The Queer Family Retreat 2025

With Rev. LeAnn Blackert, Eric Hamlyn and Katherine Brittain

July 7 - 11, 2025

Date July 7th to 11pm, 2025
4 pm check-in
10 am check-out

Location: Naramata Centre

Address: 460 Ellis Avenue, Naramata, BC V0H 1N0, Canada

Contactbookings@naramatacentresociety.org
(877) 996-5751

East Court (1 Bedroom) – CAD $740.00
East Court (1 bdrm, pet-friendly) – CAD $800.00
East Court (2 Bedroom) – CAD $860.00
East Court (2 bdrm, pet-friendly) – CAD $920.00
Orchard Court (3-Bedroom Suite) – CAD $1,740.00
Tent - Creekside Campground – CAD $180.00
'Pop-up' Vans or tents - Creekside Campground (15 Amp) – CAD $220.00
Trailers up to 24 feet or Tents - Southside Campground (30 Amp / Pet-friendly) – CAD $260.00
Trailers and RVs up to 33 feet - Eastside Campground (30 Amp / Pet-Friendly) – CAD $260.00
Off-site Accommodations – CAD $0.00

• Rooms have specific capacity based on number of bedrooms and number/size of beds. Additional individuals beyond the stated capacity will be billed at $15 each per night.

Campers please note:

• Please note we are not set up for Class A or 5th wheel RVs.

• The Rule of 2 applies to each campsite.
Examples:
1 tent and 1 vehicle;
2 tents;
1 RV and 1 tent; and so on. Any questions - please contact us.

Welcome to a fun-filled week of joy in the glorious Okanagan Valley, celebrating queer Christian community with friends and family of all ages and life stages! We will gather at Naramata Centre to connect with one another, Creator, the Land and with ourselves, living into our values of belonging, justice and love. We’ll find time to rest, sing, run wild, play, and create!

Anyone you consider family is invited to join us – birth, chosen, found, immediate, extended, church, or otherwise. All expressions of faith are welcome, even as we draw on the Christian practices of prayer, story, and times of worship. From birth to elder years, this retreat is for all ages and stages and is led by experienced facilitators from the queer and ally community.

$125 for people 18+ – kids and youth are FREE!

Please be sure to add one “Program Fee” for each adult in your group

About the Program Leaders

Rev. LeAnn Blackert

LeAnn Blackert is recently retired from her ministry with Wild Church plants in Kamloops and Kelowna. Now that she’s no longer in ministry with the church she finds herself shepherding grandchildren – or being shepherded by them! When she’s not out wandering the land or sitting under a favourite tree, she can be found at her […]

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Eric Hamlyn

Eric lives in West Vancouver with his partner Thomas, and is the Minister of Faith & Families at Lynn Valley United Church in North Vancouver. Eric loves road trips, coffee, sushi, and long walks on the seawall! He has a gift for hospitality which he credits to his Newfoundland upbringing and loves to create brave, […]

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Katherine Brittain

Katherine currently lives, works and ministers in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island. She is passionate about creating engaging and experiential ways of encountering the Spirit, exploring rituals and experiencing the Divine in the everyday. She delights in creating community and exploring the "something more" of life, especially in cross-generational communities. Katherine is an alum of Winter […]

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Categories : Summer Individual Programs, Summer stays (non-CLF)