Calendar

Montreat Conference Center offers a variety of activities and events for our guests and the surrounding communities. We hope you’ll check this calendar often and save each special date! Also, be sure to check out the latest issue of This Week in Montreat for even more information on happenings this summer!

June 29-July 5, 2008

June 29 – Montreat PC(USA) Bible Study with Jim Layman, Psalm 4 & 5, (Please bring your own Bible), 9:30-10:30 AM, Presbyterian Heritage Center
June 29 – Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Anderson Auditorium
June 29 – Hymn Sing, 7:00 PM, Assembly Inn Lobby
June 30-July 4 – Craft Center Classes, Wilbur Hoke Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery (see schedule in latest issue of This Week in Montreat)
July 1 – Walker’s Knob Hike
July 1-3 – Sitting Duck Cafe, 9:00-11:00 AM, Huckleberry
July 1-5 – Church Unbound Conference
July 2 – Montreat Adult Summer Club – “Montreat: A Picture Postcard Perfect Place, Part II,” 2:30 PM, Gaither Fellowship Hall
July 3 – The Annual Perimeter Hike
July 4 – Fourth of July Parade & Activities – Download the Fourth of July Schedule of Events
July 4 – Reception for Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), 5:00 PM, Anderson Auditorium Lobby, Please join us – the public is welcome!
July 4 – Friday Night at the Barn, 7:00 PM, Upper Tennis Courts (if rain, Barn)
July 5 – Second Loaf, 8:00-11:00 AM, Montreat Gate
July 5 – Montreat Cottagers, Inc. Annual Informational Meeting, 10 AM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn (Coffee begins at 9:30 AM)
July 5 – Young Patrons Cookout, 5:00–7:00 PM, Welch Field, Come join us for traditional cookout fare, fun and door prizes! This is a great chance to catch up with friends and to meet and welcome new lovers of Montreat! All are welcome! FREE!

July 6-12, 2008

July 6 – Sunday Bible Study with The Rev. Dr. George Ramsey, 9:30 AM, Allen Building, Room A
July 6 – Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Anderson Auditorium
July 6 – Pops in the Park, 3:00-4:30 PM, Robert Lake Park, Live Music, Popsicles, Family Fun!
July 6 – Hymn Sing, 7:00 PM, Assembly Inn Lobby
July 6-12 – Youth III Conference
July 7-11 – Craft Center Classes, Wilbur Hoke Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery (see schedule in latest issue of This Week in Montreat)
July 8 – Rocky Knob Hike
July 8-10 – Sitting Duck Cafe, 9:00-11:00 AM, Huckleberry
July 8 – Discussion on Discernment, Vocation, and Ministry, 3:45 PM, Upper Anderson
July 9 – Conversations with Montreat Conference Center Board Members, 4:30 PM, Assembly Inn Tea Garden
July 9 – Montreat Adult Summer Club – “Recalling Montreat Musicals” & “Remembering Hikers Wade Boggs & John Mack Walker,” 2:30 PM, Gaither Fellowship Hall
July 10 – Lookout to Graybeard Mountain Hike
July 11 – “Meet Presbyterian College,” 3:30-4:30 PM, Way Out Porch
July 11 – Friday Night at the Barn, 8-10:30 PM, Barn
July 12 – Walker’s Knob Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
July 12 – Second Loaf, 8:00-11:00 AM, Montreat Gate
July 12 – Montreat Adult Summer Club presents Montreat Madness Musical: Take a Hike, 7:00 PM, Anderson Auditorium

