Spring 2024

Women’s Retreat

Women's Reteat Gilmer TX

Overview

Adult Women

Gilmont’s Women’s Retreat is held annually as a time of fellowship, fun, and growing together. ​You are invited to bring a group from your church and share a cabin, or sign up as an individual and come make some new friends. It is a great time of growing together in Christ and community. We hope you will join us!
Psalm 86 declares that “love and truth meet…right living and whole living embrace and kiss.”
The Bible is filled with metaphors for life, so are song lyrics, story lines, and poems. Do you have a favorite? Perhaps it’s the roller coaster metaphor? Or the highway (Rascal Flatts)? Or maybe the box of chocolates referred to in the movie Forrest Gump? Or the garden metaphor offered by Alice Walker? No matter the metaphor that is most compatible with your life, there are certainly ups and downs–peaks and valleys–twists and turns–seed and harvest, you get the picture!
How can we embrace the whole and right story of our living as a way to honor the God of our creation? We will use our senses and creativity during this retreat to explore how embracing the story of our life might make us whole. Join us for a weekend of celebrating the best, considering the worst, and reflecting on how we can both shape and be shaped by what happens to and around us.

More information

Our Keynote Speaker for the weekend is Natarsha Price Sanders. Natarsha enjoys facilitating spiritual and leadership development opportunities for people of all ages and providing people with tools to help navigate their vocational journey. Though she has presented at national and international conferences Natarsha is most humbled to facilitate community Bible study. She is a member of the 2023 Black Theologians Leadership Cohort at Princeton Theological Seminary and the 2021-22 Emerging Writer’s Cohort at Collegeville Institute. She is a 2021 recipient of both the Rising Leader Fellow Award from Sojourners and the 2022 Women’s Leadership Award from Schreiner University. Presently, she is a member of the Comadre Speakers Collaborative and serves on the Board of Directors for Youth Mission Co. (Asheville, NC) and Doyle Community Center (Kerrville, TX). She lives in Texas with her spouse, Lorenzo.​
Full payment is due two weeks prior to the retreat start date. ​
The retreat will begin Friday, April 26 with registration beginning at 4:00pm. Dinner will be served at 6:00, followed by opening keynote and fellowship together. The retreat will conclude on Sunday, April 30 following worship and lunch.

Lodge Rooms (Price includes lodging, linens, meals and program)

Single Occupancy $350 per person Double Occupancy $225 per person (If you are choosing Double Occupancy this means you are coordinating with your own roommate. Gilmont will not assign random roommates.)

Cabin Community Space (Price includes lodging, linens, meals and program)

$185 per person (Up to 6 guests share sleeping space and a rest room. Depending on retreat attendance, cabin guests will be more spread out.)

Day Only Option (Join us Saturday for the program and meals)

$100 per person
Full payment is due two weeks prior to the retreat start date.

24 hour grace period:

Cancellations occurring within 24 hours of registration are eligible for a full refund of all payments, including the registration deposit.

More than 15 days:

Cancellations occurring 15+ days prior to the retreat start date will result in a refund of all payments except the $75 non-refundable registration deposit.

Less than 14 Days:

Cancellations occurring within 14 days prior to the retreat start date will result in forfeiture of the entire tuition including the $75 non-refundable registration deposit. You will be given the option to apply all payments to a future retreat.

Retreat Cancellation:

If Camp Gilmont is unable to host the retreat for any reason, all payments, other than the $75 registration deposit, will be refunded in full.

The details

Dates:

April 26-28, 2024

Lodge Rooms:

Single Occupancy $350 per person

Double Occupancy $225 per person

If you are choosing Double Occupancy this means you are coordinating with your own roommate. Gilmont will not assign random roommates.

Cabin Community Space:

$185 per person
Up to 6 guests share sleeping space and a rest room. Depending on retreat attendance, cabin guests will be more spread out.

Activities »

Activities

Whether coming for summer camp, day camp, a retreat or your own facility rental, Gilmont has a lot of activities to offer. Here are some of our most popular.

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