Our Mission
MICAH creates, supports, and develops programs and environments for the practice and study of spiritual formation and leadership, healing and the arts.
As a contemplative Christian undertaking, MICAH provides a sacred space within which we seek to create a life with God.
Our Vision
MICAH creates places where we live out a holistic vision of being in communion with God, with others, and with the earth. When fully developed, the rural campus is a place to discover healing for body, mind, and spirit.
People come to MICAH to:
- Pray in the Prayer Center
- Retreat
- Take classes in Spiritual Formation and Leadership
- Find healing in the Health Center
- Reflect on God's grace and the wonders of creation in the gardens and natural landscape
- Engage creativity at the Art Center
- Eat healthy and multi-ethnic foods while you visit.
At the heart of MICAH is the common prayer and devotion to the One who Creates and Sustains all. God's vision of the beloved community can become a reality! |
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Location
The MICAH rural site is located in the scenic rolling prairie north of Crookston, MN.
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Located on over 200 acres of rolling prairie, quiet woods and refreshing river banks, the new MICAH Retreat Center offers a place to seek God without noise, rush and stress.
Our retreat facility, offers a large, modern kitchen, inspirational main room, small conference room, and peaceful living quarters with beautiful views of the Red River Valley.
Be sure to visit our Photo Gallery to get a taste of the beauty of God's creation found at MICAH.
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Staff
Daniel Wolpert, MDiv
Executive Director
and Co-founder
of Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing (MICAH)
Daniel, a Presbyterian minister, is cofounder of the Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing (MICAH) and serves as spiritual advisor for the health center. He also provides counseling and spiritual direction services as well as supervision for the clinic's health and spirituality programs. Daniel has practiced spiritual direction for over 20 years and has taught in several spiritual direction programs. He is an author on spirituality and prayer and has run many retreats across the nation.
Trey Everett, MA
Co-Director
of Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing (MICAH)
Trey has been involved in the study and practice of spirituality for over 20 years. He has instructed and directed others in spiritual formation as a contemplative retreat leader, youth minister, senior minister, and a Bible college instructor. Trey and his wife Corene were part of an ecumenical mission community in China where they taught, served, and experienced the life of faith. They now live in Crookston with their three children Madeline, Zoe, and Jack. Trey currently serves as coordinator and prayer practice instructor for the Health and Spirituality Program.
Debra Bell, MD
Health Center Medical Director
Dr. Bell is board certified in family practice with 20 years in conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine. She cares for patients from birth to the elderly. Dr. Bell is skilled in homeopathy, vitamin/nutritional therapy, diet/lifestyle changes and bio-identical hormone replacement. Prior to moving to Crookston, she had practices in Vermont and California that combined home births, family practice and integrative medicine. She is cofounder of the Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing (MICAH). Debra and her husband Daniel Wolpert, live in Crookston andhave two sons.
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