Year-round programming for adults at every stage of their faith journey is a foundational part of our mission and ministry. Whether you’re seeking personal Sabbath or tools and training to support you in your calling, we strive to offer impactful, timely programs to serve you.
Adult Events
2024 Road Scholar Programs
Adventures in Lifelong Learning
Road Scholar participants come to Montreat from every walk of life to learn together, to exchange ideas, and to explore the world.
A Montreat Conference Center event
Arts, Music, and Theology
2024 Summer Lecture Series
Arts, Music, and Theology is a mission and ministry of Montreat Conference Center. Its purpose is to provide the community with educational nourishment via various lectures and lecturers during our summer season. Themes of the lectures span disciplines.
This series is presented by Montreat’s Arts, Music & Theology Cohort.
This event is hosted by Montreat Conference Center
Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies
Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies Training and Credentialing Course
This training and credentialing course brings military and government chaplains and their families together for a time of learning, daily worship, connection, and refreshment.
Event presented by Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies and hosted by Montreat Conference Center
Women’s Connection 2024
In the Arms of God
Come join us as we experience powerful and authentic worship led by women, make space for honest and faithful conversations, and allow time for discernment and renewing rest.
A Montreat Conference Center event
An Evening with Becca Stevens
Join us as we welcome Becca Stevens in Montreat. Come for the evening and listen to a special talk from her. Learn more about Women’s Connection Conference on the Women’s Connection page on our website.
This event is hosted by Montreat Conference Center
(Virtual) The Art of Transitional Ministry
Education for leading a congregation and faith community in transition
Sponsored by Montreat Conference Center, in cooperation with the Transitional Ministry Consortium.
The Art of Transitional Ministry
Education for leading a congregation and faith community in transition
Sponsored by Montreat Conference Center, in cooperation with the Transitional Ministry Education Consortium.
2024 Fall Craft Week
Work with your hands, your voice, and your craft to create beautiful handmade works of art as you make time for renewal in a community of artists.
A Montreat Conference Center Event
The Spiritual Wisdom of Trees: Lessons from our Elders
Certificate in Spiritual Formation
For church professionals and lay people, Columbia’s Center for Lifelong Learning provides non-degree courses and events—opportunities to learn with and from others for faithful discipleship.
This event is hosted by Columbia Theological Seminary
Wee Kirk Conference 2024
Emmanuel Living!
The Wee Kirk conference aspires to provide Christ-centered opportunities for inspiration, encouragement, and community among leaders of small membership churches.
A Montreat Conference Center event
Earth & Soul Retreat at Montreat in North Carolina
Sacred Earth Sacred Soul - Celtic Wisdom 3
The third of a three-part series of annual retreats led by the Celtic teacher John Philip Newell and his colleague Cami Twilling in which we explore the sacredness of the imagination, the sacredness of compassion, and the sacredness of reshaping the world.
Sponsored by the School of Earth & Soul in cooperation with Montreat Conference Center
The Great Search
A Book Launch Celebration
Please join us for a celebration for John Philip Newell’s latest book with a special reading, music, and refreshments at the Barn in Montreat!
Sponsored by Earth & Soul in cooperation with Montreat Conference Center
The Manna Retreat
A weekend for young adults
The Manna Retreat is three days, 100 young adults, one old hotel, and ten small groups dedicated to creating deeper faith and deeper relationships. If your faith could use a deep laugh, if your heart could use some new friendships, or if your body could use a place to belong, then this is for you.
Hosted by Montreat Conference Center
2025 Road Scholar Programs
Adventures in Lifelong Learning
Road Scholar participants come to Montreat from every walk of life to learn together, to exchange ideas, and to explore the world.
A Montreat Conference Center event
2025 Discovering Renewal
Discovering Renewal will focus on seeking respite in everyday experiences.
A Montreat Conference Center Event
Arts, Recreation, and Worship Conference
Intertwined: The Tangle of Community
ARW is a week long experiential opportunity to participate in recreation, worship, community, creativity and the arts.
This event is planned and sponsored by re:create and Montreat Conference Center
Worship & Music 2025 – Week 1
Clothed in Love
Explore opportunities for vital worship experiences and enriching the liturgical life of the local church.
Event hosted by Presbyterian Association of Musicians in partnership with Montreat Conference Center
Worship & Music 2025 – Week 2
Clothed in Love
Explore opportunities for vital worship experiences and enriching the liturgical life of the local church.
Event hosted by Presbyterian Association of Musicians in partnership with Montreat Conference Center