In our research we found that most retreatants change their daily habits while on retreat. These changes may or may not include changes to your normal sleeping and eating habits. While retreatants are welcome to come down the mountain for meals at the conference (if we are serving other groups at an additional charge per meal. Please check with the office regarding availability and times of meals) it was also found that most people on retreat do not want to be surrounded with noise and the other distractions of our main campus.
We have tried to stock each hermitage with the following list of items so that you will know what you might need to bring with you in terms of food and other supplies. If you should use the last of some item we stock in the kitchen please let us know in your evaluation so we can be sure to purchase another before the next retreatant arrives. We would ask that you please do not leave left over food items in the hermitages upon your departure.
We have put a lot of thought into the placement of the furniture in each hermitages and in that regard we would ask that you not move our larger items of furniture around in the hermitages. If you should have suggestions on furniture placement please let us know on your evaluation so we can consider your suggestion.
We have also carefully considered the books in each hermitage and would love your suggestions but we would ask you to please not leave any books without first consulting the office.
The following is the inventory for the Thomas Merton hermitage but would be typical of each of the hermitages except for the books, icons and other art work specific to Thomas Merton
Typical Inventory for a Hermitage
Bedroom
Bedside clock
Flashlight
1 coaster on each bedside table
1 Icon
Wooden handmade Cross
Queen bed with quilt
Stool
1 wooden basket
10 plastic hangers in closet
4 pillows on bed - 2 in pillow cases and 2 in quilted shams
2 extra pillows in closet (for pull out love seat)
1 king blanket on bed with 2 extra in closet
3 single bed blankets (for pull out love seat)
1 ceiling fan
1 supplemental heater
Bathroom
1 plastic trash basket
Assorted housekeeping supplies in closet and under sink
1 bin under sink for cleaners etc.
1 towel rod
1 toilet paper holder
1 nightlight
Assorted bed linens
Towels, wash cloths and bath mats
Basket for individual soaps
Toilet bowl brush
Toilet bowl plunger
Kitchen
1 coffee maker
1 toaster
1 microwave
1 refrigerator with freezer and ice maker
2 magnetic chip clips on refrigerator
1 gas range
1 combo washer/dryer (not in accessible hermitage)
1 magnetic knife strip with 5 kitchen knives
1 hook with cutting board and pot holders
1 LED emergency flashlight
1 strainer
1 colander
1 cheese grater
1 baking sheet
3 mixing bowls - red
1 glass baking dish
1 cooking pot with glass lid small
1 cooking pot with glass lid medium
1 cooking pot with glass lid large
1 small fry pan
1 medium fry pan
1 whistling tea kettle
4 sets silverware - regular and salad forks, regular and soup spoons, knives
1 silverware basket with compartments
1 silverware basket plain
4 steak knives
1 whisk
1 set of measuring cups
1 set of measuring spoons
1 corkscrew
1 vegetable peeler
1 manual can opener
3 wooden spoons in mason jar
3 plastic cooking utensils (extra set in top of cupboard) in mason jar
1 large box of salt
1 salt grinder
1 pepper grinder
1 bottle olive oil
1 bottle regular oil
1 bottle balsamic vinegar
1 bottle soy sauce
1 honey bear
1 jar cinnamon
5 glad plastic food storage containers
1 box saran wrap
1 box aluminum foil
4 wine glasses
4 pottery mugs
4 pottery dinner plates
4 pottery bowls
4 pottery glasses
2 small glasses
2 large glasses
Assortment of Celestial Seasoning Teas in individual packets
