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Coming Home ~ Celebrating 50 Years of The Abode of the Message

Name: Coming Home ~ Celebrating 50 Years of The Abode of the Message
Start: 2025-07-04
End: 2025-07-06
Location: The Abode of the Message

July 4 - 6, 2025

Retreat Highlights

Our 50th Anniversary Celebration is dawning with spring creeping in and we welcome it with open arms!
This time for reunion enlivens our future with the love and joy of our Abode past. Sharing time together is a treasure and brings renewal. Come celebrate with us the stories of the Abode, and bless the future with a vision of harmony, love and creativity.
Register here to plan your trip and look for our schedule as we launch all details as they unfold over the coming weeks.
Highlights will include Taj Inayat Khan attendance, Qaqqali Sufi Concert, Tribute Dinners, Dances of Universal Peace, Special Universal Worship Celebration, Meditation, Pir Zia Virtual Talk, Children’s Universal Worship, Memory Hall, and much more!
Weekend Rates for 50th Celebration on July 4 - 6, 2025 includes Friday and Saturday overnights & all meals and activities!
Please click the reservation button below for pricing and available rooms.

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

“It is probable that the next buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving-kindness, a community practicing mindful living.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh
Our 50th Anniversary Celebration is dawning with 2025 and we welcome it with open arms!

This time for reunion enlivens our future with the love and joy of our Abode past. Sharing this time together is a treasure and brings renewal... and the joy continues!

Register here to plan your trip and look for our schedule as we launch all details as they unfold over the coming months.

REGISTRATION COSTS: Registration costs are all-inclusive per person and are not pro-rated for late arrivals, early departures or any missed meals/program time (even if pre-planned). Program registration includes all MEALS: 6 meals, beginning with Dinner on Friday at 6pm and ending with Brunch on Sunday at 12:30pm. Meals are are mostly organic, vegetarian Farm-to-Table offerings with gluten-free and dairy-free options.

Please contact us if you need financial help to attend by reaching out to Iromee at events@theabode.org.

If you would like to add on night(s) before or after the weekend. You can email programs@theabode.org for pricing and more information.

Schedule

Spend time at the Abode, hiking our vast network of forest and mountain heights. Walk through our herbal gardens. Visit the organic farm. Spend time in the courtyard, meeting new folks, and listening to the birds. Or walk down country roads in solitude. We are a few minutes away from New Lebanon, NY, where you can find an organic grocery store, restaurants and stores.

Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

The Abode of the Message

Directions

5 Abode Road, New Lebanon, NY, 12125

Accommodation

One Double Bed [private room]

Room with one double bed. Shared bathroom.

One Twin Bed [private room]

Room with one twin bed. Shared bathroom.

SINGLE BREAKFAST TICKET (COMMUTERS)

This is a single ticket for a breakfast pass on any day for the 50th festival weekend. PLEASE LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS WHAT DAY YOU INTEND TO USE IT.

SINGLE DINNER TICKET (COMMUTERS)

This is a single ticket for a lunch pass on any day for the 50th festival weekend. PLEASE LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS WHAT DAY YOU INTEND TO USE IT.

SINGLE LUNCH TICKET (COMMUTERS)

This is a single ticket for a lunch pass on any day for the 50th festival weekend. PLEASE LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS WHAT DAY YOU INTEND TO USE IT.

2 Twin Beds [shared, per person rate]

2 single beds in one room. Price per person. Shared bathroom.

One Queen Bed [private room]

These rooms are located on the 3rd floor where children may not be housed due to fire regulations. Shared bathroom.

3-4 Twin Beds [shared, per person rate]

Share & Save! At least 3 beds in 1 room. Price per person. Shared bathroom.

Darrow Economy Housing for 50th Weekend

Darrow Economy Housing Overflow housing 1/4 mile from the Abode! Basic rooms with twin beds (1-4 beds per room) with shared bathrooms. Please indicate how many people are in your group that will be sharing this room. Price is per person, as it includes full registration for 50th weekend events at The Abode.

Commuter [program & meals only]

Staying off-campus, but joining for the day. Includes Friday dinner thru Sunday Lunch.

Live Stream (Zoom) - 50th Celebration

The Abode is offering Live Streaming via Zoom for certain programs during our 50th Celebration! We will send out a Zoom link a few days before the start of the event with everything you need to know to virtually attend Zoom Schedule FRIDAY, June 4th - SUFI ZIKR - 7:30-8:30PM FRIDAY, June 4th - Healing Service For The World - 9PM - 9:30PM SATURDAY, July 5th - Attunement - 7:15AM - 7:45AM SATURDAY, July 5th- Memory Book Launch + Fund Raiser: 9:15AM - 11:15AM SATURDAY, July 5th: 1-2PM - OPEN CHAT FOR ZOOMERS SATURDAY, July 5th - Memorial For Pir Vilayat - 2 - 3PM SATURDAY, July 5th - Visioning the Next 50 years - 3:30PM - 5:30:PM SUNDAY, July 6th - Children's Universal Worship - 9:15AM - 9:45AM SUNDAY, 6th - PIR ZIA LIVE - 10-10:15 SUNDAY, 6th - Special Universal Worship- 11-12PM SUNDAY, 6th: 1-2PM - OPEN CHAT FOR ZOOMERS

Tenting [Main Campus in your own tent]

Bring your own tent and sleeping bags. Tenting for the 50th is MOUNTAIN only. Showers and restrooms available on mountain. Campus sites as stated in the maps

Meals

Menu Types

Vegan

Vegetarian

Pescetarian

Ayurvedic

Includes Meat

Organic

Gluten Free

Dairy Free

Nut Free

We have a macrobiotic chef, and we work with our farm to bring organic, farm-to-table nourishment during your stay

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