Calling for Volunteers Family Retreat 2026

Help needed for our Family Retreat (July 1-5, 2026)

 

Dear Friends,

Are you interested in becoming a Volunteer to help with our Family Retreat?

To offer mindful and joyful service and work alongside monastics?

Service meditation and being a service leader is both fulling, challenging, and fun! 

Are you up for this next level of service meditation?

If so, consider joining us this summer and become a Volunteer!

To be a Volunteer for this retreat, we ask that you must have attended at least 1 retreat with us before with us at Magnolia Grove Monastery. (It’s most helpful to have experienced first hand what our practice schedule is like, the flow, and are familiar with our monastery grounds before becoming a service leader in showing others the work flow with ease.)

Volunteers agree to:
– be a leader for dharma sharing, guiding groups during service meditation in helping with basic work assignments (pot washing, drying dishes, cleaning bathrooms, recycling etc.)
– help set up circles for Dharma sharing
– help monastics in the teens’ or children’s program if they have experience and expertise in working with children or teens (one or two people only)
– live according to the 5 Mindfulness Trainings while at the monastery
– live in harmony with the community
 
We ask that our Volunteers:
– be in good enough physical, emotional and psychological health
– be familiar with the Plum Village practice and our center/s
– have attended a retreat before in one of our centers

– If possible: arrive on June 29th or 30th and leave late Jul 5th or in the morning of Jul 6th after breakfast.
– understand that you may need to leave an activity early/stay behind after an activity to set up for the following activity or miss an activity depending on your service meditation.

*Volunteers will receive a 50% reduction in fees.

For now, please save the dates and once we post info concerning the Family Retreat, we will also post a google form to fill out if you are interested in becoming a Volunteer.

We are currently in need of 15 Volunteers and will close the sign up once we have reached this number.

For all inquiries concerning becoming a volunteer, please contact us at: volunteer@magnoliagrovemonastery.org and mention in the subject line: Family Retreat 2026 Volunteer

We look forward to working and practicing with you!

With Love,
Magnolia Grove Monastery Monastics

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