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Volunteering Event: Coop & Kindling
All-day Saturday & Sunday – Help rebuild our chicken coop and cut firewood for winter. Work side by side with others and feel the satisfaction of contributing to a thriving space.
Volunteering Event: Barn Clean-Up October 3rd
Fridays, 9 AM–12 PM – Deep-clean and organize the barn while connecting with fellow volunteers and keeping our community space welcoming.
2025 Freedom of Expression Grief Retreat for Suicide Loss
2025 Freedom of Expression Retreat: for People Grieving Loved Ones Who Have Died By Suicide
Saturday, October 4, 2025 will be the 19th annual Freedom of Expression retreat for people living with grief after the deaths of Loved Ones by Suicide. Always in-person at The Light Center.
Details:
Includes time for stories of our loved ones & our grief. Sharing love, sadness, laughter, & more. Plus opportunities for walks, energy healing, chair massage, creativity, & more.
Snacks, drinks, & lunch provided. Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free and Omnivore options will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring what is suitable for their special needs.
Suggested donation to "Unity Light Center": $40 to $60 per person, to cover costs including some scholarships for people unable to pay. You may donate by following the link below. Payment by cash or check to "The Light Center" at the door is also fine.
Learn More:
The roots of this retreat began growing with Robin Goff, founder of The Light Center, and Rose Eiesland Foster & her family. Long before the 1st Freedom of Expression retreat in 2007, Rose's family made sure she participated in a retreat for cancer survivors at TLC. Although Rose survived bouts of cancers, Gordon Foster, Rose's beloved husband, died by suicide on May 4, 2004. And in 2007 Rose asked, "Do you think we could do a retreat for suicide loss survivors at The Light Center?" Robin and I/Marcia answered, "Yes!" And the poster for our 1st retreat, the one in November 2007, was created by a very young Georgia Foster, Gordon & Rose's daughter.
Through the years of our retreat, we have formed a Grief Support Team providing special grief support experiences. Some of us will be Helper-Participants at this retreat.
Each of us has much personal experience with grief after the deaths of loved ones as well as professional training & experience: Marcia Epstein, Social Worker for Suicide, Grief, & More; Rose Eiesland Foster, Social Worker for Veterans & for Grief; Robin Goff, Retired Nurse, Energy Healer & Hospice Chaplain; Donna Hanschu, Grief Support Person for Families & Individuals; Shannon Musgrave, Retired Nurse & Intuitive Medium; and Jancy Pettit, energy artist & healer. In 2025, our expanded team includes Kevin Gates, Andy Lewis, Kelly McCoy, & John Musgrave. Kevin & Kelly each with much professional experience responding to crises, and personal experience as dads living with grief after one of their sons died by suicide. Andy brings a great depth of experience as a hospice nurse. John has decades of personal & helping experience, especially related to veterans, as he is a Combat Veteran of Vietnam.
"Raise The Roof" Open House at Unity Village
The 2025 ANTN Retreat makes its debut in at the newly-remodeled R.D. Goppert Event Center at Unity Village. To celebrate, we're opening the doors for all of our neighbors. Register for FREE Admission to this great event!
Volunteering Event: Barn Clean-Up October 10th
Fridays, 9 AM–12 PM – Deep-clean and organize the barn while connecting with fellow volunteers and keeping our community space welcoming.
Volunteering Event: Barn Clean-Up October 17th
Fridays, 9 AM–12 PM – Deep-clean and organize the barn while connecting with fellow volunteers and keeping our community space welcoming.
Volunteering Event: Family Harvest Fun Day
10 AM–3 PM – A lively, family-friendly day of volunteering with a Micro Farm Amazing Race—lend a hand in different areas, earn badges, and wrap up with family trivia, hot cider, and optional pumpkin carving. All ages welcome! (No pets, please—we’ll host pet-friendly events soon!)
Volunteering Event: Singles Volunteer Day
9 AM–3 PM volunteer work, 3–5 PM fire pit, live music & hot cider – Step into the crisp autumn air, help the land, and meet others who value purpose, nature, and authentic connection.
Intuition Workshop with Tim Sippola
In this workshop we will be exploring our purpose, what are we here for, and the meaning we give our lives.
Grief Retreat Day
Grief keeps coming in wave after wave.
Let's create some healing waves of Love!
New Moon in Aries
Come journey through the energetic realm with Kelli Worsley of Satyam Soul Healing, with qi gong, dance, and guided meditations to explore the body's infinite healing potential.
Forest Bathing Nature Walk
An opportunity to support your child to foster a healthy connection to the medicine of Mother Nature.
Sacred Balance: A Spring Equinox Revival
This deeply restorative retreat is your sacred space to shed the weight of winter and emerge refreshed, realigned, and radiant.
Trading Post & Community Exchange
Check out the trading post and community exchange. Learn all about it and see what’s available.
Future Predictions
Explore how the planetary and numerological changes will affect the world globally, as well as individually. Learn how to erect a numerological chart and calculate their numbers for success.
Woodstock 2025
Join us to gather firewood... There’s something for everyone to do, from chainsaws to splitting to picking up kindling!
Transform Your Relationships – Evolutionary Look at Sexuality with Diane Tegmeier MSW, Part 2
Part 2: Co-creative Sexuality and Relationships in Community.
Explore an Evolutionary Look at the Cell's Principles in Sexual and Community Relationships.
Transform your Relationships with ‘The Sacred Cell’ as Your Guide, with Diane Tegtmeier MSW, Part 1
Part 1: The Cell's Model and Family Relationships
Learn the principles by which the cell membrane manages all relationships in living systems and apply them to your family relationships in experiential exercises.
Winter Solstice Sweatlodge & Fire Ceremony
Join us in celebration of the winter solstice with lunch, fire and sweatlodge ceremony.
Hit Pause: A Time for Grief
Carve out time to be with your grief and take a deep breath.
Chainsaw Safety & Maintenance Workshop
This Workshop is designed for anyone interested in becoming more familiar with chainsaw maintenance, light repair and safety.
Day Retreat for Busy People
Join us for a fun day of connecting and learning STRESS LESS Energy and Mindfulness HACKS.
TLC 30th Birthday Party
Save the Date for our 30th Birthday Celebration with music and food!
Family Camp for Veterans
Enjoy a time away in the woods at The Light Center to relax, play and learn together.
Freedom of Expression Retreat
18th Annual Freedom of Expression Retreat for people living with suicide grief.
Day Retreat for Busy People
Join us for a fun day of connecting and learning STRESS LESS Energy and Mindfulness HACKS.
CES Trading Post
Check out the CES money free exchange! Learn all about it and see what’s available.
Moon Dance
Come dance up the moon in the TLC Star Garden
The Full Moon energies will still be with us as we celebrate her Light together
Annual Faerie Faire
The Faeries are coming...Tell all the children to get their wings on and come on out!
Intuition Workshop: Expanding Your Intuition
Join us for a workshop that addresses the greatest psychological barrier to unlocking your intuitive capacity to allow you to finally expand your intuition with your intuition.
Heart to Heart
A woman's grief after the death of a child is unlike any other. Come sit in a circle of women who have walked a similar path and draw comfort for your heart.
Host your next event at The Light Center.
Event space is available in The Barn and 30 ft. Pacific Yurt.
For a tour of the facilities, booking or more details, please contact us.
