Refuge Programs & Retreats
The Refuge is an amazing place to hold your retreat or attend one of our planned programs. With over 50 years of ministry experience, our staff can customize any retreat for your organization.
Could we help you with a Youth event, Women’s or Men’s retreat, year-planning for your ministry, or prayer gathering? We’re ready for you! The Refuge can provide your retreat with worship leaders, speakers, programmed activities, or simply host you during your visit.
HOW TO BOOK A RETREAT
- Decide on a date for your visit and we suggest that you have multiple dates in mind (Retreat bookings are not available May to mid-August due to our Summer Camp schedule).
- Call The Refuge (252-746-4766) or email our Retreats Program Director, Jacob Cooper ([email protected]) to discuss your retreat plan.
- Retreats include 3 hours of programmed activity facilitation with our staff. Choose the activities that best meet the needs of your event and participants. Feel free to ask our staff for ideas based on what other groups have enjoyed.
- Plan a schedule for your event. Refer to the sample schedule below for ideas.
- Share about this exciting event with your group and get everyone excited about visiting The Refuge! We can’t wait to have you!
PRICING
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Cost: $50 per person for the first night / $25 per person for each night thereafter. This includes accommodation in bunk-style housing and 3 hours of staff lead activities for your group.
- Commercial Kitchen Rental – $250
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Designated Meeting Space Rental – $150
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Sound Equipment – $250
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Pig Cooker/Gas Grill – $25
- Catered meals (price per-person): $10 breakfast, $16 lunch, $18 dinner
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Entire camp rental – All housing with 116 beds, meeting space, commercial kitchen -$6000
What to expect
Every Retreat is unique, and we want to meet your specific needs, so there is no one-size-fits-all approach. But, you can expect that we will work on your individual event and do our best to help you plan and execute successfully. We are happy to arrange a time for you to tour the camp before your event. On the day of your retreat, you may want to arrange some of your leadership/planning team to arrive early to set things up prior to the arrival of all participants, or it may work best for you to all arrive together. We will have a staff member ready to greet you upon arrival and help everyone get settled in our comfortable farmhouses and with any other setup that has been arranged.
Staff will then be available for any pre-arranged programed activities and to ensure trash is cleared and any questions you may have are answered.
Sample Schedule
FRIDAY
- 2:00pm Leadership Team Arriving
- 4:00-4:30pm Retreat Participants Arriving / Getting Settled
- 5:00-6:00pm Welcome Session in Designated Meeting Space
- 6:00-6:45pm Dinner
- 7:00-8:00pm Worship and Prayer session
8:00-9:00pm Bonfire / Hayride (Staff supervision required,
counts toward the 3 hours of programmed activity time)
SATURDAY
- 7:45-8:45am Breakfast
- 9:00-11:30am Morning Session
- 11:45-12:45pm Lunch
- 1:00-3:00pm Programmed activity session with Refuge Staff
- 3:00-5:00pm Afternoon Session
- 5:00-5:45pm Breakout Session
- 6:00-7:00pm Dinner
- 7:00-8:00pm Recreation/Free-time (Basketball/Gaga)
- 8:00-10:00pm Bonfire or evening Activity
SUNDAY
- 7:45-8:45am Breakfast
- 9:00-10:00am Wrap Up Session
- 10:00-11:00am Pack-up
- 11:00am Departure
Team Building
Challenge your group mentally, physically, relationally, and spiritually. Our staff will guide you through elements of our challenge course, designed to encourage teamwork, problem solving, leadership and trust. At the end, we love to process this activity with your group, drawing out how it may represent more of eternal significance and apply to their lives. Groups of 8-14 are ideal. This is not a high ropes course, and no harness or protective equipment is required. Larger groups will need to be split into groups of 8-14.
Housing
Below are pictures of one of our beautifully restored farmhouses, to give you an idea of our housing style. Please see the housing page for more information.
