Intergenerational Service & Retreat Journey
Brookland Retreat Center
Dates: July 13 – July 17, 2026
Saint James youth, adults, and families are invited to join us for an intergenerational service and retreat experience at the Brookland Retreat Center in Pennsylvania’s beautiful Northern Tier. This trip is open to rising 7th graders and older.
Now in its fifth year, Saint James folks and friends will return to Potter County to partner in meaningful service projects focused on conservancy and restoration, alongside learning on indigenous sacred grounds and engaging in contemplative practices. Together, we will live, work, pray, and play in a place known for its forests, streams, state parks, and wide-open skies.
In addition to service, the week will include time for hiking, swimming, stargazing, and community building. Service and retreat experiences like this can be deeply transformative, strengthening our connections with one another while working to assist the lives of others.
Interested in joining? Please Click Here to email StephJo ASAP to express your interest and to learn more!
Host
All Saints Brookland Retreat Center
3714 Fox Hill Road
Brookland, PA 16948
Accommodations
All Saints Brookland Retreat Center (All Saints Retreat House, All Saints Chapel)
Two large bedrooms with 4 beds each, one smaller bedroom with 2 beds (total of 10 beds), space for blowup mattresses/pads if needed, large meal space, sitting room, full kitchen, 2 showers, 4 toilets, worship space in the chapel, large front porch, place for a fire ring, and more.
Camping at All Saints Brookland Retreat Center is also an option to pitch a tent or park a camper with easy access to the Retreat House for meals, using restrooms and showers.
Oak Hall Bed & Breakfast (1 minute from All Saints)
26 S. Brookland Road, Rt 449, Ulysses, PA 16948
814-435-1184 - Marcia Wingo is the contact person
10 private rooms and baths
Note: if you choose this option, you must pay for the room and book it yourself; eat breakfast there or at All Saints.
Susquehannock Lodge (10 mins to Brookland)
5039 US 6 West
Ulysses, PA 16948
(814)435-2163 susquelgcarol@penn.com
Susquehannock Lodge Website
Breakfast is provided with your room.
Meals
Pairs of missioners will volunteer to prepare evening meals for everyone. Each participant will be expected to bring and prepare his or her own breakfast and lunch. In some cases, lunches may be provided by the homeowners for whom we will be working.
Cost
We plan to donate for the use of the Brookland Retreat Center for the week. Contributions to the Mission Trip Fund at Saint James are appreciated. A link will be available for safe, online giving, or checks can be sent to Saint James with 2026 Service Retreat on the memo line. Everyone will be expected to bring their own breakfast, lunch and snack food, and to provide the groceries for the evening meal, which they volunteer to prepare. All are welcome to bring food items to share if they wish. Those staying at the B&B must book and pay for their own room. A stargazing night may be an option (depending on weather) and we will need to pay our “guide.”
Have questions about the trip? Click here to email Paul Hoffer. Or, click here to email StephJo Wise, Director of Children, Youth and Families.
