A Celebrating Life Ministries Healing Retreat
Waves of Presence
“His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth”. – Psalm 97:4-5
Come join our spiritual family as we come together from around the country to experience Miracles, Signs and Wonders among us. Twice a year our community comes together to celebrate God with two Annual Healing Retreats, one in the Spring and the other in the Fall.
Intention: Aqua Blue, Peach and Yellow
Join us in Hawaii as we walk the path of healing and restoration for new beginnings in our lives. All are welcome and encouraged to spend time to heal as we draw from the Holy Spirit’s whispers encouraging all of us to go deeper with our relationship with the Divine.
How do we go deeper?
- Silence
- Meditations
- Devotional Prayer
- Worship
- Personal Prayer
- Laying on of hands for Healings
- Baptism in the Ocean
- Rest in God
Something is happening in people’s lives who decide to spend time soaking in The Presence of the Divine for extended periods of time. Come experience the healing power of grace.
STEPS FOR REGISTRATION
Register for the Event
Book A Room (Optional)
BOOK SOON to secure your stay. Book your rooms by 5:00 p.m. local time (HST) on MARCH 27, 2027 . After this date, it is up to the Hotel’s discretion whether to accept additional reservations, which will be subject to prevailing rates and availability.
Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows
Hotel Number
2780 Kekaa Dr #1, Lahaina, HI 96761
(808) 661-3611 US
(833) 539-5117 International toll-free
***To avoid any confusion in the process of registration please read these notes. ***
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Room Rates, Fees & Taxes
Rooms start at $249 for single or double occupancy. (This includes the $20/day resort fee.) An additional person charge of $50 + tax applies to the 3rd and 4th adults, per person, per day.
Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes, (currently 4.712%), for General Excise Tax, as well as the current 10.25% Transient Accommodation Tax and a 3% County Transient Accommodation Tax. The total taxes charged is 17.962% in effect at the time of check-out.
Rates will be available 6 days prior and 6 days after the event dates indicated in the Room Block, subject to availability of guest rooms at the time of reservation. Children 18 years of age and younger are free of charge when sharing the same room as parent(s), maximum of 4 persons to a room. Additional person(s) charge subject to change.
DAILY PARKING
Normal daily self-parking fee is $35.00 per vehicle, per day, plus applicable tax. Your group is offered a Daily Parking fee discounted at $15.00 plus tax. Parking is posited to the guest room, daily and is the responsibility of the individual to pay associated parking fees for their vehicle.
Hotel Liaison:
Veronica Cowen Email: vcowen@hotmail.com / Text: 415-272-6599
Individual Room Cancellation/No Show Policy
If cancellation is made within 72 hours of Arrival, a one (1) night deposit will be retained as a cancellation.
A No Show charge of one (1) night’s room and taxes will be retained as a cancellation for any individual who fails to show for their confirmed reservation.
An early departure fee of 50% of one night’s room rate will be applied if a customer attendee checks out prior the confirmed checkout date.
Individual guestroom DEPOSITS are fully refundable if canceled seventy-two (72) hours prior to the confirmed arrival date.
Hotel Policies & Transportation
SMOKE FREE POLICY
Hotel is a smoke free hotel. To protect the smoke free environment, Hotel will post a $250.00 cleaning fee to the account of any guests who smoke in their guest room. To ensure the cooperation and comfort of Customer’s attendees, Customer agrees to advise its attendees of the smoke free policy in writing.
PORTERAGE
Arrivals and departures are scattered and on own. Should the group change to arrive and depart by organized transportation such as a motor coach or a group shuttle services, a mandatory porterage charge of $12.00 roundtrip per person (plus all applicable taxes) will be assessed for Group arrivals or departures to/from hotel’s facility, at the time of check-in or departure, requiring luggage handling or requiring any form of transportation. The mandatory porterage charge is paid in its entirety to employees providing the porterage services.