1 regular Folgers coffee
1 decaffeinated Folgers coffee
1 box coffee filters
dish towels
dish rags
1 in sink disk drainer
2 dish brushes
1 bottle of dish soap
1 fire extinguisher under the sink
1 under sink revolving lid trash receptacle
1 under sink bin for housekeeping supplies
1 swifter with extra swifter cloths in cabinet over refrigerator
1 box trash bags in cabinet over refrigerator
1 box of laundry soap
1 box of dryer fabric softener sheets
1 mop
1 broom
1 dustpan
1 flyswatter
2 brown cloth placements
4 brown cloth napkins
1 basket with extra batteries, matches etc. in closet
1 basket with packets of white sugar, raw sugar, Splenda and Equal
1 extra basket in closet
1 plastic folder with all instruction manuals for cabins
Living Room
1 A/C heater unit with remote control
1 rocking chair
1 pull out love seat with 2 cushions
1 reed trash basket
1 writing desk
1 lamp on writing desk
1 coaster on writing desk
1 chair for writing desk
1 dining room table will fold up leaves
1 dining room table chair
2 floor lamps
1 area rug with non-slip pad
1 side table with bookshelves w/2 coaster
1 photo of Thomas Merton
1 ceiling fan
1 reed footstool with pillow
1 step stool to use to reach high shelves
1 plastic shoe and boot holder for wet shoes and boots
2 walking sticks behind door - please return after use
1 vent less propane gas heater with thermostat
Porch
2 rocking chairs
1 side table
1 set wind chimes (on Merton and Julian)
Books - Each Hemritage has books appropriate for that Hermitage
Year with Thomas Merton - Thomas Merton
Seeds (selections from his work) - Thomas Merton
Becoming Who You Are - James Martin, SJ
Thoughts in Solitude - Thomas Merton
Dialogues with Silence - Thomas Merton
Seven Storey Mountain - Thomas Merton
Good Poems - Garrison Keillor
The Lotus Flowers - Ellen Bryant Voigt
The Book of Common Prayer
The Holy Bible with Apocrypha
Hymnal - 1982
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Voices Found
Wonder, Love and Praise - Supplement to 1982 Hymnal
The First Valle Crucis - Ruby Clark Demyen
Dobie ‘n’ Me in Hoot Owl Holler - Doris Smith Bliss
Echoes From Hoot Owl Holler - Doris Smith Bliss
Valle Crucis - David Yates and William Bake
Missionary Life at Valle Crucis - Susan Fennimore Cooper
Valle Crucis A History of an Uncommon Place - I. Harding Hughes, Jr.
My Valle Crucis: the 1930's - I. Harding Hughes, Jr.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
List of Donors for Hermitage Project
Donor List - Hermitage Project - As of January 2009
$60,000 and above
John and Faye Cooper - St. Anthony’s Chapel - in memory of John Earl Cooper III
and The Rev. Frontis Anthony
The Church of the Good Shepherd - Cashiers NC - Julian of Norwich Hermitage
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Wilkesboro NC - Thomas Merton Hermitage
and landscaping - in honor of The Rev. Frank and Martha McKenzie
$15,000 - $59,999
Larry Turnbow and Majory Holder
Sam Tallman
The Episcopal Foundation of Western North Carolina
$10,000 - $14,999
Anonymous
Tom and Tina Barrett
Julia Morton
The Cathedral of All Soul’s - Asheville NC
Grace Episcopal - Morganton NC - Furnishings for 2 cabins
St. Mary’s - Asheville NC
$5,000 - $9,999
Walter and Jennifer Browning
Ella and William DuBose, Jr. In honor of William Dubose III
Mike and Debbie Galleher
Bo Henderson and Ed Springs
The Rt. Rev. Robert and Julie Johnson
The Kistler Trust
Dennis and Margaret Lehman
The Rev. Beth and Tom Lilly - art work and pottery
The Mitford Chiildren’s Foundation
Carolyn and Dan Shepherd
The Rt. Rev. Porter and Jo Taylor
Ralph Tilden - In memory of Jeffrey Richard Moylan - furnishing for chapel
Diana Mast White - Furnishings for a cabin
VCCC Conservation Easement Endowment Funds
