2024 Annual Appeal
It all happens with your help!
We have a lot to offer at Springwater Center.
See the 2025 calendar of events below.
Hello friends,
Forty years ago this autumn, an energetic crew of mostly young people was striving with everything they had in them to construct and close in the Center’s main building against the oncoming winter.
More enthusiastic people gave energy to the Center in the intervening years, as it held hundreds of retreats, constructed additional buildings and evolved from a single-teacher facility to the multi-teacher, in-person and online Center that it is today. Friends will be heartened to know the teachers and administrators are currently working to ensure a new generation will be prepared to give talks, meet with others and lead retreats.
All of this happened and continues to happen with the support of people who understand the need to donate, in addition to paying membership dues and retreat fees. It’s worth mentioning here that membership dues have not been raised since the Center’s inception.
Over the years, a great effort has been made to keep membership dues and retreat rates affordable for all. But this has been possible only with the help of donors who give additional support. Without this additional support, it would be difficult to meet the real costs of operating the Center.
In the past few months we have been faced with heavy expenses associated with maintaining a forty-year-old country facility—roadwork, septic line repair and a walk-in cooler upgrade. The Center’s reserves have been depleted, and we’re counting on your help to replenish them.
Please use the button below to make a contribution. With your help, this beloved place of meditative inquiry will continue to flourish and be available for all.
With grateful thanks,
Wayne Coger, Administrator and Susan McCallum, Treasurer
2025 Calendar of Events
Events are noted as in-person (IP), online (OL), or both (B)
Dec 28, ’24 -Jan 1 (B) 4 -Day Silent New Year Retreat with Wayne Coger
Jan 11 (OL) Recorded Talk by Toni Packer and Dialogue
Jan 17 -21 (B) 4 -Day Silent Retreat with Liz Heron
Jan 25 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
Feb 1 (IP) All Day Sitting
Feb 15 -22 (OL) 7 -Day Collaborative Silent Retreat
Feb 25 -Mar 12 (IP) Quiet Weeks
March 1 (IP) All Day Sitting
March 8 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
March 14 -18 (IP) 4 -Day Silent Retreat with Bob Dattola
March 29 (OL) Teacher/Facilitator Dialogue
April 5 (IP) All Day Sitting
April 18 -22 (IP) 4 -Day Silent Retreat with Stew Glick
April 26 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
May 3 (IP) All Day Sitting
May 10 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
May 17 -24 (IP) 7 -Day Silent Retreat with Wayne Coger & Sandra Gonzalez
June 1 (OL) Annual Meeting
June 7 -14 (B) 7 -Day Silent Retreat with Stephan Bielfeldt
June 28 -July 5 (B) 7 -Day Silent Retreat with Richard Witteman
July 12 (OL) Recorded Talk by Toni Packer and Dialogue
July 18 -22 (IP) 4 -Day Silent Retreat with Wayne Coger
Aug 2 -9 (IP) 7 -Day Silent Retreat with Bob Dattola
Aug 13 -27 (IP) Quiet Weeks
Aug 23 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
Aug 29 -Sept 2 (B) 4 -Day Silent Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez
Sept 9 -18 (IP) Quiet Weeks
Sept 13 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
Sept 20 -27 (B) 7 -Day Silent Retreat with Richard Witteman
Sept 28 -Oct 6 Center Closed (staff break)
Oct 10 -14 (IP) 4 -Day Silent Retreat with Stew Glick
Oct 18 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
Oct 25 (IP) All Day Sitting
Nov 1 (OL) Teacher/Facilitator Dialogue
Nov 1 -6 (IP) Quiet Week
Nov 8 -15 (B) 7 -Day Silent Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez
Nov 19 -23 (IP) Quiet Week
Nov 22 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
Dec 6 (IP) All Day Sitting
Dec 13 (OL) Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker
Dec 14 -25 Center Closed (staff break)
Dec 28 -Jan 1, ’26 (IP) 4 -Day Silent New Year Retreat with Wayne Coger
Online timed sittings are offered outside of retreats,
All Day Sittings, and closed periods:
Fridays – Mondays from 7 -7:55 AM (ET) and
Tuesdays – Thursdays from 8 -8:55 PM (ET)