Sweat Lodge Teachings Weekend
Thursday-Sunday, May 28-31, 2026
A Moon Service Weekend at Four Quarters

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Please see bottom of page for planned weekend Sechdule.
Download a PDF of the 2026 Program

Sweat Lodge, and sacred fire, being prepped for ceremony.

    For those who wish a deeper exposure to the practice and traditions of the Sweat Lodge Ceremony, we are offering an extended weekend immersed in Sweat Lodge.

    While our Sweat Lodge is active at most of the event weekends of the year, there has been a growing call for an immersive weekend dedicated to this spiritual tradition. Our Sweat Lodge Teachings will be just that, a deep dive into the songs, stories, trainings and techniques of Lodge.  
     We will be cutting wood and carrying water, hauling stones, preparing and taking our meals together, and exploring aspects of Sweat Lodge Ceremony and indigenous spirituality. This weekend offers you an intimate opportunity to learn and work with the Sweat Lodge, allowing participants to gather a deeper appreciation and understanding of these sacred ways. We’ll explore how we honor the teachings shared with us, and serve the Interfaith Community of Four Quarters within these ancient traditions.

Building a Sweat Lodge frame Spring 2019; and learning Lakota language at Teaching Weekend 2024.

    If you have been moved by your own experience of Sweat Lodge and wanted to develop a deeper understanding of ceremony, this is for you! If you've been volunteering down at the Lodge and would like to learn more about what we do and why, this is a special opportunity to spend time learning and sharing with our Ceremony Leaders and Sweat Lodge Ceremony Team.

    This year we will plan to rebuild the larger main Sweat Lodge frame, as it’s about at the end of its service, so you have an opportunity to participate in this ceremonial process. Everything is done with respect and intention. It will be a rich, full, weekend with a lot to immerse yourself in. Or just come to pray, not a thing wrong with that.

     Ceremonies will begin Thursday evening with a welcome supper followed by an Evening Sweat. Our regular Moon Service Weekend Friday Evening Misa Espirituel will also be avalable to atendees. Friday & Saturday will be filled with conversations, teachings, songs, the Drum, working on the Sweat Camp, Lodge build, Sweat Lodge ceremony, This weekend will also encompass a native-themed Saturday Moon Service, which will be faciliated by the Sweat Team and Atteendees as part of the Teachings.

  The weekend includes shared Brunches and Suppers. Sharing our meals together will be part of the program in the Native Way. Sunday will feature more activities together – Farewell Brunch, a Wrap-Up session and Closing Ceremony. Due to the nauture of the planned program, and we don't have the holiday weekend - we request that attendees be prepared to participate untill Sunday aftrenoon.

   We keep things flexible and stay busy. There may even be some surprises! We just might include a few in-depth workshops on other traditions too, in a previous years we have had sessions on the Spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora and Wiccan Practice that were well received.

    Come with sleeves rolled up, boots, work gloves, pen and notebook, extra towels, and an open mind!

    Kurt Griffith, Walter Bachteler, Tom Blackhawk, Fox, The Sweat Lodge Ceremony Team, and the Starvin' Artist Kitchen, in Service.

Toksha akhe! Mitáquye oyasín!

If you are unable to attend this event, consider our
Fall Community Sweat Day, October 3, 2026
 

Registration Information

$20 each day includes all of our shared meals, ceremonial supplies and camping fees.
PLEASE arrive Thursday if you are able to!
Members and guests pre-reg by May 18th.
Children under 16 are Loved, Cherished and Free

Pre-registration is required, please contact our Office.
Call us: 814-784-3080, Email us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Guests may attend Firday Evening's Misa Espirituel, and Saturday’s Moon Service and Church Supper separately from the Teaching Weekend. Members are free, Non-members by donation RSVP Strongly Reccomended - the kitchen appreciates it!

Learn More about Sweat Lodge at Four Quarters here.

Registration includes your Tent Camping, Ceremonial Supplies, and our Shared Meals.
There is no charge for Ceremony. A fees purely contribute to our material costs.
An important part of ceremony in community is sharing our food together. The Sweat Team and guests will be sharing Bunch and Dinner each day, beginning with Friday Dinner and ending with Monday Brunch. Herbivore and Omnivore preferences will be offered.
Call our office at 814-784-3080 with your registration or questions.

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Sweat stones, ancient revered Grandfathers, await their turn to serve in Ceremony.

Sweat Teaching Weekend 2026
Planned Schedule Outline [ updated. 5.4.26 ]
Subject to change, logistics, weather, & the needs of Ceremony. Roll with it!
Download a PDF of the 2026 Program

We've tried to account for the NOT Holiday weekend, with most activities focusing on Friday Afternoon through Saturday, with Evening Sweats on Thursday and Friday to accommodate later arrivals, and allowing us flexibility to work around logistics, weather, etc. Ceremony is resistant to “Swiss Watch” scheduling. We also encourage people if at all possible not to depart immidiately after Brunch Sunday, and stay till midday Sunday to provide one more teaching session. 

Thursday, May 28
Afternoon Arrival – Prepare Sweat Camp & 1st Sweat  –  Sweat Camp
~5:30 P         Setting the Sacred Fire  –  Sweat Lodge
6:00 P           Welcome Supper  –  Dining Pavilion
~7:30 P         Evening Sweat – Welcome   –  Sweat Lodge
After Sweat   Songs, Stories & Social Time around the Fire  –  Welcome Fire

Friday, May 29
9:00 A           Community Brunch  –  Dining Pavilion
11:00 A         Morning Sessions  –  Sweat Camp
3:00 P           Practical Session – Prep for Lodge Build  –  Sweat Camp
5:30 P           Set Fire  –  Sweat Lodge
6:00 P           Community Supper  –  Dining Pavilion
7:00 P           Misa Espirituel (option for all guests)  –  The Loft
7:30 P           Evening Sweat – Purification  –  Sweat Lodge
After Sweat   Songs, Stories & Social Time around the Fire  –  Welcome Fire

Saturday, May 30
9:00 A          Community Brunch  –  Dining Pavilion
11:00 A        Riverside Sweat Lodge Build  –  Sweat Lodge
~2:00 P        Sweat Lodge Ceremony – TEACHING SWEAT  –  Sweat Lodge
~4:00 P        Afternoon Session (Time permitting)  –  Sweat Camp
6:00 P          Community Supper  –  Dining Pavilion
7:30 P          Moon Service Ceremony – All Welcome  –  Dining Pavilion/TBD**
After Moon   Songs, Stories & Social Time around the Fire  –  Welcome Fire

Sunday, May 31
9:00 A         Community Farewell Brunch  –  Dining Pavilion
11:00 A       Morning Session & Sweat Camp Close  –  Sweat Camp 
~1:00 P       Closing Ceremonies - Departure  –  Welcome Fire/Sweat Lodge

** Moon Service might take place in in the Stone CIrcle or Drum Circle, TBD