July 13-19, 2008

July 13 – Sunday Bible Study with The Rev. Dr. George Ramsey, 9:30 AM, Allen Building, Room A
July 13 – Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Anderson Auditorium
July 13 – Historical Lecture, 2:30 PM, Presbyterian Heritage Center
July 13 – Hymn Sing, 7:00 PM, Assembly Inn Lobby
July 13-19 – Youth IV Conference
July 14-18 – Craft Center Classes, Wilbur Hoke Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery (see schedule in latest issue of This Week in Montreat)
July 15 – West Ridge Hike
July 15-17 – Sitting Duck Cafe, 9:00-11:00 AM, Huckleberry
July 15 – Discussion on Discernment, Vocation, and Ministry, 3:45 PM, Upper Anderson
July 16 – Montreat Adult Summer Club – “Our State: Down Home in North Carolina,” 2:30 PM, Gaither Fellowship Hall
July 16 – Conversations with Montreat Conference Center Board Members, 4:30 PM, Assembly Inn Tea Garden
July 17 – Graybeard Mountain Hike
July 18 – “Meet Presbyterian College,” 3:30-4:30 PM, Way Out Porch
July 18 – Friday Night at the Barn, 8-10:30 PM, Barn
July 19 – Lover’s Leap Loop Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
July 19 – Second Loaf, 8:00-11:00 AM, Montreat Gate
July 19 – Montreat Conference Center Annual Fund Banquet

July 20-26, 2008

July 20 – Sunday Bible Study with The Rev. Dr. George Ramsey, 9:30 AM, Allen Building, Room A
July 20 – Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Anderson Auditorium
July 20 – Hymn Sing, 7:00 PM, Assembly Inn Lobby
July 20-26 – Youth V Conference
July 21-25 – Craft Center Classes, Wilbur Hoke Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery (see schedule in latest issue of This Week in Montreat)
July 21 – Columbia Theological Seminary Lecture Series: Religion in Appalachia, “Holiness and the Holy Spirit in Central Appalachia,” Charles Lippy, 2:30-3:30 PM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn
July 22 – The Top o’ the Valley Hike
July 22-24 – Sitting Duck Cafe, 9:00-11:00 AM, Huckleberry
July 22 – Columbia Theological Seminary Lecture Series: Religion in Appalachia, “Cherokee Religion from the Cherokee Perspective,” Freeman Owle, 2:30-3:30 PM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn
July 22 – Discussion on Discernment, Vocation, and Ministry, 3:45 PM, Upper Anderson
July 22 – Freeman Owle stone carving exhibit and demonstration, 7:00 PM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn
July 23 – Columbia Theological Seminary Lecture Series: Religion in Appalachia, “Romans 8:22 – The Whole Creation Groans in Travail Until Now,” Denise Giardina, 2:30-3:30 PM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn
July 23 – Conversations with Montreat Conference Center Board Members, 4:30 PM, Assembly Inn Tea Garden
July 23 – Columbia Theological Seminary Lecture Series: Religion in Appalachia, “Shape-note: America’s Earliest Music – Still Alive and Singing” Lecture & Performance, Jane Spencer, 7:00 PM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn (in cooperation with the Montreat Adult Summer Club and the Presbyterian Heritage Center)
July 23-27 – Middle School Conference @ Presbyterian College
July 24 – Graybeard Mountain Hike
July 24 – Columbia Theological Seminary Lecture Series: Religion in Appalachia, “Been to the Mountaintop: Religion and Spirituality Among Black Appalachians,” William Turner, 2:30-3:30 PM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn
July 25 – Columbia Theological Seminary Lecture Series: Religion in Appalachia, “Making a Saddle to Fit Their Horse…and Vice Versa: Presbyterian Educational Efforts in Appalachia,” John Kuykendall, 2:30-3:30 PM, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn
July 25 – “Meet Presbyterian College,” 3:30-4:30 PM, Way Out Porch
July 25 – Friday Night at the Barn, 8-10:30 PM, Barn
July 26 – Heartbreak Ridge via Star Gap Trail Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
July 26 – Second Loaf, 8:00-11:00 AM, Montreat Gate
July 26 – Montreat Adult Summer Club – Annual Time & Talent Auction and Dinner, 6:00 PM, Gaither Fellowship Hall

