Mar 10 – 13, 2026
Play Ball and Connect Retreat
Play Ball and Connect! is a retreat that celebrates the spirit of baseball, fellowship, and the joy of being together in the Arizona sun The PLAY BALL AND CONNECT! retreat will inspire you to embrace the joy of baseball, deepen your connections through fellowship, celebrate the game, and follow your faith in every inning of life. Dave’s love for baseball started with his mom’s encouraging words, “Go out and play!” This retreat captures that spirit, blending the excitement of the…
Feb 26, 2026
Spirited Book Club ~ Strange Worship
‘Strange Worship: Six Steps for Challenging Christian Nationalism’ by Drew J. Strait gives us a clear, reasoned, and hopeful alternative to resignation and despair.
Jan 15, 2026
Spirited Book Club ~ The Heretic Hunters
‘The Heretic Hunters: A Parable for Our Time’ by Peter Faur asks the question, “When church becomes a blood sport, can even love survive?”
Dec 20, 2025
Earth and All Flesh: Advent Prayer Gathering
Join us for 30 minutes once a week during Advent for readings, poetry and song with Spirit facilitator, Sheri Brown.
Nov 28 – Dec 1, 2025
‘Thanksliving’ Music Fest
First Annual Thanksliving Music Fest at Spirit in the Desert! Escape the holiday shopping chaos and share your Thanksgiving weekend with renowned Trop-Rock artists Mark Mulligan, Kelly McGuire and Rudy B at the ThanksLiving Music Fest. Think ice cold cervezas, margaritas on the rocks, plentiful sunshine and live Trop-Rock music in a desert oasis. This first of its kind intimate musical experience will be held at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center in beautiful Carefree, Arizona from Black Friday, November…
Nov 21 – 23, 2025
Healing of Memories Workshop for Veterans
This workshop for all Veterans is a safe place for participants to explore personal histories and gain insight and empathy for themselves and others.
Nov 20, 2025
Spirited Book Club ~ You’re Not Done Becoming
In a world that urges you to slow down, step back, or disappear quietly, You’re Not Done Becoming offers a bold and soulful reminder that your light is needed now more than ever.
Nov 15, 2025
Hanson Contemplative Garden Commemoration
Help Spirit in the Desert dedicate this marvelous new garden space on November 15, 2025, named in honor of Spirit’s former faith mentor, Jim Hanson. Enjoy wine, beer, soft drinks and Chef Karl’s famous appetizers among friends.
Oct 24 – 26, 2025
Woman to Woman Fall Retreat
The purpose of Woman to Woman is to create an atmosphere to share experience, strength and hope, promote friendship among alcoholic women in recovery throughout the greater Phoenix area and offer women a glimpse of a new way of life.
Oct 23, 2025
Spirited Book Club ~ Active Hope
The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power.
Oct 10 – 12, 2025
Men’s Silent Retreat by Miles Christi
The Miles Christi Spiritual Exercises are a weekend silent retreat for men 16+ with spiritual talks and time for personal meditation.
Sep 25, 2025
Spirited Book Club ~ The Serviceberry
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, ‘The Serviceberry’ is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.