2019 Women’s Retreat Information
WHERE: Twin Rocks Friends Camp, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
SPEAKER: Kathy Shenk from EBC
THEME: FULLY KNOWN – FULLY LOVED (Navigating relationships with God, myself and others)
COST: $99.00 if registered and paid by Sunday, September 15. $109 after that date.
Optional Friday night dinner for additional $8.00 (deadline to sign up is September 15)
Some scholarships are available for partial retreat cost (deadline to apply is September 15)
Zipline!
This year we have the opportunity to do the zipline on Saturday! (Big swing will also still happen at a different time, so you can do both.) If you want to do the zipline, it will be an additional $15. We are limited to 20 spots so the first 20 to register for this AND pay will get the spots! (If for some reason we don’t get 20, you will be reimbursed the $15.)
REGISTER on our website or in the EBC foyer.
ARRIVAL TIME: After 4:00pm Friday, September 27. Dinner for those who pre-registered is at 5:30pm. Friday’s program will begin at 7:00pm. Upon arrival, check-in at Memorial Lounge in Hadley Hall.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Bunk style rooms in Hadley Hall. Dormitory style restrooms and showers are located on floors 1-3 of the 4-story building. The first floor is reserved for those who cannot climb stairs and those with special needs. The bottom floor has a restroom only and is for those staying up all night.
WHAT TO BRING: Sleeping bag (or linens), pillow, toiletries, towel and washcloth, Bible and journal, pen/pencil, water bottle, coat, clothes for rain or warm, hiking/beach shoes, store bought snacks to share, $$ for Sunday lunch, camp chair for Saturday campfire.
SPECIAL PROJECT: We will have opportunities to do Acts of Service for each other on Saturday afternoon. Bring anything along you need to use if you’d like to take part in this.
TRANSPORTATION: You may figure out your own ride situation, or if you need a ride, or can take extra women, please indicate that when you register. This information will be shared the week of the retreat so you can coordinate rides with each other.
DEPARTURE TIME: Must be out of buildings by 12:00 noon on Sunday, September 29, but you may leave your car in the parking lot until later that afternoon.
DIRECTIONS: Head west from Portland on Sunset Highway (Hwy 26). Just west of Hillsboro, bear left on Hwy 6 towards Tillamook. Follow Hwy 6 into Tillamook. In Tillamook turn right onto Hwy 101. Follow Hwy 101 north for approximately 13 miles to Twin Rocks Friends Camp on your right, just prior to pedestrian bridge over highway. Turn left upon entering camp and follow gravel road to parking lot at Hadley Hall. Drive time is about 2 hours 15 minutes (but not allowing for possible Friday evening rush hour traffic). Get google map directions here. See a map of the camp here.