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Upcoming events in Vancouver, San Francisco, and County Down
Porch co-founder Gareth Higgins will be in Vancouver and San Francisco in April 2025, and we’ve space on one of our Ireland retreats in June as well - love to see you at any of these & please let others know about them too.
Vancouver, BC - Friday April 11th, 7-9pm
How Not to be Afraid: Seven Ways to Live When Everything Seems Terrifying
Vancouver School of Theology, Epiphany Chapel - details here.
Saturday April 12th, 10am-4pm
Transformative Storytelling as a Way of Life
Allard School of Law, UBC - details here.
San Francisco, Saturday April 19th, 7-9pm
How Not to be Afraid: Seven Ways to Live When Everything Seems Terrifying
Black Bird Bookstore - details here.
Kilkeel & Cultra, Northern Ireland, June 20th-27th
Ireland Retreat co-hosted by Gareth Higgins and Brian Ammons, with special guests Over the Rhine (Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler)
There are still a few spaces left on this retreat with our dear friends Linford & Karin, whose work as Over the Rhine is beloved as an exquisite imagining of who, where, and why we are. Details at www.irelandretreats.com.
The Porch often hosts Porch Storytelling & Music events in our home base of Asheville, NC. Five storytellers, one musician playing three songs, and one community experience. Everyone’s welcome and admission is free. We’ll announce our next Porch Storytelling event soon.
Our annual Porch Gathering mini-festival takes place near Asheville. We’re planning a weekend of transformative storytelling through nusic, movies, conversation and community. The most recent Porch Gathering took place in March 2025; the next one will be announced soon. Details are at www.theporchgathering.com.
Our Retreats provide opportunities to decompress & renew, to connect with self and/or others, to be supported in healing and discerning next steps. We offer retreats of between two days to a week or longer. Click here for more information on weekend retreats and other events, and here for information on our longer retreats in Ireland, in which we take a deep dive into learning about peacemaking on the inside and out.