SOUL REVIVAL
REST AND RENEWAL FOR WOMEN LEADERS
Who serve in faith-based and other non-profit organizations.
August 25-29, 2025
Alton Collins Retreat Center
32867 SE Highway 211
Eagle Creek, OR 97022
Located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, 30 minutes outside Portland, Oregon, with paid shuttle service from the Portland International Airport.
Join us in the Pacific Northwest, where beauty and nature restore the soul and refresh the mind.
The old-growth forest, walking trails, and labyrinth at the Alton Collins Retreat Center will support you in soothing your body as you listen to your heart.
Are you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted by the demands on you and your time in the midst of a decaying institution?
Have you tried every possible technique to help you manage the stress and anxiety that come with leading in these challenging times?
Do you feel alone and like no one else really understands the impact that following your call has upon your health, your wellness, and your family?
RENEW AND RECENTER
Come join a community of like-minded women for a five-day retreat and be part of what Meg Wheatly calls an “Island of Sanity”!
EXPERIENCE
Safety
A safe space to get perspective, breathe, clarify what your heart is saying to you
Movement
Move beyond survival into a place of thriving, through deepening discenrnment practices.
Connection
Connect with the Divine Feminine through daily reflections on the lives and work of powerful women mystics such as Hildegard von Bingen
Discovery
Discover and reclaim new ways to access your inner wisdom. Opportunity for individual healing work (optional)
Rest For Your Body and Soul
RETREAT FACILITATORS
After serving for decades in academic and pastoral ministry, Elaine co-founded and serves as the Abbess and lead farmer of Spring Forest, a new monastic, mission community in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. A veteran innovator in theological education and in fostering new faith communities, Elaine works with clergy and non-profit leaders, theology students, and others who are seeking to develop a more contextual, holistic, community-based, trauma-informed approach to ministry.
Elaine’s journey has included serving as Dean of Duke Divinity School and was on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology for many years, teaching in the areas of evangelism, mission, and spiritual formation.
She is the author of 13 books, including Trauma Informed Evangelism (co-authored with Charles Kiser), The Mystic Way of Evangelism, God Unbound, and Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse: Reading the Bible with Survivors. When not wrangling goats, planting turnips, or leading an immersion course in new monasticism, Elaine enjoys camping and kayaking.
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Angie Wolle
Angie has felt the tension of being faithful to her calling while concurrently seeking a sustainable way to live wholeheartedly in the midst of the unique needs and demands of a faith-based organization. That is why, throughout her journey she has created healing and transformational settings for people to explore more deeply their spiritual life and worked to align organizational cultures to reflect their values and mission.
Angie feels blessed to have a rich and varied vocational journey over decades, that has taken her from working in Fortune 500 companies and large faith-based healthcare systems as an executive in organizational design and leadership development, to start-ups of multiple 501-c’s and serving as an ordained United Methodist pastor.
She is currently serving as a coach and consultant, working with spiritual leaders serving in faith-based organizations. She is a trained practitioner in energy healing and spiritual direction and has an M.A. in Organizational Development. When Angie is not working, she is kayaking, hiking, biking with her spouse, Reverend Cathlynn Law (also a UMC Elder), and enjoying time with her yellow lab, Ivy, who loves to compete in dock diving. She currently lives in Tacoma, WA.
Rebecca lives in SE Michigan with her husband and four children. She holds a BA from BGSU and an MDiv from Ashland Theological Seminary.
Having served in various leadership roles and settings for the last 25 years, she became familiar with feelings of loneliness and wondering if anyone else could understand the impact that following her call had upon her personal wellness and family relationships. Wanting to help others with similar struggles, she was inspired to become a Certified Integral Professional Coach and a Certified InnerLife Skills Enneagram Coach.
Currently, Rebecca is pursuing her Masters in Clinical Counseling as well. A holistic approach to overall wellness and the Contemplative Christian lineage inform Rebecca’s life and work.
Rebecca Przybylski
Beth Estock
After serving as a pastor in various settings in Georgia and Oregon and then as Director of New Faith Community Development in the Oregon and Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church, Beth wanted to help big-hearted leaders have an impact without exhaustion.
Her journey led her to become a master-certified integral coach and meditative yoga instructor. Her contemplative sensibilities and integral approach inform her coaching work with leaders throughout North America and the United Kingdom.
She is in her 3rd year as pastor of a beloved rural church in Joseph, Oregon. Beth is the author of 2 books, Weird Church: Welcome to the 21st Century and Discernment: Spiritual Practices for Building a Life of Faith. She also co-hosts "The Church is Changing" podcast.
what it's like to be overwhelmed and exhausted, trying to will our way toward being effective leaders.
We know...
what it is to feel alone and misunderstood.
We know...
Along the way, we have found each other and realized the gift and magic of walking together in this time of anxiety and disillusionment, and we want to welcome you to the island of sanity and help you create what you need for a time such as this.
PRICING
INCLUDES
FOOD AND LODGING FOR 4 DAYS
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EARLY BIRD
Through Jan 30th
DOUBLE ROOM
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775
$
SINGLE ROOM
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925
$
After Jan 30th
DOUBLE ROOM
800
$
SINGLE ROOM
950
$