Programs
Gift Certificate
Would you like to gift the experience of Naramata Centre to friends or family? You can purchase a gift certificate and have it sent by email to yourself or emailed to the recipient. What a wonderful way to share your love of the Centre! Once you click on "register now", you will be asked for […]
2025 Staff/Program Leader Accommodations
Notes - to be used when assigning on-site lodging for staff or program leaders. Other instances may apply w/E.D. approval. Be sure to include one transaction line showing the full charge, followed by a second line showing the corresponding discount.
Summer 2025 - Community Life Program Mini-Weeks
Can’t make it to Naramata for a full program week? We’ve got you covered! Join us for Child & Youth programming, yoga, sacred pause, drum circles, water slides, concerts on the lawn and more! Please note: Due to constraints in the registration program, Community Life fees are charged for every night of your stay, including […]
2025 Saturday Arrival - Community Life Program Weeks
Summer is our favourite season! It’s a time for guests, friends and family gathering together on our beautiful grounds and filling them with laughter, joy and play. We invite you to explore our programs and find something that speaks to you - or simply spend your time enjoying the variety of activities offered through Community […]
2025 Sunday Arrival: Community Life Program Weeks
Summer is our favourite season! It’s a time for guests, friends and family gathering together on our beautiful grounds and filling them with laughter, joy and play. We invite you to explore our programs and find something that speaks to you - or simply spend your time enjoying the variety of activities offered through Community […]
Community Lunches - Summer 2025
Prepared with care and inspired by the Okanagan’s natural beauty with the Centre’s values of mindful living, all lunches offer inclusive options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free diets. Each dish is thoughtfully prepared to nourish both body and soul. Community Lunches are available Monday through Friday during all Summer Community Life Program Weeks. Please […]
SoulGuiding Retreat 2025 - Participants
(updated from 2023 notes) (4) Program mentors April 20-27 Alberta Hall Dorms (4) Companions Apr 21-26 Alberta Hall Dorms participants Apr 21-26 -- Orchard Court A-B-C-D + 4 EC 1 bdrm + 1 Creekside Campsite (trailer) Issue KeyCards with Columbia Hall Access to all Program Mentors/Companions, as well as a master fob for Shirley. Silent […]
Nurturing Our Spirit with Creative Play
With Jenne Newman
Let's get up to something good for you! Join us for an uplifting online workshop series where we explore creative wellness practices that nourish the mind, body, and spirit. Through playful and restorative art practices—including mindfulness techniques, neurographic art, somatic awareness, and resilience-building—we’ll reconnect with joy, curiosity, and self-care. No artistic experience needed—just an open […]
Art from the Heart
With Karin Huehold
Love your creativity! Let's play with the beautiful shape of the heart using a few different approaches and design ideas! Dip your brush into your creative well to make some very unique and personal art from the heart. Emphasis is on shape, line and colour. A fun creative boost! Welcome to Watercolour! Join Karin […]
Camping & Accommodations - 2025
Concentric Circles
With Karin Huehold
Draw the circle wide! Explore colour and design with concentric circles. We will look at a few palette choices for our circles and embellish them using ink and inspiration from our surroundings! Supply Note: please bring square watercolour paper - your choice of size if you have some. If not, no worries. Welcome to Watercolour! Join […]
Society Membership 2025/2026
Membership in the Naramata Centre Society is a way to show your support, stay informed, and have voting privileges at the Society's Annual General meeting. Whether you're renewing your membership or becoming a member for the first time, we are excited that you're joining the Society now! […]
VIRTUAL 2025 AGM
You are invited to Naramata Centre Society's virtual 2025 AGM. We look forward to you joining us virtually for our Annual General Meeting on Saturday June 21st. Time at 2pm Pacific Time. Our chat room will be open and monitored during the meeting. Please note that each voting household member must register separately AGM Package […]
2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) -public
You Are Invited to Naramata Centre Society's 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) We look forward to you joining us at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday, June 21st, 2025 @ 2pm Pacific Time. Please note that each voting household member must register separately AGM Package The following are several linked documents, which constitute formal […]
The Queer Family Retreat 2025
With Rev. LeAnn Blackert, Eric Hamlyn and Katherine Brittain
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 […]
Epicurean Week
With Karen Sutherland
Ages: 19+ ♦ M-F 9:45 am - 12:15 pm ♦ Material Fee $125 Each day of this program will be a module dedicated to understanding your palate, then applying your new-found knowledge! Introduction to How Your Senses Work (Monday, July 14): Better understand how your smell and taste interact with your brain. Answer questions such […]
Children at Play & Youth Connection, July 14-18 - Community Life
Grades 1-12 ♦ M-F 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Register all children and youth (Grade 1 through Grade 12) under a single program. Age-appropriate groupings will be determined each week based on the ages and number of registrants. Our children's program welcomes and celebrates children for exactly who they are. Program leaders nurture children's spirits […]
Gentle Yoga (July 14-18) - Community Life
Ages: 12+ ♦ Mornings and Evening (Times TBD) Experience the soothing benefits of yoga in our gentle class.
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Adult (July 17)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Child 15 and under (July 17)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Seeing Life Through Poetry
With Tim Scorer
Ages: 18+ ♦ M-F 9:45 am - 12:15 pm ♦ Material Fee $10 Poetry is no short form for sending messages; it’s a language ‘entire unto itself’. We might say that it’s the language of mystery, the language for expressing the inexpressible. It seems as though there is a moment in life when a person […]
Gathering Words of Summer
With Kelsey Andrews
Ages: 18+ ♦ M-F 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm ♦ Material Fee $5 Summer (and a week at Naramata in particular) can go by so fast! Let’s gather some impressions, some thoughts, some of that wonderful summer at Naramata energy for later, by writing them down. This five-day in-person workshop is for anyone who wants […]
Children at Play & Youth Connection, July 21-25 - Community Life
Grades 1-12 ♦ M-F 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Register all children and youth (Grade 1 through Grade 12) under a single program. Age-appropriate groupings will be determined each week based on the ages and number of registrants. Our children's program welcomes and celebrates children for exactly who they are. Program leaders nurture children's spirits […]
Gentle Yoga (July 21-25) - Community Life
Ages: 12+ ♦ Mornings and Evening (Times TBD) Experience the soothing benefits of yoga in our gentle class.
