Newsletter Winter 2008


      To the Wellspring Community,

A beautiful fall season is unfolding at Wellspring and as we move towards the winter and a new year, everything looks more beautiful than ever.  Our staff has done an extraordinary job this year and will continue to offer you that great Wellspring hospitality through the ending of our lease in mid-October of 2008.

   We have record bookings for the coming year and hope you will call us to find your place on the calendar.  As you plan your schedules for 2008, we want you to know that it is going to be a year of celebration at Wellspring and you are always our honored guests.

Since our letter to you in July of 2007, we have received many expressions of interest and concern about what is going to happen on the Wellspring property in the future.  The Board has been working with Todd and Marge Evans as they formulate their plans and we want to share some highlights with you.

The Evan’s have prepared a brochure that states the asking price of $3,900,000, describes the property and includes photographs and a map.  Following is a quote from the brochure, which gives some insight into the Evan’s plan for the future of the Wellspring property. 

"In selling this property, the present owners hope this community tradition will continue.  A long list of users: churches, meditation and healing groups, music groups, study groups, county agencies, writer and story telling groups etc. are regular users of the facility - some of these for over 20 years.  These would welcome an owner who continued to make the facility available for their purposes.   The owners plan to be selective about prospective buyers, interviewing those with the ability to meet the price and who will respect previous use of the property,"

In a recent letter to the Board the Evans have further stated what they are looking for and considering in a potential buyer.  “In a buyer we are looking for the following:

• The buyer’s vision for the use of the land into the future.  For what purpose will the new owner use the land?  What will the property look like in 5 or 10 years?

• How will the buyer open the property to use by the Anderson Valley community?

• How will the buyer (new owner) oversee the land and its use?  Do they plan to live on the land?  Do they live locally?  Do they have a history in Anderson Valley?

• The strength of the buyer’s resources.  Do they have the resources to care for an aging property and upgrade it where necessary?  Additionally we will have other considerations:

Does the buyer have a compelling vision for what might develop on this land?

Is the buyer open to continuing the employment of present Wellspring Renewal Center staff in the operations?

Will the buyer be able to accommodate rentals to groups with a Wellspring history?” 


--The brochure requests that interested buyers contact the owners Todd and Marge Evans via e-mail at evansol@sbcglobal.net or by telephone at 707- 939-0227.

We are currently considering hosting a meeting of persons interested in the future use of the Wellspring property sometime in January or February.  If you would like to receive notification of the time and place and other details regarding this meeting please send an email to that effect to wlerdmann@worldnet.att.net.  If you have ideas, suggestions or would like to discuss matters concerning Wellspring please, contact any member of the Board via the email addresses listed below.

Wellspring has been a spiritual home for many of us.  It is a sacred place full of glorious memories of times set apart from our wild and crazy world.  We thank you for caring so much and we ask you to join us in praying for a future that will make the Wellspring property available in some manner to the friends of Wellspring for whom it has become such a spiritual refuge.

The Wellspring Board,

 JoAnne Bennett:  joannebntt@aol.com
Don Felt:  donkf@earthlink.net
Keith Lester:  marinkeith@sbcglobal.net
Sheila North:  Sheran01@msn.com
Sue Erdman:  wlerdmann@worldnet.att.net
John Belz:  ltspence@sbcglobal.net 



Wellspring: A Return

A poem by Jodi Hottel

There is still
a place at the end
of a hobbit trail
where I can be
alone
with just my skin
green water, wind
ripples running over
pebbles.
Where I can
be patient as the cobbles
drying in the sun,
and hear the river dance
in the cadence of my
drumming blood.

Wellspring Mission

Wellspring provides individual, families, and groups a sacred wilderness setting for the renewal of the human spirit in harmony with the environment. While rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition, Wellspring honors the insights and practices of all religious and spiritual paths.

Volunteers Needed!

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Need work-study or community service credit for school?
Want to help Wellspring?

Come volunetter on your own or with a small group and stay for free!