FRIENDS, 2023 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR HERE AT SPRINGWATER CENTER.

Changes in staff, the passing of Susan Schepp, and implementing more opportunities to attend retreats online has meant that staff, teachers and trustees have had to meet situations with compassion, flexibility and a creative approach. This has included taking on extra work; patching together help from volunteers and temporary employees; keeping daily life, events and retreats happening while continuing to maintain and improve the buildings and grounds. 

Throughout the year, it’s been comforting to know that members and friends are sustaining the Center’s many activities with their membership dues and donations.

The 2024 Calendar of Events is now available on the website. There’s a wide variety of ways to take part in the meditative work. Please keep in mind that in-person retreats and All-Day Sittings tend to fill early. 

In 2024 the Center will again offer shared rooms in retreat, limited in number, and at a lower rate than single rooms.

There will be rate increases in 2024 for guest and Quiet Week stays, but if your guest stay request is received and paid for before mid-December, you will receive the existing rate. 

This is the first year the Center is undertaking its annual appeal online. Please visit the Give page of the website or use the button below to become a member, make a donation or learn ways to support the Center in the future. 

With gratitude, 

Friends at the Center 

2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

All events are both in person and online, unless otherwise noted.

Dec 29,’23 -Jan 2           

4 -Day New Year Retreat with Wayne Coger

Jan 20                                 

All Day Sitting

Feb 10 -17                           

7 -Day Collaborative Retreat (online)

Feb 20 -29                         

Quiet Weeks (in person)

Feb 24                                 

All Day Sitting

March 1 -5                         

4 -Day Retreat with Bob Dattola

March 23                           

All Day Sitting

April 6                                 

All Day Sitting

April 19 -23                       

4 -Day Retreat with Stew Glick

April 28                               

Susan Schepp Memorial Gathering (in person)

May 11 -18                         

7 -Day Retreat with Wayne Coger & Sandra Gonzalez

June 1                                 

All Day Sitting

June 2                                 

Annual Meeting (online)

June 8 -15                         

7 -Day Retreat with Stephan Bielfeldt

June 29 -July 6               

7 -Day Retreat with Richard Witteman

July 26 -30                       

4 -Day Retreat with Wayne Coger

Aug 3                                   

All Day Sitting

Aug 10 -17                         

7 -Day Retreat with Bob Dattola

Aug 20 -29                       

Quiet Weeks (in person)

Aug 30 -Sept 3                 

4 -Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez

Sept 10 -20                      

Quiet Weeks (in person)

Sept 21 -28                         

7 -Day Retreat with Richard Witteman (online)

Sept 29 -Oct 7                   

Center Closed (staff break)

Oct 11 -15                             

4 -Day Retreat with Stew Glick

Oct 26                                 

All Day Sitting

Nov 2 -9                             

7 -Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez

Nov 12 -23                         

Quiet Weeks (in person)

Dec 7                                   

All Day Sitting

Dec 15 -26                         

Center Closed (staff break)

Dec 28 -Jan 1, ’25           

4 -Day New Year Retreat with Wayne Coger

 

Listed events begin at 1:30 pm ET on Zoom.us.

Jan 6                 

Saturday Program

Jan  27             

Open Meditative Dialogue 

Feb 3                 

Saturday Program

March 16         

Saturday Program

March  30       

Open Meditative Dialogue

April  13           

Teaching Committee Meeting

April  27           

Saturday Program

May  4               

Open Meditative Dialogue

May  25             

Saturday Program 

June  22           

Open Meditative Dialogue 

July  13             

Saturday Program

July 20             

Open Meditative Dialogue

August 24         

Saturday Program

Sept 7               

Open Meditative Dialogue

Sept 14             

Saturday Program

Oct  19               

Teaching Committee Meeting

Nov  16             

Saturday Program

Nov 23             

Open Meditative Dialogue

Outside of retreats and All Day Sittings,
 online timed sittings are offered daily from 7-7:55 am ET, 
and from 8-8:55 pm ET on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Email info@springwatercenter.org for Zoom access details.

Springwater Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreats

7179 Mill Street Ext., Springwater, NY, 14560