Programs

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TEMPLATE - Group Package Builder

January 1 - 2, 2024
Sorrento Retreat & Conference Centre

2025 Associate Membership

December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
Our Associates are your most loyal and valued friends. Many Associates and next generation Associates volunteer in practical ways in the spring and fall, many also make financial contributions to the life and operations of our beloved Centre.

Holiday Wreath Workshop - Morning

With High Country Tree Farm - Karen and Laura

December 8, 2024
Sorrento Centre
Join Karen and Laura Walters at Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre and learn how to make your very own holiday wreath. Made with fresh greenery, you will learn simple techniques you can use to make wreaths for any holiday. Perfect for beginners, this fun and creative class will be sure to get you in the Christmas spirit. Bring a friend and get ready for the season!

Holiday Wreath Workshop - Afternoon

With High Country Tree Farm - Karen and Laura

December 8, 2024
Sorrento Centre
Join Karen and Laura Walters at Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre and learn how to make your very own holiday wreath. Made with fresh greenery, you will learn simple techniques you can use to make wreaths for any holiday. Perfect for beginners, this fun and creative class will be sure to get you in the Christmas spirit. Bring a friend and get ready for the season!

2024 Christmas Dinner at Sorrento Centre

December 25 - 26, 2024
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

They say it is the most wonderful time of the year. For us, it really would be if you could join us for Christmas dinner. We want nothing for Christmas but the presence of our friends, laughing joyously together in the celebration of Christmas. Christmas Dinner at Sorrento Centre Take Out Christmas Dinner To view […]

2024 Christmas Dinner At Sorrento Centre Dining In

December 25, 2024

Dinner: 1:00pm A delicious Christmas turkey dinner – with all the trimmings Dine In They say it is the most wonderful time of the year. For us, it really would be if you could join us for Christmas dinner. We want nothing for Christmas but the presence of our friends, laughing joyously together in the […]

2024 Christmas Dinner At Sorrento Centre Take Out

December 25, 2024

Dinner: 1:00pm A delicious Christmas turkey dinner – with all the trimmings Take Out They say it is the most wonderful time of the year. For us, it really would be if you could join us for Christmas dinner. We want nothing for Christmas but the presence of our friends, laughing joyously together in the […]

Creative Journaling: Prepare to be unprepared

With Kathie MacDuff

January 14 - 15, 2025

Creative Journaling: Prepare to be unprepared Tuesdays, January 14 – February 18, 2025; 9 – 10:30 am PST (10 – 11:30 am MST) Cost: $75/six weeks This past summer, Michael Battle facilitated an amazing program at the Centre. He spoke about ‘being prepared to be unprepared’. I liked the concept and have been playing with […]

Creative Journaling: Prepare to be unprepared

With Kathie MacDuff

January 16 - 17, 2025

Creative Journaling: Prepare to be unprepared Thursdays, January 16 – February 20, 2025; 6 – 7:30 pm PST (7 – 8:30 pm MST) Cost: $75/six weeks This past summer, Michael Battle facilitated an amazing program at the Centre. He spoke about ‘being prepared to be unprepared’. I liked the concept and have been playing with […]

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Cedar Basket Making

With Bernice Jensen

March 14 - 16, 2025
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
Bernice will guide authentic First Nations cedar basket making while sharing traditional knowledge about these baskets, her culture and history.

2025 Indigenous Ways Of Knowing: Cedar Basket Lunch and Dinner

With Bernice Jensen

March 14 - 16, 2025

Lunch: 12:30-1:30 PM – Includes a main dish (such as soup & sandwich, chili, pot pie, samosa, mac & cheese etc.) served with a garden salad, whole fruit or fruit salad, dessert, coffee and tea. Dinner: 5:30-6:30 PM – Includes a hot entrée (such as chicken souvlaki, spaghetti and meat sauce, beef bourguignon, meatloaf etc.) served […]

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Cedar Basket Dinner Only

With Bernice Jensen

March 14 - 16, 2025

Dinner: 5:30-6:30 PM – Includes a hot entrée (such as chicken souvlaki, spaghetti and meat sauce, beef bourguignon, meatloaf etc.) served with a hot vegetable, a specialty salad, dessert, coffee or tea.

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Cedar Basket Lunch Only

With Bernice Jensen

March 14 - 16, 2025

Lunch: 12:30-1:30 PM – Includes a main dish (such as soup & sandwich, chili, pot pie, samosa, mac & cheese etc.) served with a garden salad, whole fruit or fruit salad, dessert, coffee and tea.  

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Cedar Basket No Meals

With Bernice Jensen

March 14 - 16, 2025

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Two Eyed Seeing

With Nadine McSpadden and Zoe McDonell

April 25 - 27, 2025
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
Participants will be introduced to the notion of Two Eyed Seeing. This is a perspective that takes Indigenous knowledge and merges it with science. This way of viewing the world sees how both perspectives can complement each other and can impact the way in which we forage, connect with land and place and create dyes that are not harmful to the environment.

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Two Eyed Seeing Lunch and Dinner

With Nadine McSpadden

April 25 - 27, 2025

Lunch: 12:30-1:30 PM – Includes a main dish (such as soup & sandwich, chili, pot pie, samosa, mac & cheese etc.) served with a garden salad, whole fruit or fruit salad, dessert, coffee and tea. Dinner: 5:30-6:30 PM – Includes a hot entrée (such as chicken souvlaki, spaghetti and meat sauce, beef bourguignon, meatloaf etc.) served […]

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Two Eyed Seeing Dinner Only

With Nadine McSpadden

April 25 - 27, 2025

Dinner: 5:30-6:30 PM – Includes a hot entrée (such as chicken souvlaki, spaghetti and meat sauce, beef bourguignon, meatloaf etc.) served with a hot vegetable, a specialty salad, dessert, coffee or tea.

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Two Eyed Seeing Lunch Only

With Nadine McSpadden

April 25 - 27, 2025

Lunch: 12:30-1:30 PM – Includes a main dish (such as soup & sandwich, chili, pot pie, samosa, mac & cheese etc.) served with a garden salad, whole fruit or fruit salad, dessert, coffee and tea.  

2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Two Eyed Seeing No Meals

With Nadine McSpadden

April 25 - 27, 2025

2025 Week 1 - No Program Adult (19+)

July 21 - 26, 2025

Sorrento Centre
Bring the family, get away with friends or use this time as a personal retreat. Come for the entire week or just a few days. Accommodation of all kinds and lunch/dinner meal packages are available (meal packages include complimentary continental breakfasts).

2025 Week 1 Children's Program (5-10) -

July 21 - 26, 2025

2025 Week 1 Preschool (3-4) -

July 21 - 26, 2025

We so enjoyed the sounds of running feet, the splash of water, and the familiar scent of sunscreen, reminders to us all of the fun that builds childhood memories and lifelong friendships here at the Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre. A week of activity designed to keep children aged 3-4 years engaged and busy while […]

2025 Week 4 - No Program Adult (19+)

August 11 - 16, 2025

Sorrento Centre
Bring the family, get away with friends or use this time as a personal retreat. Come for the entire week or just a few days. Accommodation of all kinds and lunch/dinner meal packages are available (meal packages include complimentary continental breakfasts).

2025 Associates Thanksgiving Oct 10-13

October 10 - 13, 2025
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre

Please join us for Associates’ Thanksgiving Weekend October 10-13, 2025! We are excited to host our Associates during this long weekend. Members of our Board of Directors will also be in attendance, meeting Saturday morning and then turning their attention to the many fall tasks involved with putting parts of the Centre to bed for […]