Well-Being Retreat
Well-Being Retreat offers a unique opportunity to explore wholeness through a spiritual, health, financial, and vocational lens.
Well-Being Retreat can help you become more deeply rooted in your life and work or ministry. This annual gathering is sponsored by the Board of Pensions, in partnership with the Presbyterian Foundation and New Covenant Trust Company.
Participants who attend the retreat will be
awarded 200 Call to Health points following the program.
Who should attend
Active and retired members of the Benefits Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — including ministers, employees, spouses, and surviving spouses — are welcome.
For all participants, Well-Being Retreat offers time away from the usual routines to think, breathe, and renew.
Well-Being Retreat 2025
View the Well-Being Retreat 2025 photo album.
Well-Being Retreat 2025 welcomed more than 100 active and retired ministers and employees of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), spouses, and surviving spouses to Montreat Conference Center in North Carolina. This year’s theme, Strength for the Journey: Healthy Living from the Inside Out, invited attendees to explore the interconnectedness of the four key areas of wholeness: spiritual, health (physical and mental/emotional), financial, and vocational.
Through education sessions, inspiring messages, and moments of pause, participants gained practical guidance and spiritual insights to strengthen their bodies, minds, and spirits.
“I learned that I need to slow down and be still. Listen more closely to hear God’s whispers of love, hope, encouragement, forgiveness, and grace.”
— Well-Being Retreat participant
Education sessions and presenters
The retreat featured a rich diversity of sessions and presenters. Included among them were: Relationships that Strengthen Us, by BrianJames McMahon; Fueling Movement: Nutrition for an Active Life and Strong Bones for Life: Nutrition to Support Bone Health as We Age, by Jessica Beardsley; Sacred Strength: Aligning Faith, Health, and Purpose, by the Reverend Dr. Dawn Riley Duval; and Reimagine Love: A Path to Healing and Transformation with bell hooks and A Trauma-Informed Response for Emotional Health, by Dr. David Kim.
Additionally, the Reverend Mary Katherine Robinson shared a testimony about Black Mountain Presbyterian Church’s role in recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene.
Questions?
Email the Education team if you have questions about the Well-Being Retreat.