Touchstones to Stepping Stones: Being with the Unfolding of Your Life

Chase's Mill in Alstead, NH is hosting the Touchstones to Stepping Stones Retreat as part of our 2024 calendar of community events. Led by Patience Stoddard and Ann Acheson, participants will reflect upon the core values that have shaped the path of our lives. Through writing, sharing, art, and ritual, we will engage with what is challenging us and open to what is beckoning us onward. Please bring a lunch, some food to share and a touchstone for the altar. This event is open to adults.

Patience Stoddard lives in Alstead with her husband, Jim Gruber. She is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister, pastoral therapist, and chaplain. She enjoys creating opportunities for people to share their stories, inspire and support one another. Patience is pictured here with her son Dan Gruber.
Ann Acheson has a keen interest in process, presence, wellness and Spirit. She was a healing arts practitioner for twenty-five years, was continually inspired by her clients' courage to meet themselves and by the inherent wisdom of life that flows through each of us. She is currently stewarding the land where she and her husband live, and stewarding Chase's Mill by serving on the Board of Trustees.

The Mill Hollow Heritage Association (MHHA) operates Chase's Mill in Alstead, NH, as a workshop for hands-on learning and a community gathering space. Our water-powered mill embodies the history of small-town industry, celebrating New England's vibrant past and inspiring the future of sustainable power and rural technology.