Where is Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center located?
Near Matfield Green, KS in the heart of the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas.How did Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center get started?
What do I need to bring if I come to stay overnight at Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center?
Bed linens, pillows and towels are all provided, so bring whatever clothing and toiletry items youneed/want to bring with you. Some women also bring earplugs (or a Walkman and favorite CD) in casesomeone snores in the sleeping room! Oh, my, do women snore? Snacks to share in the evening are always appreciated.What if I'd like to come just for a day experience?
That's possible in at least three ways: 1. Quiet Days Away are offered the first and thrid Monday of every month. These are days when one can come to the Center for a $12 fee (includes lunch) and spend the day walking to the creek, relaxing in the Bunkhouse, renewing one's spirit in the peaceful setting of the country. 2. Various one day guided retreats are offered throughout the year for a fee and led by various 3. Spiritual Direction/Companioning is offered in conjunction with a day retreat or with only a fewhours visit to the Center.What might I see when I come to Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center?
There are deer, wild turkey, woodchucks, and squirrels. An occasional armadillo has beensighted, as well as bobcat and cougar. We honestly haven't had a snake sighting for several years - weare in a rural area, though, so one never knows! You can also see ranchers in their feed trucks, plenty of cows along the way and (this is the best part) you can see the sky touch the ground out in the wideopen spaces!What do the buildings and surrounding area look like?
Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center is located on 4 acres of a larger working cattle ranch.It consists of two buildings, the Main House and the Bunkhouse. The Bunkhouse canaccommodate 12. While the Main House can sleep up to nine, it is used mainly for overflowaccommodations or for individual retreats. It is also the home of the Center's Director. Bothbuildings are large two-story houses. There is a meditation path among the cedar trees and a May I come to tour the houses and grounds?
with the Director, Billie Blair.Is Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center a not-for-profit organization?
Yes, the Retreat Center is a not-for-profit, incorporated organization with an all volunteer board of directors.Is Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center affiliated with a church or religious organization?
The Center's Director, Rev. Billie Blair, is a United Methodist pastor. The Center itself is a non-denominational organization and does not receive funding from any particular religious entity.How many people work at Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center?
At this time, the only staff person is Rev. Billie Blair, founder and director of the Center. If only one person works at Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center, does she do all the retreat facilitation?
No, there are a variety of outside facilitators who also have a passion for working with women. They The mission statement says this is a retreat center primarily for women. Are men allowed to come at all?
The center is primarily for women because Rev. Blair has a passion for women's ministry - to help eachwoman who comes to Tallgrass become more fully the person God intends her to be.. Also, as a pastorand a single woman, and because of the sleeping accommodations at the Center, it is more appropriatefor her to be in ministry to mostly women. Men are invited to attend co-ed retreats or men-only day retreats, as noted in the retreat center's schedule, and to retreats scheduled by outside groups.
How is Tallgrass funded?
Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center is currently supported by fees from retreats offered at theto learn about this program.
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Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center: Where Women Find Their Way
1780 Thurman Creek Road
Matfield Green, Kansas 66862
620.753.3465
Rev. Billie Blair, Director
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Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center
Where Women Find Their Way
