lutheran pastor serving as the director of Paths to Understanding: Bridging Bias and Building Unity. He is the founder of Neighbors in Faith, answering Islamophobia with building the beloved community and recognizing and honoring one another’s humanity.
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Holden Village Board of Directors welcomes nominations for new members, to begin service on the board in Autumn 2022.
The board is especially interested in expanding the diversity of our gifts and backgrounds, particularly in areas of race, ethnicity, and gender. Self-nominations are very much welcome. Board members serve four-year terms and meet four times a year, for varying lengths of time and different configurations of remote and in-person gatherings.
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Holden is tackling an important historic restoration project that will benefit all our Villagers – repairing our 80-year-old porches! Thanks to amazing volunteers this past summer Lodge 4, Chalet 6, and Chalet 1 are decked out in new porches that will last generations.
All material is carefully cut, hauled, and milled from the woods surrounding Holden Village before becoming a beloved piece of a porch. Volunteers are needed year-round to support this project, a strong skill level is not required.
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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: Anny Berntsen, Grace Guenthner, Callie Mabry, Jonah Jensen-Young, and courtesy of Terry Kyllo
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