We have a lot to offer at Springwater Center.
See the 2025 calendar below.

Hello friends,

Forty years ago this autumn, an energetic crew of mostly young people was striving with everything they had in them to construct and close in the Center’s main building against the oncoming winter.

More enthusiastic people gave energy to the Center in the intervening years, as it held hundreds of retreats, constructed additional buildings and evolved from a single-teacher facility to the multi-teacher, in-person and online Center that it is today. Friends will be heartened to know the teachers and administrators are currently working to ensure a new generation will be prepared to give talks, meet with others and lead retreats.

All of this happened and continues to happen with the support of people who understand the need to donate, in addition to paying membership dues and retreat fees. It’s worth mentioning here that membership dues have not been raised since the Center’s inception.

Over the years, a great effort has been made to keep membership dues, guest and retreat rates affordable for all. But this has been possible only with the help of donors who give additional support. Without this additional support, it would be difficult to meet the real costs of operating the Center.

In the past few months we have been faced with heavy expenses associated with maintaining a forty-year-old country facility—roadwork, septic line repair and a walk-in cooler upgrade. The Center’s reserves have been depleted, and we’re counting on your help to replenish them.

Please use the button below to make a contribution. With your help, this beloved place of meditative inquiry will continue to flourish and be available for all. 

With grateful thanks,

Wayne Coger, Administrator and Susan McCallum, Treasurer

Mail Donations also deeply appreciated: 

Springwater Center

  7179 Mill ST Ext.

   Springwater, NY 14560

 

2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

Events are noted as in-person (IP), online (OL), or both (B)

Dec 28,'24 -Jan 1 (B)

4 -Day Silent New Year Retreat with Wayne Coger

Jan 11 (OL)

Recorded Talk by Toni Packer and Dialogue

Jan 17 -21 (B)

4 -Day Silent Retreat with Liz Heron

Jan 25 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

Feb 1 (IP)

All Day Sitting

Feb 15 -22 (OL)

7 -Day Collaborative Silent Retreat 

Feb 25 -Mar 12 (IP)

Quiet Weeks 

March 1 (IP)

All Day Sitting

March 8 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

March 14 -18 (IP)

4 -Day Silent Retreat with Bob Dattola

March 29 (OL)

Teaching Committee Meeting

April 5 (IP)

All Day Sitting

April 18 -22 (IP)

4 -Day Silent Retreat with Stew Glick

April 26 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

May 3 (IP)

All Day Sitting

May 10 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

May 17 -24 (IP)

7 -Day Silent Retreat with Wayne Coger & Sandra Gonzalez

June 1 (OL)

Annual Meeting 

June 7 -14 (B)

7 -Day Silent Retreat with Stephan Bielfeldt

June 28 -July 5 (B)

7 -Day Silent Retreat with Richard Witteman

July 12 (OL)

Recorded Talk by Toni Packer and Dialogue

July 18 -22 (IP)

4 -Day Silent Retreat with Wayne Coger

Aug 2 -9 (IP)

7 -Day Silent Retreat with Bob Dattola

Aug 13 -27 (IP)

Quiet Weeks

Aug 23 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

Aug 29 -Sept 2 (B)

4 -Day Silent Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez

Sept 9 -18 (IP)

Quiet Weeks

Sept 13 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

Sept 20 -27 (B)

7 -Day Silent Retreat with Richard Witteman

Sept 28 -Oct 6

Center Closed (staff break)

Oct 10 -14 (IP)

4 -Day Silent Retreat with Stew Glick

Oct 18 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

Oct 25 (IP)

All Day Sitting

Nov 1 (OL)

Teaching Committee Meeting

Nov 1 -6 (IP)

Quiet Week

Nov 8 -15 (B)

7 -Day Silent Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez

Nov 19 -23 (IP)

Quiet Week

Nov 22 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

Dec 6 (IP)

All Day Sitting

Dec 13 (OL)

Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker

Dec 14 -25

Center Closed (staff break)

Dec 28 -Jan 1, '26 (IP)

4 -Day Silent New Year Retreat with Wayne Coger

for Meditative Inquiry and Retreats

7179 Mill Street Ext.

Springwater, NY, 14560

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