The Winston- Salem Foundation -
The Mr. And Mrs. James N. Andrews Family Fund
St. Mary of the Hills - Blowing Rock NC
St. Mary of the Hills - Blowing Rock NC - ECW Tour of Homes
$1,000 - $4,999
The Rev. Cynthia and Jim Banks
Brenda and Faye Binning
Bob and Iona Brigham
The Rev. Brian Cole and Susan Weatherford
Deborah Smith Douglass
The Rev. Jeanne Finan and Tom Eshelman
Chuck Forester
Sally Hatch and Gary Swartz
Maggie Hover in honor of Dorcas and Sandy Jones
for landscaping
Barbara Hudnall
Sandy and Dorcas Jones
Karen Kassinger
Lynn McClure
Susan B. Morgan
The Rev. Thomas and Hadley Morris
The Rev. Robert and the Rev. Deacon Jeannette Reese
in honor of Tom Eshelman
St. James Episcopal Foundation - Black Mountain NC
St. Luke’s Episcopal - Boone NC
St. Peter by the Lake - Denver NC
St. Philip's Church Women - Brevard NC
$500-$999
Mary and Ernie Armstrong
Polly and Bob Capps
Walter Clark
Tim and Dianne Finan in honor of The Rev. Jeanne Finan
and Tom Eshelman
The Rev. Morgan Gardner
John W. Goodrich
Betty Haywood
Katerina and Rudy Whitley
Richard and Mollie Lance
Fred and Lisa Martin in memory of Virginia Cooper
Burt and Phyllis Melton
Francis and Sibyl Pressly
Dorothy and Rob Ramsdell
Andy and Emily Stallings
Margie Barrett in memory of Home Barrett
Christ Church Episcopal of Alleghany - Sparta NC
Holy Cross Church - ECW - Holy Cross NC
St. James - Hendersonville NC
St. Patrick’s Episcopal - ECW - Mooresville NC
All Other Donors
Pamela Barrett
Margaret and Dick Beckman
Peter and Vicki Bergstrom
Sue Ellen and Ben Bridgers
The Byerly Foundation
The Rev. Elizabeth Canham
Mary and John Catmur
Margaret and Ernest Caudill
Godfrey Cheshire, Jr.
Allen and Thora Chilson
Julie C. Clarkson
Henry L. Coble
The Rev. Mike and Elizabeth Cogsdale
Nicholas D. Colantonio
Michael Conway in memory of my wife Lola
The Rev. Carl and Nelia Cunningham
Rachel Dillard
Jane Earl in honor of The Rev. Deacon John Earl
The ECW of the Diocese of Western North Carolina
E.C. Dowse
Henry and Saeli Eshelman and Victoria Miller in memory of our
dear sweet kitty, Sam
Agnes, Marian, George, Kerry, and Renna Farthing in honor of
Glenn Farthing and in memory of Martha Farthing
Meg and Frank Fary
John and Ruth Fitzgibbon
Beverly J. Gaines
Carolyn R. Foster
Becky Grazhorn
Mac and Anne Greer in honor of the 50th anniversary of
Jack and Joan Webber
Anne and George Greer in memory of our parents
Lisa Griffin
The Rev. Clem and Lucy Gunn
Jeanette T. Haas
Louise Hatch in memory of Bud Rabley
Louise Hatch
Betsy Barber in memory of The Rev. Richard Wainwright Barber
Julie and Ken Hettiger in memory of
The Rev. Frank and Martha McKenzie
Mary Ann D. Hogue in honor of Sarah Dawson Davis
H.C. Howard, Jr.
Ginny Huggins
Harding and Dorothy Hughes
Dr. Sterling and Nancy Hutcheson in honor of The Rev. Jeanne Finan
Fran and Johnny Keesee in honor of Tom Eshelman
and The Rev. Jeanne Finan
Janet and David Keller
Margaret King in honor of the ministry of the Rev. Jeanne Finan
Anne and Arthur Korff
Ingrid and Ben Mast
Cobb and Jane Milner
Cathleen Nixon
Nancy S. Oxford in honor of The Rev. Scott Oxford’s 20th year
of ordained ministry
Inez F. Pearson
Carol and Sam Perry
The Rev. Robert and the Rev. Pat Reuss
Blanchard and Madge Seaver in memory of B.F. Seaver, Sr.,
and in honor of our son Wendell
Patti Sjostrand in honor of my sons
Nancy Smit
Cheryl Smith
Dorothy and David Smith in memory of Malcolm Glovier
Sarah M. Smither
Sean and Carolyn Swift
The Rev. Beth Turner
Chal and Hugh Vaughn
Dr. Ken and Lucy Wallenborn
David and Judy Wall
Geraldene and Robert Ward
Matthew and Erin West
Betty White
Mary A. Workman in memory of John Cooper’s mother and
in honor of Faye Cooper’s birthday
John Youel, Jr.
