Loving Our Neighbors As Ourselves
A Christ-centered Spiritual Retreat for Families & Friends
Led by Chantal McKinney
June 16-19, 2025
Register now
Like the breath, the depth to which we practice self-compassion and self-care (inhale) determines the depth to which we are able to love our neighbors, our community, and our families (exhale). Nourish your body, mind, and soul this week through experiencing a variety of offerings to bring balance and peace to your life during these times. Ample free time allows participants to nap, hike around the lake, journal, or explore Kanuga.
A special afternoon track for church leaders, “Reclaiming Sundays as Sabbath,” allows for facilitated reflection, conversation, and planning around the topic of supporting parishioners’ needs for slower Sundays and intentional Sabbath amidst our hectic lives.
Chantal McKinney
Chantal is a life-long seeker of the Divine. She is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, consultant, practitioner of community development, and former church planter who walks among the two worlds of faith and spirituality. She is passionate about making connections between how followers of Jesus are deconstructing and living out their faith in reimagined ways and what this means for our future understanding of church.
She awaits the publication of her first book, “Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls.”
After serving within The Episcopal Church as a parish priest for twenty years, she founded Root Thrive Soar and now accompanies and trains churches and faith organizations around the country that are ready to shift towards de-colonized, missional community engagement in the spirit of Christ’s love.
Learn more at rootthrivesoar.com and chantalmckinney.com. Join her Substack at https://chantalmckinney.substack.com/.
Accessibility to our programs is important to Kanuga’s mission.
Attendance cost is calculated during online registration, depending on your lodging selection. Apply for need-based financial assistance during checkout, and note that payment plans are available.
Childcare will be available.
Choose from a guest house, historic cottage or a room in Kanuga Lake Inn.
Check out photos of each type of lodging here.
We observe quiet hours from 11 p.m.-7 a.m.
Meals are included in the program fee. We serve three meals a day, buffet-style in our dining room. Please let us know of any food allergies when completing your online registration.
- Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m.
- Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Supper: 5:30-7 p.m.
For the health and safety of our beloved community, Kanuga maintains high standards for food service, sanitation, and general cleanliness. Guests must be symptom-free from any communicable disease prior to arrival. Wearing masks is not required but welcomed by all.
In our shop, located next to the Main Lodge, you’ll find soft drinks, wine and beer, snacks, books, apparel, and necessities.
During your stay, we hope you can make time to explore Kanuga’s hiking trails, wooded walks, and lakes. The indoor gym includes workout and weight rooms, as well as a basketball court.
There are myriad worship and contemplation spaces at Kanuga in which all are welcome, including the indoor Chapel of The Transfiguration and the Labyrinth and St. Francis Chapel outdoors.
If you are attending an event at Kanuga and would like to share your photos with our online community, please tag us: #kanuga @kanugaepiscopal. Drone photography is not permitted by guests.
Check-in: 4 p.m.
Check-out: 10 a.m.
Certified service animals are welcome at Kanuga in certain lodging areas. Dogs must be leashed at all times.