TRANSPORATION
The Royal Lahaina does not offer transportation to/from the airport. Taxis and Ubers are reliable forms of transportation. The cost is approximately $80/one way.
You may want to consider sharing a ride with other participants attending the spring retreat.
You can reserve a shuttle here: https://www.speedishuttle.com/maui-airport-shuttles
Come as you are…you are welcome here.
Complete Weekend
$995.00 (Early Bird until March 27, 2027)
Begins Thursday April 29th 5:00 pm
Ends Sunday May 2nd 12:00 pm
* Dinner for Thursday, Friday and Saturday are included in the full weekend ticket.
Meet Our Presenters
“His Living Word Ushers Us into a Miracle Mindset“
Padre Paul Funfsinn
“The Pause that Refreshes”
Rev. Renee Plendl
“Saints, Sages, Prophets, Gurus, Our Time for Awakening“
Rev. Robert Bearden
“Our Life’s Rhythms Provide Balance and Flow“
Rev. Dana Duryea
“Tapping into Living Waters of His Presence“
Chalita Photikoe
Chalita approaches healing through presence and kindness. Her path continues to draw her into deeper union with God, greater trust in both the mystery and the goodness of life and a growing joy in simply being here.
Meet Our Music Ministry
Feel the Celebrating Life Music Ministry vibe.
Tune into our Spotify playlist here.
Ryan Rigoli
As a Percussionist and Pianist, Ryan assists the CLM musicians in creating a vibrational tone that supports a heartfelt devotion to the Divine. Ryan shares from the heart and offers Divinely inspired meditative piano improvisations that bring a healing energy of unconditional love and peace.
Angelika Schafer
Angelika’s gift of music touches the heart; through her inspiring compositions, soothing voice and instruments she channels the frequencies and healing energies of the angelic realms and leads us gently into that deeper space within.
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George Lopez
Music is a gift that offers us all an opportunity to tap into the totality of our God space, our true essence. It is one way of accessing a higher vibration and merging deeper into God. Playing and singing has always been a path of direct connection to Source for me in this lifetime.
Questions Answered
Where is the event located?
Do you have group rates for the hotel? Any fees I need to know about?
Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows
Hotel Number: (808) 661-3611
Reserve your Hotel: Book your group rate for Celebrating Life Ministries Retreat
Will meals be served during retreat?
Your full weekend retreat ticket of $995 includes Lunch Friday & Saturday, and Dinner Thursday, Friday & Saturday, all in a private ocean front dining room.
What is your cancellation policy?
REFUNDS AND CANCELLATION FEE
After March 27, 2027 there will be a $500 Charge to your credit card because of charges CLM endues from the food guarantees.
COVID Agreement
By signing up for this Spring Healing Retreat:
You are stating to us that you are healthy & symptom-free of any fever, cold, flu, or illness related to the Covid-19 outbreak. For your safety, and the safety of others, we will ask that you NOT ATTEND this retreat if any of those symptoms exist.
You take Full Responsibility for your health choices, and in good faith not hold CLM responsible for your choices, or those in attendance, with masked concerns.
CLM will make easily available hand sanitizer and mask(s) if needed for your convenience.
Is this a fragrance free event?
Fragrance Free Environment
Upon your arrival please refrain from wearing frangrances of any kind out of respect for those who are allergic. Thank you.
Is CLM a non-profit? Is my registration tax-deductible?
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE
We do accept donations, but your Registration Fee is not a Donation. It can be considered as a “Continuing Education Deduction” for tax purposes. Please keep the receipt for your Year-End records.
The registration fee of $995.00 is for Educational Purposes only, which can be tax-deductible. As such, please keep this receipt for your tax records. Celebrating Life Ministries is a 501 (c) 3 organization under the Internal Revenue Code.
All donations to our organization are tax deductible as we are classified as a public charity under section 509 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Read about our audio and photography policy here:
All Celebrating Life Ministries events may be recorded and or photographed. Your participation, in whole or part, may be included in an audio or video program or a media publication to be published by Celebrating Life/Isaac Books. Your completed registration grants permission to Celebrating Life Ministries and Paul Funfsinn to publish or use the recordings or your picture.