Christ Church - Charlotte NC and the Rev. Verdery Kerr
Society of Transfiguration in memory of Elizabeth Matthews
St. Gregory’s Abbey in memory of Br. William West Skiles
Holy Cross - Tryon NC
St. Paul’s Episcopal - Monroe NC
In Kind Donations
Ralph Daughtry
Dennis Lehmann
Tom Paneck
Warren Construction of Vilas, Inc.
Chestnut Ridge Log Cabins, Inc. - Nebo NC
Galleher Construction Company
Karen Kassinger - handmade welcome notebooks
Nancy Carter - origional art work for welcome notebooks
Erin New - design and lettering for welcome notebooks
Jim Banks - photo of Thomas Merton
Joe Rickman - Atlantc Media - Bronze plaque in honor of The Rev. Fran and Martha McKenzie
Rocking chair gifts
In honor of Dorcas and Sandy Jones by Maggie Hover
In honor of The Rev. Jeanne Finan by Diana White and Susie Morgan
"To all the saints who have gone before us and upon
whose shoulders we stand." by Bob and Iona Brigham
In honor of Jim and Rose Andrews by The Parishioners of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wilkesboro, NC
In honor of The Rev. Dr. Virginia Hill Monroe by
Ginger and Jack Dempsey
Carolyn and Sam Magruder
Lois and Dick Williams
Lella and Frank Bromberg
In honor of The Rev. Thomas and Hadley Morris by
The Parishioners of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wilkesboro, NC
In memory of The Rt. Rev. William Weinhauer and
in honor of his wife Jean
$1,000 - $4,999
The Rev. Dan and Deener Matthews
The Rev. Jane Smith
Betty Haywood
The Rev. Scott and Diane Oxford
The Society of the Transfiguration
$500 - $999
Jean Weinhauer
The Rev. Tim and Beverly McRee
The Bayshore Company
All other donors
Lewis and Elizabeth Blodgett
Sue Ellen and Ben Bridgers
Edith Brothers
Kirby C. Brown
The Rev. Elizabeth Canham
B.J. Coleman
Ruth and V.F. Coughlin
Mr. And Mrs. H.G. Craddock
Roy and Madeline Davis
Katherine Dixon
Edmund Dowse and D.D. Runyeon
The Rev. William G. Edwards
The Rev. Jeanne Finan and Tom Eshelman
Robert and Elizabeth Gash
Jacques and Diane Geitner
June Groce
The Rev. Clem and Lucy Gunn
Alan B. Hayes
Louise Hatch
The Rev. Arthur and Sarah Holder
Dorothee Ann Hoppen
Margaret King
Matilda O. Kistler
The Rt. Rev. Robert and Julie Johnson
Judy Lincks in memory of Bob Lincks
The Rev. Robert and Kay McCloskey
Claire and Tom McDonough
Gertrude McKee
Merrill and Joyce Miller
H.E. and Joy Minnick
The Rev. David and Mary Nard
Lucy and Thomas Oliver
Edward and Pauline Reynolds
Blanche Richards
Frank and Roberta Rhodes
Jack and Carol Romine
The Rev. Susan Sherard
Lynn and Judy Sluder
The Rev. And Mrs. Stewart Stoudemire
The Rev. Leroy and Joan Summerfield
The Rev. Brian and Kathy Suntken
Brewster and Camille Ward
Anne Weatherford
Mr. And Mrs. T. Bryant Williams
The Rev. William Whisenhunt
The Rev. Harry and Genelda Woggon
Terry and Patricia Wright
Susan N. Young
The Rev. Alfred and Anne Zadig
The Mr. And Mrs. James N. Andrews Family Fund
Gould Killian CPA Group, P.A.
Grace ECW - Morganton NC
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and
The Rt. Rev.Orris G. Walker, Jr.
