Adult Events

Road Scholar participants come to Montreat from every walk of life to learn together, to exchange ideas, and to explore the world.

The 2022 NEXT Church National Gathering is an invitation to rest, restore, and explore stories that need to be told – about why we rest, why we resist rest, and why some [of us] cannot rest.

Arts, Music, and Theology is a mission and ministry of Montreat Conference Center. It’s purpose is for 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.

Explore opportunities for vital worship experiences and enriching the liturgical life of the local church.

Explore opportunities for vital worship experiences and enriching the liturgical life of the local church.

This training and credentialing course brings military and government chaplains and their families together for a time of learning, daily worship, connection, and refreshment.

Come join us as we explore together what it means to be Claimed for More: more joy, more beauty, more community, more peace.

Join us as we welcome Sarah Bessey 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.

Education for leading a congregation and faith community in transition

This unique Inklings (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, etc.) conference highlights the Bible’s impact on Western Civilization, affecting authors, musicians and artists from the 15th century through today.

Education for leading a congregation and faith community in transition

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.

Explore the challenges of leadership in this time and place as a way to critically reflect as well explore tangible practices aimed at building capacity and endurance.

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.

The Wee Kirk conference aspires to provide Christ-centered opportunities for inspiration, encouragement, and community among leaders of small membership churches so they can do the same in their congregations and regions.

Spend an evening with Celtic teacher, author, and creator of the School of Earth and Soul.

John Philip Newell will offer The School of Earth & Soul (formerly known as the School of Celtic Consciousness) at Montreat Conference Center this fall.

Road Scholar participants come to Montreat from every walk of life to learn together, to exchange ideas, and to explore the world.

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.