IMPORTANT CLM does NOT ALLOW TAKING VIDEOS during this event. We have our CLM photographers ready to do this. You can use your smartphones to take photos but PLEASE DO NOT SHARE PHOTOS on social media, other than pictures of the altars. If you would like CLM to consider sharing your photos on our social media platforms as part of our event updates & promotions, please contact us at celebratinglifeministry@gmail.com for instructions.
Children/Infant Policy at Retreat
CLM’s participants range in age from infants to the elderly. What a joy that we all find comfort and value in sharing this Divine space of healing ministry. Finding the right balance in our programs is essential for the proper flow for praise, worship, healing times, education, and celebrating life together in community.
Children 8 years and older are welcome during retreat hours. For children under that age, there will be an appointed time to bring your child to be prayed over by the team. During this 4-day CLM Retreat, that scheduled time will be Sunday morning during Communion Service
CLM is requesting that all infants and children be accompanied by an adult and brought to the designated segment set aside for their child’s highest experience.
During our Celebrating Life Ministries “Family and Friends” Friday Evening Healing Service, there is no children’s care service being provided. Children 8 years and older are more than welcome to attend at no charge.
If you have a younger child who needs special prayer, please email Maya Paul at mayawpaul@gmail.com to arrange a time for special prayer.
What options are there for local transportation?
AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION
The Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows does not offer transportation to/from the airport.
Taxis and Ubers are reliable forms of transportation. The cost is approximately $80/one way.
You may want to consider sharing a ride with other participants attending the spring retreat.
You can reserve a shuttle here: https://www.speedishuttle.com/maui-airport-shuttles/
How do I contact Celebrating Life Ministries?
SPRING RETREAT COORDINATORS
Hotel Liaison:
Veronica Cowen – Email: vcowen@hotmail.com / Text: 415-272-6599 (California)
Conference Coordinator:
Maya Paul – Email: mayawpaul@gmail.com / Text: 415-686-1311 (California)
Email:
celebratinglifeministry@gmail.com
All of our contact information can be found here: Contact Page
What are the intention colors?
We use intention colors to create a container for the most aligned highest good for all participants at the event. The intention colors for this event is: Aqua Blue, Peach and Yellow.
Chalita Photikoe
Chalita was raised in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism, where meditation and spiritual practice were woven into her life from an early age. After graduating from Northwestern University, she was preparing for business school. Then an unexpected calling led her to become an acupuncturist.
In practice since 2005, Chalita approaches healing through presence and kindness. Her clinic, Tamalpais Community Acupuncture, is a place of refuge where people can come as they are, rest in stillness, and allow healing to unfold.
Chalita’s path continues to draw her into deeper union with God, greater trust in both the mystery and the goodness of life, and a growing joy in simply being here.
Monk George Lopez
Professed Monk, Music Ministry Lead
George Lopez is a monk with Celebrating Life Ministries and is also blessed to be a part of the music ministry for CLM. He has been a spiritual seeker since a very young age. Playing and singing has always been a path of direct connection to Source for him in this lifetime. In the act of creating he finds some of his deepest and most direct connection to God. Life has taught him that in the end, connection and the path to God is what matters most.
“I am honored to help facilitate the embodiment of the Divine with this
community.”
Email: hatsfordays@sbcglobal.net
Padre Paul Funfsinn
Archbishop, Ordained Minister
For over 40 years, Padre Paul has been a Spiritual Leader of Celebrating Life Ministries and continues the Healing Ministry legacy of Rev Ron Roth. Paul has a prophetic gift of reading people’s hearts from his relationship with the Holy Spirit as well as welcoming people into God’s Holy Presence. Leading prayer & healing services, as well as private spiritual consultation, is his strength where heaven and earth meet up!