St. Gregory’s Abbey
$60,000 and above
John and Faye Cooper - St. Anthony’s Chapel - in memory of John Earl Cooper III
and The Rev. Frontis Anthony
The Church of the Good Shepherd - Cashiers NC - Julian of Norwich Hermitage
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Wilkesboro NC - Thomas Merton Hermitage
and landscaping - in honor of The Rev. Frank and Martha McKenzie
$15,000 - $59,999
Larry Turnbow and Majory Holder
Sam Tallman
The Episcopal Foundation of Western North Carolina
$10,000 - $14,999
Anonymous
Tom and Tina Barrett
Julia Morton
The Cathedral of All Soul’s - Asheville NC
Grace Episcopal - Morganton NC - Furnishings for 2 cabins
St. Mary’s - Asheville NC
$5,000 - $9,999
Walter and Jennifer Browning
Ella and William DuBose, Jr. In honor of William Dubose III
Mike and Debbie Galleher
Bo Henderson and Ed Springs
The Rt. Rev. Robert and Julie Johnson
The Kistler Trust
Dennis and Margaret Lehman
The Rev. Beth and Tom Lilly - art work and pottery
The Mitford Chiildren’s Foundation
Carolyn and Dan Shepherd
The Rt. Rev. Porter and Jo Taylor
Ralph Tilden - In memory of Jeffrey Richard Moylan - furnishing for chapel
Diana Mast White - Furnishings for a cabin
VCCC Conservation Easement Endowment Funds
The Winston- Salem Foundation -
The Mr. And Mrs. James N. Andrews Family Fund
St. Mary of the Hills - Blowing Rock NC
St. Mary of the Hills - Blowing Rock NC - ECW Tour of Homes
$1,000 - $4,999
The Rev. Cynthia and Jim Banks
Brenda and Faye Binning
Bob and Iona Brigham
The Rev. Brian Cole and Susan Weatherford
Deborah Smith Douglass
The Rev. Jeanne Finan and Tom Eshelman
Chuck Forester
Sally Hatch and Gary Swartz
Maggie Hover in honor of Dorcas and Sandy Jones
for landscaping
Barbara Hudnall
Sandy and Dorcas Jones
Karen Kassinger
Lynn McClure
Susan B. Morgan
The Rev. Thomas and Hadley Morris
The Rev. Robert and the Rev. Deacon Jeannette Reese
in honor of Tom Eshelman
St. James Episcopal Foundation - Black Mountain NC
St. Luke’s Episcopal - Boone NC
St. Peter by the Lake - Denver NC
St. Philip's Church Women - Brevard NC
$500-$999
Mary and Ernie Armstrong
Polly and Bob Capps
Walter Clark
Tim and Dianne Finan in honor of The Rev. Jeanne Finan
and Tom Eshelman
The Rev. Morgan Gardner
John W. Goodrich
Betty Haywood
Katerina and Rudy Whitley
Richard and Mollie Lance
Fred and Lisa Martin in memory of Virginia Cooper
Burt and Phyllis Melton
Francis and Sibyl Pressly
Dorothy and Rob Ramsdell
Andy and Emily Stallings
Margie Barrett in memory of Home Barrett
Christ Church Episcopal of Alleghany - Sparta NC
Holy Cross Church - ECW - Holy Cross NC
St. James - Hendersonville NC
St. Patrick’s Episcopal - ECW - Mooresville NC
All Other Donors
Pamela Barrett
Margaret and Dick Beckman
Peter and Vicki Bergstrom
Sue Ellen and Ben Bridgers
The Byerly Foundation
The Rev. Elizabeth Canham
Mary and John Catmur
Margaret and Ernest Caudill
Godfrey Cheshire, Jr.
