
Celebrating Rolling Ridge Part 2: Finding love
2/28/2023 - by: Michael ReedIn 2023, Rolling Ridge celebrates 75 years of ministry. Woo-hoo! Every month this year, we plan to share a story reflecting the impact Rolling Ridge has had and is having...
In 2023, Rolling Ridge celebrates 75 years of ministry. Woo-hoo! Every month this year, we plan to share a story reflecting the impact Rolling Ridge has had and is having...
As Rolling Ridge celebrates 75 years of ministry in 2023, we begin a new monthly series on the second Tuesday of the month to share our history. On this Valentine’s Day, ...
In 2023, Rolling Ridge celebrates 75 years of ministry. Woo-hoo! Every month this year, we plan to share a story reflecting the impact Rolling Ridge has had and is having...
Dear Friend, Over the past three weeks, we’ve been sending you stories that embody what Rolling Ridge is all about. Stories like Sandra’s, who told us that the training ...
As part of our “Community of Generosity” campaign, every Tuesday during the month of December, we’ll be sharing stories of people whose lives were blessed by the ministry...
As part of our “Community of Generosity” campaign, every Tuesday during the month of December, we’ll be sharing stories of people whose lives were blessed by the ...
“I’m lucky to be alive,” says Sandra LaPerche. “Just before this all happened, I had been practicing gratitude and receptivity. So when I laid there in the van, looking...
Learning to listen for the call of the Divine
“Supervision, supervision, supervision”! This is one of the mantras that I took away from my training program in Spiritual Direction. We had been supervised during the ...
Having just completed her service as Board chair, Rev. Rachel Fisher shares her love of Rolling Ridge and her family's gift of music in this uplifting Hope United video. ...
As our Thanksgiving gift for you, we have an upbeat, fun, and inspiring musical performance by the Miller Berfield Band from our Rolling Ridge Music Festival last month....
Videoed live during our Hope United Music Festival on October 3rd, talented local musician, Tiffany Wilson, reminds us that even when things don't come easy or when the ...
With the election in just 2 weeks, these continue to be turbulent times. Amid all the rhetoric and noise, it can be hard to remain centered, focused, and assured of God'...
In this week's video from our HOPE UNITED music festival, Les and Sandi Hamlet provide songs of comfort and encouragement to brighten even the darkest night to remind us ...
If you missed the event, you can see the full three and a half hour event on our website, but over the coming weeks, we will be featuring a video of one of our artists ...
In this week's Take Your Time video, we offer a sneak peek of one of our performers, our very own Operations Director, Danny Smith, who not only sings one of his songs, ...
In this week's "Take Your Time Tuesday" video, Rev. Lee Ireland invites you to walk a labyrinth, but she also invites women to join her for an online gathering this ...
We hope that you had a blessed long weekend to enjoy the warmth and beauty of summer. With the passing of Labor Day, summer may feel like it's over, but according to the...
In this week's "Take Your Time Tuesday" video, we feature the Taize music of Brian Bayer-Larson underscoring some of the ways our hearts are filled with praise as the ...
In this week's "Take Your Time Tuesday" video, Director of Operations at Rolling Ridge, Danny Smith, takes you on a brief tour of how our new online programming may be ...
In this week's "Take Your Time Tuesday" video, Rolling Ridge Program Director, John Kiemele provides us with a 4 step process to stay present. Practicing PAIR places in ...
As we seek to grow in our racial and cultural awareness, in this week's "Take Your Time Tuesday" video, Emily Kearns invites us to an upcoming online cross-cultural ...
Balance. With all that presses upon us, many of us seek balance, a place where we are centered, that spiritual space where we can hold together the blessings and ...
At the Ridge, we tend to use “retreat” as a noun, as a time to get away, but in this week's Take Your Time Tuesday video, Rolling Ridge Director, Lawrence Jay, looks at “...
During these uncertain times, the strength of God's promises and the encouragement in spiritual writings become even more important in keeping us grounded and hopeful. ...
Restrictions may be slowly lifting as we move into month four of sheltering in place, but the need for self-care continues as strong as ever as the effects of physical ...
Over the past few months as we've sheltered in place, many of us have spent more time online on our devices and with the news than we ever have. With our eyes on ...
With the warmth of summer now upon us and all of Earth coming alive, we are in a season that sings of "viriditas." "Viriditas" is a Latin term coined by Hildegard von ...
While many of us grew up reciting the Lord's Prayer, there is more to its meaning than trust in God's daily provision. When understood and prayed in its original ...
Click here or the thumbnail to watch the video With so much negative noise in the news, our spirits can easily grow weary and burdened. Today, we invite you to take ...
(click the thumbnail to watch the video) Rabbi Katy brings us a "Take Your Time Tuesday" video which encourages us to get outside and connect with the sacred texts of ...
Click the image below to watch the video The past two months have been challenging for Rolling Ridge as our onsite operations have been shut down because of the ...
Click the Thumbnail below to watch the video When our onsite operations closed in mid-March, Rolling Ridge quickly launched online programming to provide spiritual ...
This week, time management specialist, Pam Kristan, offers a centering practice to prepare us for an exercise on how to move forward with purpose. With so many unknowns ...
Click the thumbnail below to watch the video April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the birth of the modern environmental movement. Earth Day also ...
Click on the thumbnail below to watch the VLOG For this week's Take Your Time Tuesday video, retreat leader Henry Shoenfield introduces us to the spiritual practice of "...
Rolling Ridge Retreat Center is nestled quietly in the Valley of the Poets. What does the name mean? Over the past 400 years, the Merrimack Valley has been home to ...
Click the thumbnail to watch the video In this week's "Take Your Time Tuesday" video, John Kiemele offers us the spiritual practice of Embodied Gratefulness to help us ...
Click the image below to watch the video On Holy Saturday, Christ-followers remember that liminal moment between the crucifixion and resurrection. As we as a global ...
Click on the thumbnail image above to watch the video. Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way on purpose, with awareness and without judgment. Since ...
Click on the image below to watch the video During this time of social distancing, Rolling Ridge is launching a new series on spiritual connecting in our "Take Your ...
Click on the image below to watch the video During this time of social distancing, Rolling Ridge is launching a new series on spiritual connecting in our "Take Your ...
He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment.” –...
"Creating a Culture of Renewal is one of the best leadership experiences of my ministry – everyone can benefit from greater self-awareness and accountability!" – Steve ...
Many of us move into our teens and twenties with dreams and visions of how we expect life to go and we go after particular goals expecting them to lead us into the ...
What is “God in Yoga”? Practicing a gentle yoga flow, while focusing on poses and scripture. I developed this over 10 years ago when I was asked to teach yoga during a ...
Have you ever wondered where the tradition of "Easter Eggs" comes from? The art of making decorated eggs comes from Ukraine and the tradition of “pysanky.” Pysanky, ...
As the days become longer I am energized by nature .... can I be still with the lake, the trees, the bird, and not want to identify and know names? Can I just be with,...
Your special invitation pulls at your heart strings . . . to attend a Labyrinth Day Apart Retreat . . . Your heart wants to be part and parcel of Kicking off the 2020 ...
The “Golden Rule” is found in just about all faith traditions and in our secular ethics as well. It might be stated in a bunch of different ways, but it all gets down ...