Past Events

Past Events

Jun 13, 2024
The Great Spiritual Migration Spirited Book Club

Spirited Book Club ~ The Seventh Story

  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The story we tell about the world shapes how we live. In a fable for grown-ups, presented alongside essays by Brian McLaren & Gareth Higgins, you’ll examine six familiar stories that have repeated through history, which have taught us all how to dominate, fear, or withdraw from the world and the beautiful people in it.
May 30, 2024
Northern Wings Gathering

Northern Wings Gathering 2024

  • 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Connect with friends, meet Spirit staff & board reps, and hear what Spirit is up to lately at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN.
May 16, 2024
Spirited Book Club: Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! author Kate Bowler

Spirited Book Club ~ Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!

  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
In “Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!” bestselling author Kate Bowler offers witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the good.
Apr 13, 2024
Cullinary Class and Lunch. Picture of smiling Karl Schwirian at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center

Culinary Class and Lunch with Chef Karl

  • 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Join Chef Karl Schwirian for a culinary class at Desert Foothills Library! Learn the secrets to making Chef’s famous New Mexican Green Chili Stew with Pork and Posole. Lunch included.
Apr 7 – 11, 2024
Juice & Raw Foods Retreat; image of "The Juice Lady" Cherie Calbom

Juice & Raw Foods Retreat

  • 5:30 pm Sunday – 1:00 pm Thursday
Take charge of your well-being at the Juice & Raw Foods: Whole Person Health & Healing Retreat with Cherie Calbom on April 7-11, 2025 in Carefree, AZ.
Mar 15 – 17, 2024
Women's Silent Retreat by Miles Christi

Women’s Silent Retreat by Miles Christi

  • 4:00 pm Friday – 5:00 pm Sunday
The Miles Christi Spiritual Exercises are a weekend silent retreat for women 16+ with spiritual talks and time for personal meditation.
Mar 8 – 10, 2024
Balance in Recovery Retreat; photo of a rock pile precariously balancing

Balance in Recovery Retreat

  • 6:00 pm Friday – 1:00 pm Sunday
Experience this retreat as a catalyst for a renewed commitment towards balance, becoming a compassionate presence, both to yourself and to others who are amid pain and struggle. Participants will learn practical skills and grow in trust as they discover and explore their path toward healing and transformation.
Mar 4 – 7, 2024

Gourding in the Desert

  • 3:00 pm Monday – 12:00 pm Thursday
The Arizona Gourd Society’s annual Gourding in the Desert Retreat brings together gourders for class time and creative camaraderie.
Feb 2 – 4, 2024

School of Earth and Soul 2024

  • 3:00 pm Friday – 12:00 pm Sunday
Reawaken awareness of the sacred in all things through the recovery of Celtic wisdom for today and translate it into compassionate action and justice.