Allen and Thora Chilson
Julie C. Clarkson
Henry L. Coble
The Rev. Mike and Elizabeth Cogsdale
Nicholas D. Colantonio
Michael Conway in memory of my wife Lola
The Rev. Carl and Nelia Cunningham
Rachel Dillard
Jane Earl in honor of The Rev. Deacon John Earl
The ECW of the Diocese of Western North Carolina
E.C. Dowse
Henry and Saeli Eshelman and Victoria Miller in memory of our
dear sweet kitty, Sam
Agnes, Marian, George, Kerry, and Renna Farthing in honor of
Glenn Farthing and in memory of Martha Farthing
Meg and Frank Fary
John and Ruth Fitzgibbon
Beverly J. Gaines
Carolyn R. Foster
Becky Grazhorn
Mac and Anne Greer in honor of the 50th anniversary of
Jack and Joan Webber
Anne and George Greer in memory of our parents
Lisa Griffin
The Rev. Clem and Lucy Gunn
Jeanette T. Haas
Louise Hatch in memory of Bud Rabley
Louise Hatch
Betsy Barber in memory of The Rev. Richard Wainwright Barber
Julie and Ken Hettiger in memory of
The Rev. Frank and Martha McKenzie
Mary Ann D. Hogue in honor of Sarah Dawson Davis
H.C. Howard, Jr.
Ginny Huggins
Harding and Dorothy Hughes
Dr. Sterling and Nancy Hutcheson in honor of The Rev. Jeanne Finan
Fran and Johnny Keesee in honor of Tom Eshelman
and The Rev. Jeanne Finan
Janet and David Keller
Margaret King in honor of the ministry of the Rev. Jeanne Finan
Anne and Arthur Korff
Ingrid and Ben Mast
Cobb and Jane Milner
Cathleen Nixon
Nancy S. Oxford in honor of The Rev. Scott Oxford’s 20th year
of ordained ministry
Inez F. Pearson
Carol and Sam Perry
The Rev. Robert and the Rev. Pat Reuss
Blanchard and Madge Seaver in memory of B.F. Seaver, Sr.,
and in honor of our son Wendell
Patti Sjostrand in honor of my sons
Nancy Smit
Cheryl Smith
Dorothy and David Smith in memory of Malcolm Glovier
Sarah M. Smither
Sean and Carolyn Swift
The Rev. Beth Turner
Chal and Hugh Vaughn
Dr. Ken and Lucy Wallenborn
David and Judy Wall
Geraldene and Robert Ward
Matthew and Erin West
Betty White
Mary A. Workman in memory of John Cooper’s mother and
in honor of Faye Cooper’s birthday
John Youel, Jr.
Christ Church - Charlotte NC and the Rev. Verdery Kerr
Society of Transfiguration in memory of Elizabeth Matthews
St. Gregory’s Abbey in memory of Br. William West Skiles
Holy Cross - Tryon NC
St. Paul’s Episcopal - Monroe NC
In Kind Donations
Ralph Daughtry
Dennis Lehmann
Tom Paneck
Warren Construction of Vilas, Inc.
Chestnut Ridge Log Cabins, Inc. - Nebo NC
Galleher Construction Company
Karen Kassinger - handmade welcome notebooks
Nancy Carter - origional art work for welcome notebooks
Erin New - design and lettering for welcome notebooks
Jim Banks - photo of Thomas Merton
Joe Rickman - Atlantc Media - Bronze plaque in honor of The Rev. Fran and Martha McKenzie
Rocking chair gifts
In honor of Dorcas and Sandy Jones by Maggie Hover
In honor of The Rev. Jeanne Finan by Diana White and Susie Morgan
"To all the saints who have gone before us and upon
whose shoulders we stand." by Bob and Iona Brigham
In honor of Jim and Rose Andrews by The Parishioners of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wilkesboro, NC
In honor of The Rev. Dr. Virginia Hill Monroe by
Ginger and Jack Dempsey
Carolyn and Sam Magruder
Lois and Dick Williams
Lella and Frank Bromberg
In honor of The Rev. Thomas and Hadley Morris by
The Parishioners of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wilkesboro, NC
In memory of The Rt. Rev. William Weinhauer and
in honor of his wife Jean
$1,000 - $4,999
The Rev. Dan and Deener Matthews
The Rev. Jane Smith
Betty Haywood
The Rev. Scott and Diane Oxford
The Society of the Transfiguration
$500 - $999
Jean Weinhauer
The Rev. Tim and Beverly McRee
The Bayshore Company
All other donors
Lewis and Elizabeth Blodgett
Sue Ellen and Ben Bridgers
Edith Brothers
Kirby C. Brown
The Rev. Elizabeth Canham
B.J. Coleman
Ruth and V.F. Coughlin
Mr. And Mrs. H.G. Craddock
Roy and Madeline Davis
Katherine Dixon
Edmund Dowse and D.D. Runyeon
The Rev. William G. Edwards
