2025
in the Goodenough Community
What makes community meaningful and fun?
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The richness of life in community comes in many ways – getting together informally over a meal...celebrating a significant birthday with long-time and newfound friends...working together in a creative endeavor...collaborating in a work party...thinking deeply with others about what it means to be fully alive and connected with ourselves, each other, and the land...and more.
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In the Goodenough Community, we recognize such ways to connect as expressions of living life fully and in communities of all kinds. Throughout the year we offer programs and events that help you participate in your own development, learn about relating well with other people, and discover your potential to have a good time in life and with others.
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We welcome your interest and your participation, and hope that you will join us at any – or many! – of this year’s events.
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April
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Nature Systems Work Weekend | April 12-13 at Sahale
Come join us at Sahale for cleanup and the welcome of incoming Spring! Chipping, weeding, mulching and volunteer land care is on the menu - as well as working side-by-side with your Goodenough friends! Join us for a day or for the whole weekend! With your help we can keep Sahale managed during the off season. We provide yummy meals, a restful bed, the vibrant fire pit, and the rejuvenation of the cedar hot tub for your tired muscles - plus the camaraderie of friends old and new. Contact Laura Sweany at alwaysgrowingdesign@gmail.com for more information and to RSVP by Tuesday, 4/8.
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Spring Goodenough Organizational Retreat | April 25-27 at Sahale
We meet as a community several times a year to connect, strategize, and conduct community business. April's meeting will focus on our new Membership Program, and inducting new members into our community. Are you interested in being (or becoming) an active participant in the community's membership? Governance? Administration? We welcome everyone drawn to attend - if you want to strengthen our foundation as an active and engaged part of the Intentional Community movement, and assure Sahale's well being into the future, you should plan to attend. Email community@goodenough.org to register.
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May
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​Women's Program Weekend at Sahale | May 2-4
A long-awaited event returns! Our Women's Weekends are true community favorites - a time for all female-identified folks to gather and connect, support, sing, dance, meditate, offer threshold ceremonies​ for women entering new stages in their lives, and generally enjoy being in the company of the Divine Feminine. Attendance is limited, so please RSVP as soon as you can to community@goodenough.org.
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Memorial Day Weekend | This year Sahale will be hosting a community memorial service and will not be open to the public as in years past. We are moving our traditional festivities to June 5-8 - see below!
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June
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Community-Building Weekend | June 5-8 at Sahale
Start the summer off right at Sahale, and experience the satisfaction of learning, playing, and working together in community! We will raise the Big Event Tent, tend the land, and put the finishing touches on maintenance to begin the busy retreat season in earnest. We'll also make time to connect, have fun, and enjoy the land. This will be a great opportunity for new people to get to know the community and experience Sahale. Come for a day, or two, or all four!
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New Member Orientation | June 14, June 22, 1 - 3 pm via Zoom
NEW! These orientations, hosted by our Membership Circle, are an opportunity for new people to learn more about how the community works, how they can plug in, and to connect with each other. It is also a prerequisite to becoming a Friend member. Everyone is welcome!
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July
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Summer Gathering '25 | July 13-18 at Sahale
Resilience, Resistance, Regeneration - Standing Strong in a Time of Stress
Here it comes - save the date! Our 5-day immersion in community learning. A transformative and dynamic experience in taking a deep dive into personal development and community engagement. Join us as we welcome Tamara Statton and Lux Gypsum - vibrant and skilled facilitators who will guide us in experiences and strategies that will keep us open, flexible and able to find productivity, joy, and peace in the face of chaos around us.
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September
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​The Women's Program | September 27 via Zoom
is a long-established and ever-growing way for women to enjoy each other’s company, learn about themselves as women, and welcome the experience of the Divine Feminine. The Women's Program will meet from 10 AM to 1 PM on upcoming Saturdays; 11/22 via Zoom, All female-identified people are welcome. For information, contact Laura Sweany at alwaysgrowingdesign@gmail.com.
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November
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Fall Goodenough Organizational Retreat | November 7-9 at Sahale
We meet as a community several times a year to connect, strategize, and conduct community business. Are you interested in being (or becoming) an active participant in the community's membership? Governance? Administration? We welcome everyone drawn to attend - if you want to strengthen our foundation as an active and engaged part of the Intentional Community movement, and assure Sahale's well being into the future, you should plan to attend. Email community@goodenough.org to RSVP.
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​The Women's Program | November 22 via Zoom
is a long-established and ever-growing way for women to enjoy each other’s company, learn about themselves as women, and welcome the experience of the Divine Feminine. The Women's Program meets from 10 AM to 1 PM on Saturdays. All female-identified people are welcome. For information, contact Laura Sweany at alwaysgrowingdesign@gmail.com.
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Pathwork
Pathwork offers support on our daily journey in these unpredictable times. Share deeply from your heart and enjoy the camaraderie that group support offers. Participants come together and find encouragement, gaining insight and comfort from the world’s wisdom traditions and members' personal development struggles and triumphs. All are welcome to join. Meetings are held via Zoom on alternate Sundays. Contact us for more information.
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Work and Community Parties Throughout the Year
Traditionally, the Goodenough Community sponsors work and community parties over Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends as well as other times to express gratitude for the presence of our beloved retreat center, Sahale, and to experience the satisfaction of learning, playing, and working together in community!
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The Men's Program
Our Men’s Circle sponsors the Big Tent placement and takedown each spring and fall. The Men's Circle is an expression of brotherhood and practice, with wisdom gathered from our own lives, other men’s work, advocates, and the founders of this circle. All male-identified people are welcome. Contact: Norm Peck
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