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Child 15 and under (July 24)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Adult (July 24)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Everything Belongs: Singing and Praying with Chris and Allison
With Allison Rennie and Christopher Giffen
Ages: 18+ ♦ M-F 9:45 am - 12:15 pm ♦ Material Fee $10 Join Allison Rennie and Chris Giffen for a week of experience, exploration, and fun through group singing and collective contemplative practice. We hear and talk a lot about the importance of being in community, but we are being formed daily by a […]
Tai Chi
With Margaret Langston
Ages: 18+ ♦ M-F 9:45 am - 12:15 pm ♦ Material Fee $5 This shortened and modified Tai Chi is great for beginners, easy to learn and has only fourteen repeated movements. Join with others in experiencing this meditative form of slow flowing movements that increase muscle strength, bone density, range of movement and brings […]
Children at Play & Youth Connection, July 28 - August 1 - Community Life
Grades 1-12 ♦ M-F 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Register all children and youth (Grade 1 through Grade 12) under a single program. Age-appropriate groupings will be determined each week based on the ages and number of registrants. Our children's program welcomes and celebrates children for exactly who they are. Program leaders nurture children's spirits […]
Gentle Yoga (July 28-Aug 01) - Community Life
Ages: 12+ ♦ Mornings and Evening (Times TBD) Experience the soothing benefits of yoga in our gentle class.
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Child 15 and under (July 31)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Adult (July 31)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Let it Flow Watercolours
With Karin Richter
Ages: 18+ ♦ M-F 9:45 am - 12:15 pm ♦ Material Fee $30 Watercolour is a wonderful medium as it allows you to use it for quick sketches, vignettes or serious studio paintings. This course will cover all the aspects of painting in this medium, from reference photography to different painting techniques, composition and design […]
Children at Play & Youth Connection, Aug 4-8 - Community Life
Grades 1-12 ♦ M-F 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Register all children and youth (Grade 1 through Grade 12) under a single program. Age-appropriate groupings will be determined each week based on the ages and number of registrants. Our children's program welcomes and celebrates children for exactly who they are. Program leaders nurture children's spirits […]
Gentle Yoga (Aug 04-Aug 08) - Community Life
Ages: 12+ ♦ Mornings and Evening (Times TBD) Experience the soothing benefits of yoga in our gentle class.
Creating and Sketching with Jane Appleby
With Jane Appleby
Ages: 18+ ♦ Wednesday 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm ♦ Material Fee $5 This fun, outdoor class (weather permitting) will focus on composition and play to be able express in various ways using pens, coloured pencils, conte or pastel and cut paper. Jane will guide you through methods she uses in her painting process and […]
Expressive Watercolour Sketching with Jane Appleby
With Jane Appleby
Ages: 18+ ♦ Thursday 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm ♦ Material Fee $5 Come and enjoy an afternoon inspired by the landscape learning how to express in a creative way first with wedge sharpies and then with watercolours. Jane will guide you through methods she uses in her painting process and how to be open […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Child 15 and under (Aug 7)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Adult (Aug 7)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Lift Every Voice
With Liz Paynter
Ages: 18+ ♦ M-F 9:45 am - 12:15 pm ♦ Material Fee $40 Sing, dance, move and play! Come to enjoy age and stage-appropriate choral music, and all kinds of other activities, that focus on building our community, sharing our gifts, and strengthening our faith. Friday evening’s concert celebration is always a highlight of the […]
Children's Music and Play / Youth Connection: Joining Our Voices, Aug 11-15 - Community Life
Grades 1-12 ♦ M-F 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Register all children and youth (Grade 1 through Grade 12) under a single program. Age-appropriate groupings will be determined each week based on the ages and number of registrants. The Naramata children's music program is sure to be a hit with your child! Half of the […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Adult (Aug 14)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Child 15 and under (Aug 14)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Gospel Choir 101
With Lonnie Delisle
Ages: 18+ ♦ M-F 9:45 am - 12:15 pm ♦ Material Fee $20 Lonnie Delisle is the artistic director of Universal Gospel Choir (UGC), Vancouver's longest running community gospel choir. UGC pairs beautiful music with powerful messages of justice and inclusion, and represents a broad spectrum of cultural and faith journeys. Join Lonnie for a […]
Children at Play & Youth Connection, Aug 18-22 - Community Life
Grades 1-12 ♦ M-F 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Register all children and youth (Grade 1 through Grade 12) under a single program. Age-appropriate groupings will be determined each week based on the ages and number of registrants. Our children's program welcomes and celebrates children for exactly who they are. Program leaders nurture children's spirits […]
Gentle Yoga (Aug 18-Aug 22) - Community Life
Ages: 12+ ♦ Mornings and Evening (Times TBD) Experience the soothing benefits of yoga in our gentle class.
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Adult (Aug 21)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]
Sailing Adventures on Anam Cara- Child 15 and under (Aug 21)
With Robyn and Dan Hines
Thursday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sailing is a life changing experience! You will learn how to read the winds, feel the waves, and guide a large sailing yacht into the open waters of Okanagan Lake. We provide hands-on experience with ample opportunities over four hours to explore the movement and decisions that accompany the […]