All retreats are offered on a sliding scale, with scholarships available.
Camping – $315.00
Commuter – $265.00
Turning Point Private Room – $525.00
Turning Point Shared Room – $425.00
Date & Time Details: Check-in is between 4:00 and 6:00 pm on Friday. The first gathering begins with dinner at 6:00 pm. The retreat concludes after lunch on Sunday, at approximately 1:00 pm.
Location: Turning Point
Address: 2495 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA, USA
Contact: Lacey
This three-day retreat, held Friday, September 18 through Sunday, September 20, 2026, is created for Black queer and trans people carrying the deep wound of a world that denies our belovedness. Together, we return to the river that has always offered healing: our music, our breath, our way of seeing against the grain and moving against the current. Drawing from the power of Spirituals, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, and Hip Hop, we will honor lament, truth, improvisation, embodied hope, and healing rage as pathways to reclaim our stories and free what domination tried to silence. Through song, ritual, dance, silence, and shared tenderness, we will lay down the mask, lift up our names, celebrate our bodies, and allow our souls to be retrieved and re-membered. If you are longing for a space where hurt is honored and healing is real, come to The Clearing—where we are called beloved at last.
Leader
Rev. Lynice Pinkard is a Black writer, teacher, healer, pastor, recovering addict, and public intellectual working at the intersection of Christianity, economics, and social change. Her current work is devoted to decolonizing the human spirit and freeing people from what she calls “empire affective disorder.” She seeks to inspire and nurture a new generation of Spirit-filled servant leaders committed to easing everyday suffering, building collective resilience for transformative change, and pursuing structural and systemic justice in the world. Lynice currently serves as the pastor of the United Church of Christ East Goshen in…
Lynice Pinkard
Price
$315.00
Fri, Sep 18 – Sun, Sep 20