Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Changemakers (POSTPONED)

Join us at Rockin’ Horse Farm in Siler City, NC for Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Changemakers: A Weekend Women’s Retreat to Feed your Soul.

When the Work Feels Heavy, Hope Becomes Essential
Are you a changemaker feeling overwhelmed by today’s challenges? When progress is blocked and the forces of harm seem stronger than ever, it’s natural to struggle with frustration and even burn-out. But what if hope isn’t something that happens to us—but something we actively practice?

Rediscover Your Spiritual Foundation
This weekend retreat offers changemakers a chance to reconnect with the deeper sources of resilience available to us all. Join us to explore how spiritual practices can help us stay grounded and embody hope in a world that sometimes feels hopeless.

Who Should Attend
This retreat welcomes all changemakers:

~ Mission-driven professionals and nonprofit leaders
~ Activists and organizers
~ Artists using creativity for social change
~ Community volunteers
~Engaged citizens

If you would find meaning in strengthening your resilience in these uncertain times, this retreat is designed for you.

What You’ll Experience and Share

~ Connection to nature and other changemakers on a beautiful 90-acre farm
~ Practical tools for cultivating hope as a daily practice
~ Spiritual practices for staying grounded to maintain your energy and commitment to your important work

Transform Your Relationship with Hope
Leave this weekend with renewed energy, deeper spiritual grounding, and practical tools for embodying hope—not despite the challenges, but because of your unwavering commitment to a just world.

Location: Rockin’ Horse Farm, Siler City, NC

Cost: $400, includes retreat programming, lodging, and meals

Retreat Leaders:

Maria Kingery has been leading retreats for impact-driven entrepreneurs for more than a decade. Through 360Impact, she helps changemakers build the resilience needed to create lasting impact in an uncertain world using her “Lead with Love” framework. In 2001, she co-founded one of the Southeast’s first clean energy companies, scaling it to a thriving B Corp before selling the company to seven long-time team members in a values-driven succession that centered their shared mission over maximum profit.

Bonny Moellenbrock, a certified spiritual director, helps clients integrate their deepest values into their lives, initiatives, and business strategies, supporting the shift toward a life-affirming, regenerative economy. Bonny spent over two decades directing capital toward social and environmental impact through her work with nonprofits, social enterprises, and impact investors. She led Investors Circle for seven years, guiding a network that has channeled over $275 million into more than 350 enterprises creating positive change.