Padre Paul was a mentor under international healer Rev Ron Roth, for 28 years until his passing. Paul now assumes the role of Spiritual Shepherd of this loving community and his mission is to “heal the sick” and “set people free” from oppression and negative energies.
Email: pfunfsinn@yahoo.com
Angelika Schafer
Ordained Minister
Angelika’s gift of music touches the heart; through her inspiring compositions, soothing voice and instruments she channels the frequencies and healing energies of the angelic realms and leads us gently into that deeper space within. She sings ancient chants/Prayers from different traditions, Mantras for healing, Bhajans for singing along and her original songs accompanied by a 50 string Tamboura/Monochord and guitar.
Several contemporary mystics and masters gave special dispensation for Angelika’s music ministry to conduct powerful blessings. She has published 12 CDs and shares her music and inspirational talks worldwide at spiritual gatherings, ceremonies, conferences and healing retreats.
Website: www.AngelikaHealingMusic.com
Email: Angelika@AngelikaHealingMusic.com
Rev. Dana Duryea
Bishop, Ordained Minister
Rev. Dana resides in San Rafael, California. He was professed a monk in 2005, ordained as a Rev. in 2010, and was installed as a bishop for CLM in 2014. He has been attending CLM events since 1995. As a Benedictine Monk within CLM, Dana loves teaching about the ways to experience miracles & the God in you. He serves the CLM mission following the guidance of Rafael as a teacher, energy healer and exorcist.
Dana also serves separately as the Executive Director of the Foundation of Spiritual Development, a religious non-profit organization in San Rafael CA, which focuses on helping anyone understand themselves as Spirit, open to their natural graces and learn how to connect directly with God & their angels by using wisdom from many spiritual traditions. Rev. Dana has an extensive background in science growing up in a medical family, earned a Bachelors and Masters degree in Science and he uses this background, as well as his many personal experiences of miracles in his life, to make the spiritual world more accessible and understandable to others. In addition, Dana uses his graces in his day-job as a Landscape Manager and Energetic Business Consultant for one of the Bay Area’s most successful real estate developers.
Rev. Renee Plendl
Bishop, Ordanined Minister
Renee attended her first Healing Intensive with Ron Roth in 2003 in Arizona, she knew then her life would be forever changed. She has attended all of the retreats since that time and found that each retreat continues to be a sacred healing sanctuary for her soul.
In the fall of 2010 Renee was professed a monk in the Spirit of Peace Monastic Community and was professed a bishop in 2023. Since her profession her relationship with the Divine has continued to grow into loving awareness - to live with an open heart.
Rev. Robert Bearden
Bishop, Ordained Minister
Rev. Robert resides in SF California. He was Professed a Monk in 2008, Ordained a Rev. in 2012, and was installed as a Bishop for CLM in 2015. He has been attending CLM events since March 1998.
As an Ordained Monk, Bishop Robert finds great joy spending time researching the lives of The Saints, supporting the mission of CLM, growing and living within the glow of The Great Compassionate Light through meditation and processes at Golden Age Movement membership, and traveling with CLM to embrace the multidimensional frequencies and expressions of The Divine. Bishop Robert’s love of God is the centerpiece of his life which he brings into his work as an Energy and dedicated spiritual healer.
Rev. Ryan Rigoli
Ordained Minister
Ryan is a Musician, Ordained Spiritual Healer, and Professed Monk in Celebrating Life Ministries where he shares God’s healing Presence through devotional music, prayer, and wisdom rooted in the Heart.
As a Leadership Coach and Spiritual Coach & Teacher, Ryan helps people deepen their intuitive awareness and connection with God. One of his greatest joys is seeing people’s hearts awaken and their Divine presence shine, like a song blessing those around them with its unique tone. Ryan is a teacher at the Foundation for Spiritual Development, an Ananda Sevak with the Golden Age Movement, and is trained as an Integral Coach ®. He has created multiple meditative piano albums which bring people deep peace. You can learn more about his music and spiritual coaching practice at www.ryanrigoli.com.