Pine Song Retreat 2025

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Pine Song Retreat July 11-13, 2025

When

July 11, 2025 - July 13, 2025    
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Event Type

4 Corners UU Retreat at Pine Song
July 11 – 13, 2025

 

Registration is required: Click here to register

WHERE: Pine Song on the Pine River, 12758 County Road 501, Bayfield (Vallecito) CO 81122, home of Ken & Lois Carpenter

Click here for driving directions.

FOR:  Four Corners Area UU members, friends, and their guests.

COST: (Limited partial scholarships available; contact retreat@durangouu.org):

  • Adult $75 full weekend
  • Teens $25 full weekend
  • Children under 12 (with a registered adult) FREE

NOTE: Volunteers make the retreat happen! Please sign up at check-in to help clean up meals, make coffee, take down and store stage, build or put out the campfire, etc.

Click here to view the flyer

RETREAT SCHEDULE

Friday, July 11

  • 3:30 pm Retreat area opens for registration and camping set up
  • 6-7 pm Zia Taqueria Taco Bar* (vegetarian and GF options available)
  • 7:30-8 pm Vespers Service – Rev. Jamie Boyce

Ingathering: “Welcoming Love”
This gentle service of centering, welcome, connection, and song will bring us together with joy and intention.  Together, we will build an alter to hold our hopes for the weekend, centering us as we prepare to reflect on “Living Love in Challenging Times”. You are invited to bring a special object, a poem, or a wish for the weekend to share with a friend and place on the community altar

  • 8:30 pm Game night in the Pavilion

Saturday, July 12

  • 8-9 am Registration and catered hot breakfast
  • 9:30 am–12 pm: Workshop

Staying Grounded in Difficult Times – Rev. Ruth Rinehart.
In community, through movement, creativity and play, using the motifs of the mandala and labyrinth, join us for a morning of connection. Remembering that “Joy is an Act of Resistance,” come with an open heart for spiritual nourishment and restoration.

  • 12:30 – 1:15 pm Bring your own picnic lunch
  • 1:30–3 pm “Unworkshops”– Consider offering an activity or skill.
  • 3:15–5 pm Free Time
  • 5-6 pm Social Hour – Lemonade, iced tea, or bring your own beverage. Consider bringing an appetizer to share.
  • 6-7 pm Potluck Dinner* – Please bring an entrée, side dish, or dessert.
  • 7:30-10 pm Live Music for all ages in Pavilion – Entertainer Tim Sullivan will get us singing and dancing!

Sunday, July 13

  • 8:30-9:30 am Continental breakfast provided
  • 10:30 am: Morning worship – Rev Jamie Boyce  Going Forward: “Leaving with Love”

As we say goodbye to a weekend of friendship, joy, and deepening our commitment to Living Love in Difficult Times, our Sunday morning service will invite us to imagine how we weave the beauty of the Pine Song weekend into our lives as we go forth into the world.  We will offer intentional appreciation and celebrate a weekend of magic!

*Please bring your own plates, cups, and utensils in keeping with our environmentally friendly values. A washing station will be available.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Saturday, July 12

      • Check-in at blue tent 9:00-9:15 am
      • Check out 3:30 pm

Look forward to activities such as:

Hiking and nature walk
Building and cultivating connection in the beautiful outdoors
Physical challenge course
Creating an outdoor art piece for Pine Song

Please note:

  • All children and teens should bring a sack lunch, water bottle, tennis shoes, hat, jacket, and sunscreen.
  • Water refill station will be provided.
  • Children under 18 need a designated adult present at the retreat.

 

Registration link here

RETREAT LEADERS

Rev Ruth Rinehart

Retreat Leader:  Rev. Ruth Rinehart (she/her/hers)

Rev Ruth is an Affiliated Community Minister with her home congregation, Jefferson Unitarian Church, in Golden, CO, where she lives with her partner, David Hurlbut, and their cat, Pie, managing their suburban permaculture homestead.  She continues her calling to a ministry of addictions and recovery, as she works as Recovery Coach at Whitian House, an outpatient treatment center in Lakewood, CO, for incarcerated folx living in community corrections.  She fervently believes in collective liberation for all, and the blessing of Unitarian Universalism in these challenging times.

Rev Jamie Boyce

Host Minister: Rev. Jamie Boyce (she/her)

Minister, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango
Rev. Jamie grew up in Lansing, Michigan surrounded by lakes, rivers, streams, and the working rhythms of General Motors factories.  As a young adult she lived in Istanbul, Turkey for seven years where she discovered the heartbeat of her own religious life at the intersection of Islam, Christianity, Roman and Greek ruins, and the mysticism of Anatolia. Returning to the United States, she searched for a community that could meet her emerging spiritual life.  When she attended services at Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Oak Park, Illinois, she discovered a community of deep belonging, joy, justice, and the spirit that inspired her own call to ministry.   She is thrilled to serve the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango and call Durango her home.

Tim Sullivan

Singer/Songwriter Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan is a longtime member and supporter of the Durango Unitarian Universalist Church. Tim has been a featured performer with Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, Tammy Wynette and Glen Campbell. He has entertained at venues across the country and will delight us with his music on Saturday night.

PLANNING INFORMATION

Accommodations
The Pavilion with tables and chairs, potable water, electricity, and a serving counter will be headquarters for meals and adult programs. Smaller shelters will serve for child care and children’s activities. Portable johns will be available. Participants may camp at Pine Song, stay in local facilities, or drive from home each day.

Go to Vallecito Lake Chamber for Vallecito Lake accommodations, including trailer and motor home hook-ups. For accommodations at the lake, make reservations as early as possible.

What to bring
In keeping with our environmentally friendly values, please bring your own dishes, cups, and utensils. A dishwashing station will be available. We suggest a flashlight, hat, jacket, rain gear, sunscreen, and insect repellent. Bring your nametag from church, beverages (other than water, coffee, iced tea and lemonade), a dish to share for Saturday’s dinner, and a camp chair or mat to sit on around the campfire. Outdoor and board games are welcome. Please do NOT bring inner tubes or rafts. The river is very swift, cold, and deep. Bring fly fishing gear if you want to fish in the river (catch and release only). You will need a valid Colorado fishing license.

Dogs
Will your dog be happy on a leash at all times? Friendly dogs are welcome. Pick up waste promptly, please.

Potluck
Hot dishes may be heated on the pavilion counter in your crockpot or electri


Directions to Pine Song

Directions to Pine Song, home of Lois and Ken Carpenter, 12758 County Rd. 501, Bayfield, Co 81122.  Landline phone is 970-884-9722.  There is not much cell reception on Pine Song property except at the house.

From Durango–Take County Road 240 (aka Florida Rd.) about 16 mi. until it tees into County Rd. 50l.  Turn left onto CR 501 toward Vallecito.  In 4 miles find the Pine Song gate on your right.  It will be open and a retreat sign on the gate/mailbox.  Follow signs on the property 3/4 mile to the pavilion, river, parking, etc.

(If GPS tells you to turn right on Deer Trail Lane, that is too soon.  Keep going a bit farther on CR 501 until you see the Pine Song gate.)

From Bayfield–From the traffic light on US 160 turn north toward Vallecito onto County Rd. 501.  Drive 12 3/4 miles to 12758 County Rd. 501 where you will see the Pine Song gate.  As above, do not turn down Deer Trail Lane.  Keep going on CR 501 until you reach the Pine Song gate, turn right and follow signs to the pavilion.

 

Please fill out the registration form and make your payment here.