July 27-August 2, 2008

July 27 – Sunday Bible Study with The Rev. Dr. George Ramsey, 9:30 AM, Allen Building, Room A
July 27 – Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 AM, Anderson Auditorium
July 27 – Hymn Sing, 7:00 PM, Assembly Inn Lobby
July 27-August 2 – Youth VI Conference
July 28-August 1 – Craft Center Classes, Wilbur Hoke Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery (see schedule in latest issue of This Week in Montreat)
July 29 – Lookout to Graybeard Mountain Hike
July 29-31 – Sitting Duck Cafe, 9:00-11:00 AM, Huckleberry
July 29 – Discussion on Discernment, Vocation, and Ministry, 3:45 PM, Upper Anderson
July 31 – Rocky Knob Hike
August 1 – “Meet Presbyterian College,” 3:30-4:30 PM, Way Out Porch
August 1 – Friday Night at the Barn, 8-10:30 PM, Barn
August 2 – Rainbow Road and Lookout Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
August 2 – Second Loaf, 8:00-11:00 AM, Montreat Gate
August 2 – Montreat Cottagers, Inc. General Membership Meeting, 10 AM, Upper Anderson (Coffee begins at 9:30 AM)
August 2 – Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

August 3-9, 2008

August 3 – Final Sunday Worship Service, 10:50 AM, Anderson Auditorium
August 3 – Final Hymn Sing, 7:00 PM, Assembly Inn Lobby
August 3-7 – Montreat Women’s Connection
August 3-8 – Intergenerational Elderhostel
August 4-8 – Craft Center Classes, Wilbur Hoke Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery (see schedule in latest issue of This Week in Montreat)
August 5-7 – Sitting Duck Cafe, 9:00-11:00 AM, Huckleberry
August 6 – Montreat Adult Summer Club – Covered Dish Picnic, 6:00 PM, Gaither Fellowship Hall
August 8 – Last Friday Night at the Barn, 8-10:30 PM, Barn

August 10-31, 2008

August 17-22 – Elderhostel
August 18-20 – Pre-Retirement Seminar
August 20-22 – Fiscal Fitness Seminar
August 23 – Annual Old Toll Road Caravan from Black Mountain to Camp Alice Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
August 24-29 – Interim Pastors Seminar

September 2008

September 1 – Labor Day Holiday – MRA Offices Closed
September 13 – Lake James State Park Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
September 15-16 – Columbia Theological Seminary D.Min. Courses
September 21-26 – Elderhostel
September 22-24 – Healthy Congregations™ Facilitator Training

October 2008

October 4 – Pink Beds Loop Hike & Forest Festival Day at the Cradle of Forestry (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
October 5-9 – Arts and Sabbath: The Montreat Artists Series
October 5-10 – Elderhostel
October 13-14 – Columbia Theological Seminary D.Min. Courses
October 13-17 – Life-Long Living Conference
October 20-22 – Wee Kirk Conference
October 22-24 – Continuing Education for Commissioned Lay Pastors and Lay Preachers
October 23-26 – Fall Spiritual Formation Retreat
October 24-26, – Fall Evelyn Green Retreat
October 24-26 – Young Adult Weekend
October 26-28 – MRA Board of Directors Meeting
October 26-31 – Elderhostel

November 2008

November 10-11 – Columbia Theological Seminary D.Min. Courses
November 14 – Holiday Open House @ Retail Shops
November 15 – Old Wagon Road & Catawba River Headwaters Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
November 27 – Thanksgiving at the Inn
November 27-28 – Thanksgiving Holidays – MRA Offices Closed

December 2008

December 5 – Candlelight Christmas
December 7-12 – Elderhostel
December 8-9 – Columbia Theological Seminary D.Min. Courses
December 13 – Perley & Crockett Railroad Bed Hike (see latest edition of The Wanderer)
December 14-19 – Elderhostel
December 24-26 – Christmas Holidays – MRA Offices Closed

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