Program & Event Calendar

Stay at the historic Assembly Inn and get a special discount with light programming on campus.

In this six sessions series, we will explore the questions, losses, and wonder of our aging. This interactive class will be grounded and poetry, music, images, and shared reflections.

Important Update: This course has been moved online. Please visit the course page for new dates and information. The Psalms is the longest, most diverse book of the Bible, so much so that Martin Luther referred to the Psalter as “the little Bible.” In exploring the spiritual depths of the Psalms, we will learn to listen attentively to the ancient, diverse voices registered in the Psalms as they are gathered in worship, reflection, and transformative dialogue. This course is open to everyone. If you are attending for personal enrichment, we invite you to engage as fully as you can! For …

ARW is a week-long experiential opportunity amongst a community where all are welcome! The event focuses on recreation, worship, community, creativity and the arts.

In February 2021 John Philip offered a livestream presentation attended by hundreds of women and men throughout the world on the subject of spiritual exile and promise today. The response was so great that he is planning a series to explore, one at a time, the yearnings that have led countless numbers of people into an experience of exile from the religious tradition of their inheritance, whether in literally leaving church or in looking well beyond its bounds for vision and nourishment. Episode 2 will explore the longing for a spirituality that deeply reconnects us to the sacredness of the …

Montreat Youth Conference is a unique gathering of young people from all over the country for a week of study, worship, and recreation.

Last summer we offered an at-home curriculum year and have found that as recently as last week, some Back Home Leaders and other leaders of youth are still using this great resource. This year’s version is all new and will be even better. For those who can’t get to Montreat for whatever reason, you can still do Montreat@Home! Here’s what you will get: The Small Group Leaders’ Manual – 9 sessions – 60 min each The Recreation Leaders’ Manual – NEW! – 9 sessions – 60 min each; PLUS at least 3 special Back Home events for evenings 5 Keynote …

During the summer months, it is our privilege to host the community gathered to worship the Triune God.

The Clubs program is a recreation and fellowship experience for the children of conferees, local residents, vacationers, and visitors.

This intergenerational conference is for children, youth, adults, pastors, directors, organists, singers, ringers, worship leaders, and church members. All are welcome!

This intergenerational conference is for children, youth, adults, pastors, directors, organists, singers, ringers, worship leaders, and church members. All are welcome!

Stay tuned for updates on plans for 2021!

PASSPORTkids is a 4-day, 3-night children’s camp filled with fun faith-building programming and hands-on missions education. It is for students who have completed 3rd – 6th grade.

Each summer, hundreds of middle-school aged youth gather to grow, sing, and worship God.

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

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

As people of faith who seek to be Jesus’ disciples, we are shaped by words and seek to understand them, hear them, and do them. The words of scripture will play a prominent role in this Women’s Connection as participants will engage in a dialogue with scripture.

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.

G. K. Chesterton once suggested that “each generation seeks its saint by instinct; and [she] is not what the people want, but rather what the people need.” Julian of Norwich seems such a saint, for our times. An “anchoress” living at the turn of the 15th century, in a simple cell adjoining the small parish church of St. Julian’s in Norwich, England, she received sixteen “showings”—or “revelations of divine love”—in midlife, devoting the remainder of her life to interpreting them. Her musings produced a book of Showings that is as startling and comforting, and as profound as it is accessible. …

More information about this program coming soon. Registration opening soon. About John Philip Newell John Philip Newell is a Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of the earth and every human being. Canadian by birth, and a citizen also of Scotland, he resides with his family in Edinburgh and works on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2016 he began the School of Earth and Soul (originally called the School of Celtic Consciousness) and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on …

The Wee Kirk conference aspires to provide Christ-centered opportunities for inspiration, encouragement, and community among leaders of small membership churches.

Join us for a time of learning, chant, and spiritual practice rooted in the Celtic vision of John Philip Newell.

Gain insight into ways of moving members of a congregation toward a healthy and faithful life together.

Enjoy a stay in the inn with a Thanksgiving Buffet or enjoy with your family in your private residence!

Discovering Renewal will focus on seeking respite in everyday experiences.