The Rev. Jeanne Finan and Tom Eshelman
Robert and Elizabeth Gash
Jacques and Diane Geitner
June Groce
The Rev. Clem and Lucy Gunn
Alan B. Hayes
Louise Hatch
The Rev. Arthur and Sarah Holder
Dorothee Ann Hoppen
Margaret King
Matilda O. Kistler
The Rt. Rev. Robert and Julie Johnson
Judy Lincks in memory of Bob Lincks
The Rev. Robert and Kay McCloskey
Claire and Tom McDonough
Gertrude McKee
Merrill and Joyce Miller
H.E. and Joy Minnick
The Rev. David and Mary Nard
Lucy and Thomas Oliver
Edward and Pauline Reynolds
Blanche Richards
Frank and Roberta Rhodes
Jack and Carol Romine
The Rev. Susan Sherard
Lynn and Judy Sluder
The Rev. And Mrs. Stewart Stoudemire
The Rev. Leroy and Joan Summerfield
The Rev. Brian and Kathy Suntken
Brewster and Camille Ward
Anne Weatherford
Mr. And Mrs. T. Bryant Williams
The Rev. William Whisenhunt
The Rev. Harry and Genelda Woggon
Terry and Patricia Wright
Susan N. Young
The Rev. Alfred and Anne Zadig
The Mr. And Mrs. James N. Andrews Family Fund
Gould Killian CPA Group, P.A.
Grace ECW - Morganton NC
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and
The Rt. Rev.Orris G. Walker, Jr.
St. Gregory’s Abbey
Friday, January 2, 2009
Application Form to Reserve Hermitage
Many people come to our hermitages for retreats of many types. Some come seeking spiritual growth, others seeking stillness from the pace of daily life. Reading, writing, prayer, mediation, worship, nature walks, all can be part of a retreat. Some spend part, or all of their retreat in silence. Our hermitages are intended as places of retreat and reflection not as vacation cabins.
Each retreatant is responsible for their own meals and food purchases. If the Conference Center kitchen is open you are welcome to purchase meals with advance notice at an additional cost. The Conference Center has a strict no pet policy for our hermitages. The entire hermitage complex is completely non-smoking. CD players and radio’s are permissible as long as they cannot be heard outside of your hermitage out of respect for others on retreat. DSL service is available in each cabin but we recommend you think very carefully about whether a computer will improve or diminish your retreat.
Costs: $40 per night for 1st and 2nd night, 3rd-6th night is $30 per night, 7th and up is $20 per night.
Reservations are confirmed upon receipt of a non-refundable/ non-transferable deposit in the amount of $40.00 and this registration form. If for some reason you are unable to make your retreat we will consider your deposit a donation to our ongoing ministry of hospitality. The remainder will be due 2 weeks prior to your retreat by cash or check. Sorry, but we do not take credit cards.
The Valle Crucis Conference Center reserves the right to decline applications for retreats or place applicants who have made a number of retreats with us in the past on a waiting list so all may enjoy our hermitages. Valle Crucis may also exercise discretion over admission based on other priorities. Deposit checks are returned to applicants if they are placed on a waiting list or are declined.
The Valle Crucis Conference Center - PO Box 654 - Valle Crucis NC 28691 - 828-963-4453 - vccc@highsouth.com - www.highsouth.com/vallecrucis
Each retreatant is responsible for their own meals and food purchases. If the Conference Center kitchen is open you are welcome to purchase meals with advance notice at an additional cost. The Conference Center has a strict no pet policy for our hermitages. The entire hermitage complex is completely non-smoking. CD players and radio’s are permissible as long as they cannot be heard outside of your hermitage out of respect for others on retreat. DSL service is available in each cabin but we recommend you think very carefully about whether a computer will improve or diminish your retreat.
Costs: $40 per night for 1st and 2nd night, 3rd-6th night is $30 per night, 7th and up is $20 per night.
