Each year our retreat is lovingly offered to all women at St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church and any of your friends who would like to attend. The peaceful setting and well-planned facilities provide a perfect place for us to deepen our spirituality, reconnect with long-time friends, and create new friendships as well as having time to unwind, and share a lot of laughter and great food.

33rd Annual Presbyterian Women's Retreat

Sunday-Monday, February 28 - March 1, 2027
Solomon Conference Center in Loranger, LA

Theme: Gifts the Giver Receives

This year's retreat leaders are mother-daughter team Rev. Dr. Susan Arnold and Ruth Arnold.

Susan is the Pastor (Head of Staff) at First Presbyterian Church of Springdale, Arkansas and also works at Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center. Susan received her Masters of Divinity at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She relates, "My vision of 'doing church' is the practice and sharing of all the gifts in a congregation...to help individuals and groups clarify their purposes in light of those gifts."

Ruth is the Program Director of Ferncliff, an organization in Little Rock that offers summer camps, retreats, a nature preschool, a disaster assistance center, and a Good360 Community Distribution Center, all "as an expression of God's love to welcome people into a life of caring for Creation, others, and themselves." Ruth previously served as Director of Youth Ministry at Presbyterian churches across the state of Arkansas, and at a non-profit organization serving both domestic and international programs in hunger-relief.

Worship in the Chapel · Woodland Walks · Social Hour · Campfire

RETREAT COORDINATORS
April Weiser, Gwen Wertz, and Beth Wren