MENNONITE SPIRTUAL DIRECTORS
October 2015
Andres, Karen: Newton, KS
Contact information: ; 316-799-2857
Suggested fee range: $25-45
Damiano, Kathryn (Wichita, KS)
Contact information: 316-832-1973
Background: Kathryn serves out of a Quaker / Friends tradition.
1-1 ½ hour session: $60 (may be negotiated according to the ability to pay)
Gehring, Barbara Krehbiel (Manhattan, KS)
Contact information: ; 785-340-6105 or 785-539-4079
Background: social work, pastoral ministry and a certificate in spiritual direction from AMBS
Donation suggestion: $35 - $60
Mary Herr (Newton, KS)
Contact information: ; 316-283-6437
Background: spiritual companioning for youth, spiritual direction with pastors
Donation suggestion: $40-$50, or as able
Massanari, Eric (Newton, KS)
Contact information: ; 316-212-6514, 316-727-2889 (cell)
Background: Currently serving as chaplain at Kidron Bethel Retirement Village, and meeting with individuals in spiritual direction. Enjoys and has experience facilitating shorter-term discernment groups and more long-term small group spiritual direction groups. Training in spiritual direction was through the Souljourners program of the Benedictine sisters at Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, KS (3-year certification program).
Suggested fee per session: $40
Showalter, Ann (Newton, KS)
Contact information: 316-217-4092;
Background: 15 years of experience; a retired pastor with an MDiv; five units of CPE, and two years of training in spiritual direction. Also worked with bereavement for ten years.
Session: $25
Schloneger, Florence (North Newton, KS)
Contact information: 402-239-8136 (cell);
Background: Mennonite pastor for 22 years. MTS, Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Certificate of Spiritual Direction, AMBS. Thirty-day immersion in Prayer of the Heart, Mt. Angel, Oregon.
Welcoming all ages and circumstances: $25
RETREAT LOCATIONS
*Camp Mennoscah
Address: 9458 SE 40th St, Murdock KS 67111
Phone: 620-297-3290
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Info: Camp Mennoscah offers space for spiritual retreats for pastors and those in ministry. Retreats must be scheduled with camp staff in advance and are available as the camp schedule allows. Lodging is as available. No meals are provided. All areas used must be cleaned before departure. These are meant to be personal (single person) retreats, no group or family retreats. No charge for one overnight, donations welcome. Approximately 40 minutes west of Wichita, KS.
*Heartland Center for Spirituality, Great Bend, KS
Address: 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, KS 67530
Phone: 316-792-1232
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Info: Dominican Sisters, 44 rooms in Mother House, food provided, spiritual direction available, gardens and park nearby
*Heartland Farm
Address: RR 1 Box 37, Pawnee Rock, KS 67567
Phone: 620-923-4585
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Info: Rustic cozy one-room cottages, straw bale hermitage, food provided, spiritual direction available, 80 acres, Intentional Ecumenical Community, person per night - $15, three meals per day - $10
Heartland Presbyterian Center
Address: 16965 NW 45 Hwy, Kansas City, MO 64152 (1 mile West of I-435 on Hwy 45)
Phone: 816-891-1078
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*Hesston College Cabin
Address: Located 5 miles from Hesston College campus, KS
Phone: 620-327-8120 (Deb Hiebert at Hesston College)
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Info: Is a location for area pastor to have a day retreat
*The Magnificat Center, Wichita, KS
Address: Congregation of St. Joseph, 3700 E. Lincoln, Wichita, KS 67218
Phone: 316-689-4081 ; Web:
*Manna House of Prayer, Concordia, KS
Address: PO Box 675, 323 E 5th, Concordia KS 66901
Phone: 785-243-4428
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Info: Sisters of St. Joseph, 30 private rooms, food provided, walking around town, spiritual direction available
Oklahoma Retreat Center listings
*Osage Monastery, Sand Springs, OK (near Tulsa) CLOSED IN 2008
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Phone: 918-245-2734
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Info: Small Community of Benedictine Sisters, interspiritual, food provided, spiritual direction available, 43 acres of trails, hermitages
*Prairie Oasis
Address: 6700 N. E. 24th, Newton, KS 67114
Phone: 620-837-4791
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Info: Owners: Roland and Ruth Miller. $5 per person for one day-includes morning and afternoon snacks, $10 per person per night, which includes breakfast, $5 per meal other than breakfast (only one per day - lunch or supper, but not both), accommodations include: a table which seats 18, informal seating on couches and chairs, ping pong table, hiking paths, quietness in nature, deck on east side of the house.
*Red Hills Retreat
Address: rural Kingman, KS
Phone: 316-212-4897
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Info: Owners: Jeremy and Jyl Ewy (Newton, KS), furnished retreat cabin plus bunkhouses, trails, fire pits.
*Red Plains Spirituality Center Benedictine Sisters
Address: 728 Richland Rd. SW, Piedmont, OK 73078-9324
Phone: 405-373-0804
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Retreat Finder
*St. Francis of the Woods
Address: 9624 S. Hackelman Rd, Coyle OK 73027
Phone: 405-466-3774
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Info: Ecumenical, guest cottages, dorm and lodge, meditation trail, bring your own food
*Shantivanam House of Prayer
Address: 22019 Meagher Rd, Easton KS 66020-7038
Phone: 913-773-8255
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Info: Rooms, cabins hermitages, food provided, worshiping community, spiritual Direction available, 120 acres of timberland
*Sophia Center
Address: 801 S. 8th St., Atchison KS 66002
Phone: 913-360-6200
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Info: Benedictine Women Worshiping Community, private rooms, shared baths, food provided, spiritual direction available, 40 acres of rolling hills
*Spiritual Life Center, Wichita, KS
Address: 7100 E. 45th St. N., Wichita, KS 67226
Phone: 316-744-0167
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Info: Catholic Diocese of Wichita, 60 rooms with private bath, food provided, walking on grounds, spiritual direction available
*Tallgrass Retreats, Matfield Green, KS
Address: 1780 Thurman Creek Rd, Matfield Green KS 66862
Phone: 620-753-3465, Billie Blair
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Info: In the Flint Hills on a working cattle ranch, private home, food provided, spiritual direction available
* - Within 4 hours of Wichita, KS