Reservations are confirmed upon receipt of a non-refundable/ non-transferable deposit in the amount of $40.00 and this registration form. If for some reason you are unable to make your retreat we will consider your deposit a donation to our ongoing ministry of hospitality. The remainder will be due 2 weeks prior to your retreat by cash or check. Sorry, but we do not take credit cards.
The Valle Crucis Conference Center reserves the right to decline applications for retreats or place applicants who have made a number of retreats with us in the past on a waiting list so all may enjoy our hermitages. Valle Crucis may also exercise discretion over admission based on other priorities. Deposit checks are returned to applicants if they are placed on a waiting list or are declined.
The Valle Crucis Conference Center - PO Box 654 - Valle Crucis NC 28691 - 828-963-4453 - vccc@highsouth.com - www.highsouth.com/vallecrucis
Thursday, January 1, 2009
December 2008
Chris and Spencer work on the diagonals. It takes a lot of work to get them just right.
Wow the finished wall looks terrific!
Now for the front wall.
Can you see the cross in the wall between the windows?
Lito working on the walls in the vestibule.
Spencer and Lito getting the bathroom walls ready.
Beautiful isn't it?
Now we are ready for the window trim.
The Rev. Jane Smith. Karen Kassinger and Sandy and Dorcas Jones made the trip up the mountain during the VCCC Board meeting in December 2008 to check on the progress.
Dorcas Jones checks out her camera.
Jane Smith looks at the bathroom.
Karen Kassinger is amazed by how beautiful it is!
Bathroom wainscotting. There will be dry wall above.
Ready for the trim work
Trim work on bathroom doorway
Trim work around the door frames.
More trim work around the doors
November 2008
Bishop Taylor was the first "official" guest at the hermitages when he came up for a retreat after the Diocesean Convention in November. Unfortunately the weather was very cold and the heater in the hermitage was not working properly so Bishop Taylor had to abandon his retreat and come down to the Inn for the remainder of the week where he had a great time sitting by the fire. We thank him for his good humor and constant smile during his stay.
Tom Eshelman in front of the plaque installed on the Thomas Merton hermitage.
Blizzard conditions
It was cold and snowy but very beautiful.
You could hardly see across the site the snow was blowing so hard.
Snow covered everything on this very cold and windy day
Joe Rickman and Erwin McKenzie come up in the middle of a real blizzard to install the bronze plaques on the St. Paul's and Good Shepherd Hermitages. Erwin's dad was the Rev. Frank McKenzie and in whose memory along with his mother Martha St. Paul's raised the funds to build the Thomas Merton Hermitage.
Dale Townsend looks at the cherry boards as they go up the wall in the chapel. They are going to be beautiful when finished.
Lito looks at the progress.
Up and up they go!
The blue circles are the electric boxes for the wall sconces.
A cold wintry day.
October 2008
Chapel siding is complete on this side of chapel.
Working on the chapel siding
Interior of chapel before insulation is added.
Working on peak of chapel
Full kitchen in hermitage - gas range, microwave, sink, refrigerator with icemaker, washer/dryer (in three of the units) and all the utensils, pots and pans, dishes, glassware etc. you will need on your retreat.
Hermitage living room area with plush pull out loveseat, mission style rocker, dining room table with chair and desk with chair.
Local potter Steve Williams made the pottery plates. Many different potters from around the country were chosen to provide handmade bowls, mugs, tumblers and plates for each hermitage.
Cross made on site by our wonderful maintenace crew
3 of the hermtages have washer/dryers
Working on skirting underneath the porch
Propane gas lines are dug to the hermitages
These trees will grow up in a few years providing cover for each hermitage.
More plantings are scheduled for spring 2009.
The cap is installed on the skirting around the hermitages
Installing the heat tape on the pipes to keep them from freezing in the winter.
The first snow fall of the year!
The snow is beautiful.
The Rev. Jeanne Finan with our good friends and donors Sam Tallman and Mike Zuravell.
Tommy Carver Gutter Company installs the gutters and snow guards on the roofs of each hermitage
Sandblasted wood signs with 911 emergency number are installed on each hermitage . They were made by our good friends at High Country Signs in Boone NC.
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